Brandon Marshall is feeling more at home than ever in New York. After the Jets traded for the wide receiver in March, he wanted to work on the chemistry between himself and quarterback Geno Smith. So the two moved in together.
"I was just blown away by his maturity and how much he knows," Marshall told the New York Post. "This kid is really smart. The sky is the limit for him."
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The pair met in South Florida for training after the trade. Marshall said he's ready to work on the Jets' offense and get the team back on track, but he understands it won't be easy.
"This is a first-year offense," Marshall said. "If you guys are expecting me to be a (1,500)-yard receiver, that’s high expectations. If you’re expecting Geno Smith to go out there and crush it, I don’t know how possible that is. It’s a first-year offense with new guys, new faces. We’re behind the eight ball. We have to put in extra work to catch up to those guys that have been together five, six, seven years."
While the Jets have their work cut out, Marshall believes the chemistry he has developed with his new team will benefit everybody in the long run.
"It’s been about winning since I got to Chicago (in 2012)," Marshall said. "We didn’t accomplish that, so it’s about making the guys around us better, whether that’s my day on any given day or it’s Geno’s or it’s (Eric) Decker’s. That’s what it’s about, making each other better and having fun doing it."