DENVER — Brandon Marshall couldn't catch a pass or a break Sunday, his career-best 77-yard touchdown grab negated by a borderline push-off flag that fueled Miami's 26-17 win over the bedeviled Denver Broncos.

About the only thing the Broncos superstar caught Sunday was flack from Joey Porter, the Miami motormouth who helped hold him to just two catches while the Dolphins improved to 4-4.

"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.

Marshall wasn't around to defend himself by the time Porter called him out, but he did have plenty to say about himself and he spiced up his comments with criticisms of the Broncos (4-4), who lost for the fourth time in five games.

"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.

"I mean, I don't even know that (Miami) receiver's name who caught all those balls," he said. "It's simple. Tighten up the coverage and just play ball. It's simple. It's real simple."

That receiver's name is Greg Camarillo, and he caught 11 passes from Chad Pennington for 111 yards against Karl Paymah, who was making his first start in place of injured cornerback Champ Bailey.

Broncos quarterback Jay Cutler threw three interceptions, including two on his first four passes.

The Broncos lost leading tackler D.J. Williams to a torn MCL in his left knee, starting tailback Michael Pittman to a re-injured neck and safety Marlon McCree to a sprained ankle.




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