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Brandon Marshall skipping Broncos' mini-camp

The Denver Broncos began their three-day mandatory mini-camp on Friday.

Per Mike Klis of the Denver Post, one person who wasn't in attendance - at least, not for the entire day - was receiver Brandon Marshall. Marshall met with team owner Pat Bowlen at 2 p.m. and left the facility at 3:15 p.m.

Marshall, who had hip surgery on April 1st, wrote on his blog last month that "...what made last year so weird was that I got two MRIs, one in camp and the second around week six and was told nothing was wrong but come to find out THERE WAS A BIT OF A PROBLEM after all."

Broncos coach Josh McDaniels says the team will handle the situation internally. A player can be fined up to $8000 per day under the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) for missing mandatory practices.

"That's a personal decision that Brandon has made, and we'll do what the league rules allow us to do for a player that has missed a mandatory activity," McDaniels said. "The rest of that is really internal. I've spoken to him and his agent and that's a decision that he's made."

As Klis points out, Marshall is set to earn $2.198 million in the final year of his four-year deal. There were 58 receivers who earned more than that in 2008.

Marshall, who was the Broncos' fourth-round pick in 2006, has had back-to-back seasons with 100+ receptions.

However, Marshall's off-the-field troubles are extensive enough to be documented in a "Legal Troubles" section of his wikipedia page.

He's the epitome of the high risk, high reward correlation.


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