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Two losses to the Detroit Lions has Chicago Bears wide receiver Brandon Marshall chirping a little bit on the radio.
Earlier today, filling in on “The Jay Cutler Show” on ESPN 1000, Marshall jokingly referred to the Lions as the “little brother” to the Bears who finally had enough.
Marshall also called the Lions’ play “borderline illegal.”
“It’s the little brother that kind of grew up a little bit,” Marshall said, according to ESPN’s Michael C. Wright. “He may be a little taller than the big brother. He’s not stronger. He’s not better than the big brother at anything. But that one day, he just says, ‘I’m fed up. I’m done. I’m gonna punch my brother in the face.’”
The Lions edged the Bears 21-19 on Sunday after smothering running back Matt Forte on an attempt at a game-tying two-point conversion in the final minute at Soldier Field. The victory pushed the Lions to sole possession of first place in the NFC North with a 6-3 record, just ahead of the Bears and Green Bay Packers, who are 5-4 apiece.
The win also completed the Lions’ first 2-game sweep of the season series against the Bears since 2007. Last year, the Bears won both regular-season matchups. But anyway, Marshall continued:
“It’s the little brother that, big brother wants to go out and play with his friends and the little brother is annoying, (saying), ‘Hey, can I go?’” Marshall said. “No, you can’t go, Detroit Lions. Sit back. Sit in your little city. Fix your financial problems and all of that, you know. You can’t come with us right now. But right now, they’ve got the best of us. They beat us twice. They swept us. But what matters is when we see them in the playoffs. It’ll be a great show. It’s gonna be tough. But I guarantee it’s not gonna go down like it did the first two games.”
Also, when asked if the Lions were a dirty team, Marshall said: “They’re borderline illegal. I’ll attach my name to it. I’m looking at film today and it was kind of disgusting to see the D-line go out of their way to knock our quarterbacks down after every single play. The ball was gone. They’re pushing them down. They’re hitting them below their knees. It was kind of disgusting. It seemed like it was game-planned, but it was borderline. You can’t say it was illegal. But it was definitely one of those things where you say, ‘Hey, we’ve got to pay attention to this.’”
The Lions drew two penalties on the Bears’ final drive Sunday for roughing the passer – one on Nick Fairley early in the drive, then later on Willie Young during the Bears’ initial two-point attempt.
http://www.freep.com/article/20131111/SPORTS01/311110115/detroit-lions-brandon-marshall
Earlier today, filling in on “The Jay Cutler Show” on ESPN 1000, Marshall jokingly referred to the Lions as the “little brother” to the Bears who finally had enough.
Marshall also called the Lions’ play “borderline illegal.”
“It’s the little brother that kind of grew up a little bit,” Marshall said, according to ESPN’s Michael C. Wright. “He may be a little taller than the big brother. He’s not stronger. He’s not better than the big brother at anything. But that one day, he just says, ‘I’m fed up. I’m done. I’m gonna punch my brother in the face.’”
The Lions edged the Bears 21-19 on Sunday after smothering running back Matt Forte on an attempt at a game-tying two-point conversion in the final minute at Soldier Field. The victory pushed the Lions to sole possession of first place in the NFC North with a 6-3 record, just ahead of the Bears and Green Bay Packers, who are 5-4 apiece.
The win also completed the Lions’ first 2-game sweep of the season series against the Bears since 2007. Last year, the Bears won both regular-season matchups. But anyway, Marshall continued:
“It’s the little brother that, big brother wants to go out and play with his friends and the little brother is annoying, (saying), ‘Hey, can I go?’” Marshall said. “No, you can’t go, Detroit Lions. Sit back. Sit in your little city. Fix your financial problems and all of that, you know. You can’t come with us right now. But right now, they’ve got the best of us. They beat us twice. They swept us. But what matters is when we see them in the playoffs. It’ll be a great show. It’s gonna be tough. But I guarantee it’s not gonna go down like it did the first two games.”
Also, when asked if the Lions were a dirty team, Marshall said: “They’re borderline illegal. I’ll attach my name to it. I’m looking at film today and it was kind of disgusting to see the D-line go out of their way to knock our quarterbacks down after every single play. The ball was gone. They’re pushing them down. They’re hitting them below their knees. It was kind of disgusting. It seemed like it was game-planned, but it was borderline. You can’t say it was illegal. But it was definitely one of those things where you say, ‘Hey, we’ve got to pay attention to this.’”
The Lions drew two penalties on the Bears’ final drive Sunday for roughing the passer – one on Nick Fairley early in the drive, then later on Willie Young during the Bears’ initial two-point attempt.
http://www.freep.com/article/20131111/SPORTS01/311110115/detroit-lions-brandon-marshall
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