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In the first 11 minutes of last night’s game, the Bears caught only two passes, both thrown by Manning. One was returned 48 yards by Tim Jennings for a touchdown. The Giants had possession of the ball for nine of those first 11 minutes, but the Bears and their ball-control defense were up 7-0.
The Giants tied it up, but then Jay Cutler and Marshall got going. Marshall caught both of his TDs in the second quarter.
Rules are rules, and normally I’d agree with the fine—but in this case I think the league should let Marshall slide. Shortly before he disclosed his diagnosis in 2011, Marsha Linehan, a noted psychology professor at the University of Washington, revealed that she was suffering with BPD. The New York Times then profiled her, and the story noted that “No one knows how many people with severe mental illness live what appear to be normal, successful lives, because such people are not in the habit of announcing themselves.”
