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Brandon Marshall has finally been traded away from the Denver Broncos for 2010 and 2011 2nd round picks to the Miami Dolphins. Marshall agreed to a 4-year, $47.5 million dollar contract with around 24 million guaranteed. This is the largest WR contract per year in NFL history, beating out Larry Fitzgerald’s $10 million/year recent deal.

Now Marshall definitely deserves the contract, and people will argue that the Broncos picked up fair value in return given the market, but thats just insane.  Marshall is one of the most, if not the most talented wide out in the game today.  He’s made Jay Cutler look like a pro-bowler and Kyle Orton look like a legitimate starting QB, both are far from those.

So who’s crying the most over this deal? Brady Quinn. Quinn was loving the trade to the Broncos from the Browns, knowing he would easily beat out Orton in any kind of competition and knowing he would have a chance at super-stardom just jacking the ball up to Marshall deep 7 times a game.

Oh, and the Broncos may be planning on replacing Marshall with their 11th overall pick in the draft by taking Oklahoma State’s Dez Bryant. Now, that 11th overall pick is almost double the value of a 2nd round this year and 2nd round next year combined. You can’t just trade a top 3 wide reciever in the NFL and replace that in the draft, with a pick twice the value of what you traded for.

Now for the Dolphins. Huge pick-up for Bill Parcells. They did have to give him an absurd contract, which he deserved, but he’s well worth it.  Over the last 3 years the Miami Dolphins entire core of receivers has only 18 TD’s.  Marshall has 23.  And it’s not like he had Peyton Manning throwing to him. Marshall last year, with one of the worst starting QB’s (talent-wise) still had 100 receptions, 1100 yards, and 10 TDs.

And Pennington is a legit QB again. It will also bolster Miami’s unstoppable run and wildcat game. Marshall will be double-teamed out there a lot but he was in Denver and still thrived.  Expect this to make Miami an instant 2nd place team in the division to the (hold your breath) NY Jets, and ahead of the (wait for it) New England Patriots. Pat’s probably have the most potential with Bellichick Moss and Brady still alive, but they are now the third best team in their own division after standing back during the offseason.