DAVIE, Fla. _ Dolphins cornerback Byron Maxwell will shadow Jets wide receiver Brandon Marshall once again Saturday night, so expect fireworks, especially after Marshall's latest round of comments Thursday, which included him saying he'd carry his own penalty flag to throw on Maxwell.
"I'll be carrying my own flag just in case he decides to conduct himself the same way," Marshall told Jets reporters Thursday. "So I will help the refs out, but I thought they did a tremendous job the last time we played them."
Maxwell shadowed Marshall when the teams met Nov. 6 and limited him to five receptions for 46 yards. That was after Marshall popped off during the week about how Maxwell held him on every play when they faced off in 2015 while Maxwell was with Philadelphia.
Maxwell, who didn't know of Marshall's latest comments when he was interviewed Thursday, said he was pleased with how he fared against Marshall in November.
"We won the game," Maxwell said, "so I think it went pretty well."
Marshall mocked Maxwell by saying he's actually improved recently by holding less.
"He's made progress. ... He's done a better job of taking it from every play to every other play," Marshall said.
Dolphins defensive coordinator Vance Joseph frequently has Maxwell shadow big wide receivers and said he had no doubts about his strategy.
"It's a matchup league." Joseph said. "Obviously, Maxwell's our most experienced corner, and he's probably our strongest corner between (Tony) Lippett and Bobby (McCain) and those guys. So when you're playing a guy like Brandon Marshall, who's a big, physical target, it's good to have a guy who can match that kind of strength, and that's Byron for us."
