Joey Porter Calls Out Brandon Marshall, Who In Turn Calls Out His Entire Team

As we know by now, Dolphins linebacker Joey Porter has a weekly habit of picking out his "huckleberry" before every game, and assigning himself the duty of making that players life a living hell for three hours on Sunday afternoons. Sometimes it's a running back, sometimes it's a kicker, sometimes it's guys like Broncos Wide Receiver Brandon Marshall, as was the case on Sunday.

If Porter plays for your team, and his antics are paying dividends on the field, it can be hilarious and comedy gold. If he's not playing for your team, it grates on your ears like those Toyota saved by zero commercials. Only worse.

Marshall, the explosive Broncos receiver, was held to just two catches on Sunday -- not counting the long touchdown pass that was called back on a penalty, of course -- and Porter thinks he knows why: voices in his head! And because he's soft, or something.

"He's one of those guys that if he don't get the ball in the first two series in the first quarter, he's out of it," Porter said. "He had 18 catches in a game before. So he's not used to going the whole first half with no balls. We got in his head and he pretty much was done. I didn't get inside his head, we just were talkin'. He got in his own head. He was done," Porter said. "He's one of those soft receivers, where he has to have the ball all the time. If he don't get it, he's going to mope and cry. He did it to himself."

Porter always brings his A-game in the trash-talking department, and in recent years he hasn't really signed the extensive checks his mouth has been willing to write. That's all changed this year. With his sack today, Porter has already matched his set a new career-high (11.5) and is pretty much a slam dunk to set a new personal best. He's also forced three fumbles, while recovering four. I'm pretty sure I speak for a large majority of football fans when I say, Man ... didn't see that coming.

NFL Trash Talkers

Joey Porter took aim at the Broncos' Brandon Marshall after Miami's Week 9 win - saying that Marshall turns into a head case when he doesn't get the ball enough. Click through to see the other players that ran their mouths off this season.

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Cincinnati's Keith Rivers - out for the year after a Hines Ward block broke his jaw - issued a warning to Ward, saying "what goes around, comes around." Click through to see the other players that ran their mouths off this season.

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Sensing a theme here? Baltimore's Terrell Suggs put Ward on notice in advance of the team's Dec. 14 game, bragging that the Ravens had put out a bounty on Pittsburgh's wide receiver.

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Browns defensive tackle Corey Williams talked smack to Brandon Jacobs and the Giants before their 'Monday Night Football' clash. He said, "I'm going to try to knock his head off." Cleveland stunned New York 35-14.

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Bengals wide receiver Chad Johnson said he was going to "kiss the star" at Texas Stadium before a matchup with the Cowboys. 'Ocho Cinco' managed just three catches for 43 yards in a Dallas win.

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Joey Porter had plenty of things to say about new Patriots QB Matt Cassel before a game against New England. Then the Dolphins backed Porter up, shocking the NFL world and beating the Pats.

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Minnesota's Pat Williams talked a big game before a MNF matchup with the Packers, saying he would hold Green Bay running back Ryan Grant to less than 100 yards. While Grant only rushed for 92 yards, the Packers won the game 24-19.

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In days leading up to a another emotional game versus his old team, Cowboys star Terrell Owens said he got "too big" for Philadelphia and former teammate Donovan McNabb. Dallas won the game 41-37.

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It was meant just as a joke, but Donovan McNabb took some fun pokes at Bears stars Brian Urlacher and Tommie Harris before a Week 4 battle. "He can't grow any more hair," McNabb said of Urlacher. And about Harris, McNabb remarked: "He shaves his head with a butter knife and he eats fatty foods." Philly lost 24-20.

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Cowboys owner Jerry Jones has been pretty vocal this season, taking shots at both referees and the opposition in Texas. Jones told the 'Los Angeles Times' in October that, "The Cowboys have never been about checkered tablecloths and boots and hats. They have been about glitz and glitter. Leave the other stuff to the Houston Texans."

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Meanwhile, back to Marshall and the Broncos for a minute. He wasn't exactly thrilled with the play of his teams offense -- or defense -- on Sunday, and didn't exactly sugarcoat his thoughts as he channeled his inner-T.O.

"When the quarterback sees 1-high or cover-1 (coverage), he's got to be on the same page as me and get the ball to me," Marshall said. "But it's a team game, and oh, well." Asked about Denver's inability to make Miami pay for stacking the line with eight men in the box - the Dolphins held the Broncos to 14 yards on 12 carries - Marshall took shots at both his offense and defense. "I mean, when I look at it, it's common sense. If I was a receiver going against our defense and they're stacking the box and we're playing a 1-high defense and eight in the box, and the DBs are 10 yards off of me, I'm going to catch 10, 12 balls a game," Marshall fumed.

He then went on to give tips to the Broncos secondary on how to cover some guy that he couldn't name (Greg Camarillo). It's common sense, guys. Common sense!

"It's simple. Tighten up the coverage and just play ball. It's simple. It's real simple. They don't need to be 10 yards off. Tighten it up. You see they don't do that against us. The reason why is because a receiver will kill them. I don't even know the name of that receiver. Don't know it."

What's-his-face (Camarillo) caught 11 passes for Miami, by the way.