Brandon Marshall: Wah, I'm mad. Broncos: Okay, here's $30m.

In an unforeseen development in the Brandon Marshall(notes) controversy, the Broncos now apparently want to give him a contract extension. That's the word from ESPN's Adam Schefter, who quotes a couple of league sources as saying that a potential deal would put Marshall's salary in line with those of the top receivers in the game. Just for comparison's sake, Larry Fitzgerald(notes) made $17 million last year, Randy Moss(notes) made $14 million, and Terrell Owens(notes) made $13 million (those numbers include signing bonuses and base salary). Previously, Marshall had been trying to get the Broncos to trade him. To his credit, he used some brilliant, if not also appalling, methods (video at that link). Honestly, I'm a little surprised that they didn't work. Marshall ended up getting suspended by the team, and was reinstated over the weekend. The obvious danger here for the Broncos is that they'd be rewarding idiotic and childish behavior, which t...