Question from an off season simpleton!

Good morning AP. I have been wanting to ask a question, but with my opinionated reputation, I thought it would be misunderstood. So, I opted not to, until now. I wanted to make sure I could try to explain this without getting anyone to blow a gasket for bringing it up. So I thought I would just level with you and see how I do.

The first time I ever heard of a combine was last season. On NFL Network. I had never seen a draft. Never followed one. I never played any organized sports growing up at all. So I am completely clueless about off season business dealings in the NFL. That means quite simply, that I haven't the foggiest idea how any of it works. I just found out there is a Pro day that is a separate thing from the Combine. I found that out like maybe two weeks ago. I learned  who Tim Tebow was on AP recently. I live in Florida by the way. Yeah, Tampa. Get it? C L U E L E S S!

So I wanted to bounce an idea off of everyone here at AP. I will explain why I feel the way I do. I will do my best with what little I actually know. The eventual point of this intro is ask you to please feel free to explain to me why or why not this is feasible. I'm not preaching or teaching. I'm asking a question and asking for some serious feedback I can learn from, and I want you understand where my thinking is so you'll understand how to explain it to me best, regardless of whether you agree or disagree with me.

In other words, this isn't one of my blowhard,"I've got a point to prove and I'm on a mission" posts. I just want to understand this all a little better.  Here goes;

First, take a look at the following video for me. I am sure most of you have seen this, but humor me please.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIe8WsB1KZ8 I love to watch that, it never gets old. Anyway, I won't spend too much time on this. We all get it by now. We have something very special in Jamaal. I will say this and stand by it; "The NFL has not seen his full potential yet by any stretch of the imagination". So before I get started on a Jamaal rant, let me get to the point. I don't care if some of the teams in that video are not great teams. We have all seen enough to know, his skills are the real deal no matter which defense he faces. But what interests me, is his vision, his brakes, and his cut back skill. He has a very interesting RUNNING STYLE wouldn't you agree? It's fun to watch, but more importantly it changes the dynamics of every other facet of our team.

We instantly improved as a team because we had a force in Jamaal that opponents had to seriously, and I mean SERIOUSLY be aware of at all times. I think we can all agree so far pretty much right? We love Jamaal and he's special. He's a serious game changer.

Now please watch this video. The whole thing please. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqv4Xa3Ur3I.

That is the best footwork in the NFL from a receiver IMO. That's just for me. He is the most dangerous receiver in the NFL IMO. If you disagree with that, I understand, no problem. But even if you do, I bet this is still a fair thing to say; there is no better talent at the position than Brandon Marshall. I mean to say that if even if you lost Larry Fitzgerald from your team, if his replacement was Brandon Marshall, you haven't really lost anything. You still win. Now, to be fair, I'm ONLY talking about his on field talent at the moment. I know there are off season issues that can't be ignored. I don't intend to ignore them. I'm just trying to take this in steps is all.

My point being that IF Brandon Marshall could somehow become a Chief, he would INSTANTLY take our entire team to a new level. Done. Off field issues aside, you can't deny what he could mean to a team he put his heart and soul into winning for. Think of what our RB, Jamaal has done for us. Can you imagine the possibilities for Cassel and Weis if we had talents like that on our offense? I get tingles thinking about it. Things could happen this season, that we probably don't expect to see for a couple more years at this point.

So let's address the only issue I feel I might know enough about to make a valid argument for - Off field issues.

First off, it is the NORM for super elite wide receivers to be divas. That's the deal. There are exceptions. I acknowledge that completely right now. But, it certainly isn't going to shock anyone to hear that a wide receiver is making the NFL Network show for some ridiculous antics. While that does not excuse his lack of respect for the game of football itself, it doesn't excuse any other elite wide receivers either. But they all still have jobs. Many of them change as they mature, and a change of scenery is many times the catalyst for that change. Haley knows how to handle receivers with bad attitude's. That's his thing. Its what he does.

Secondly, if it were ONLY Brandon Marshall acting the fool after McD's arrival, this would be an open and shut case. Done. But when their star QB Cutler won't even return a phone call to the guy; and their other offensive superstar Scheffler also has major issues with the guy, it begs at least consideration that maybe we don't know enough about what really happened over there to judge. I would love someone to tell me what really happened. I can't find anything solid. And while opinions are cool, they don't help here. If you are going to tell us why BM's conduct over there was unjustified or is a sure fire sign he won't be different on a different team, at least quote something for me. I want to know. Because that could change a lot of how I feel.

Right now, all I can say is there is NOTHING I can find on the Internet, from any of the parties involved that gives any indication of what went down specifically. But when your top 3 offensive guys all end up so mad that they are all forcibly traded or benched in a game with playoff implications, something BIG is going on OK? It wasn't a Todd Haleyish attitude thing like what happened with Waters and Haley either. 3 of our guys didn't refuse to play for us at any point in the season.

So if Pioli could sit down with BM one on one and make some calls to guys like Cutler off the record and find out what happened, and it verified BM's story, why wouldn't you consider him?

Okay, this is where I need to remind you that if you want to explain to me why this makes no sense from a draft, trade FA viewpoint, the business side, I'm open to learning. But as a layman fan, this is how I would see it.

You use a draft pick to get YOUNG fresh players that you hope will have a major impact on your team for a long, long time to come. To help you win a Superbowl right? In very, simplistic terms, is that fair to say? You get the older experienced guys thru trades and FA as you see fit. So, who in the hell is going to make a bigger impact over the long term than Brandon Marshall? We don't have to give up all our picks this off season. Why isn't it possible somehow, if you were a genius trade specialist like Pioli, to work  a deal involving players, picks etc. over a 2 or 3 year period?

We spent a first on Tyson Jackson and he may or may not (I like him) pan out. But he isn't going to have the impact Brandon Marshall would. If we draft those offensive lineman everyone keeps talking about, like Okung etc. It would instantly  improve our O line, which Charles and Jones will do already! We would on fire, we would be set on offense. NO worries. Then we can take all the time we want to build our defense. WE have Romeo. We are rebuilding anyway. We aren't going to have the #1 defense in the NFL anyway yet. So why not fix the part of the team you can fix right now?

We have the second most picks. Would it be worth it to make an offer at least for him? Probably not right? I'm sure there is some way that would set us back overall. I just don't see it yet. So have at it. If Pioli could work the right deal and they all had the right feel, and BM grew up and became our Randy Moss, should we consider it?