Brandon Marshall Celebrates His TD Catch

The Denver Broncos made an amazing comeback on Thursday night against the Cleveland Browns and in doing so they managed to save their season and live to fight another day to earn the right to play in the post season. However, the Broncos victory almost never took place thanks to the antics of their wide out Brandon Marshall.

Brandon Marshall caught the game winning touchdown on Thursday. After hauling in the catch Marshall reached into his pants to pull out a prop and celebrate, but teammate Brandon Stokley got to him and stopped him from putting the prop into use. The move by Stokley may have been the best play of the night, saving the Denver Broncos from being accessed a personal foul penalty.

After the game, Marshall said he had a half black half black glove that he was going to display in as a celebration. The celebration was to be dedicated to Obama and his winning presidential campaign. The celebration would have been a throw back to the celebration of two American sprinters in the 1968 Olympics.

Marshall has caught flack for his potential celebration. Mainly because he was putting himself ahead of his team. The celebration very well could have cost the Denver Broncos the game. And while I agree football is a team sport and he has to be smarter about when he is celebrating and understand what the situation is. I do actually like where Brandon Marshall's head is in regards to the meaning behind his celebration. Marshall shows some sense of history and a sense of society, which is something that many players would not understand. Too often athletes stray away from the political and social spotlight in fear of losing sponsorship dollars. So it was refreshing to see someone willing to tred into those waters even if it may have been the absolute wrong time based on the actual situation.