At 6-foot-4 and 230 pounds, Brandon Marshall is way bigger than Terry Foster. But the 54-year-old Detroit sportswriter has the power of the press, which he uses forcefully to call out the 29-year-old Bears wide receiver for calling the Lions “little brother” and trying to use bankruptcy as a metaphor for everything about Detroit.
Detroit is a punching bag. Most people do not see the pain and suffering here. But a millionaire can take shots at a city that is broken and needs help. . . .
it happens so frequently that I simply show pity toward the ignorant and unimaginative.
The first time you get punched in the stomach, it hurts. The 100th time you get punched in the stomach, you kind of shrug it off and go about your business. . . .
People like Brandon Marshall drive the sales of “Detroit vs. Everybody” T-shirts.
This week's trash talk "showed how much the Lions are in his head," the columnist writes under the headline "Shots at Detroit by Bears' Brandon Marshall were trite, tiresome."
Marshall took shots at the Lions because they not only are carrying the ball, but are carrying the banner of the NFC North Division.
Destiny is in their hands as they hold one-game leads over the reeling Packers, and the Bears. After sweeping the Bears and counting in the tiebreakers, the Lions essentially hold a two-game lead over the Bears.
