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Updated at 1:33 a.m., Monday, March 24, 2008

NFL: Bronco WR slips on bag, injures arm

Advertiser Staff and wire reports

You never know what will trip up a football player.

For Denver Broncos receiver Brandon Marshall, it was a McDonald's bag.

According to a story by Adam Schefter of the NFL Network, Marshall, who had 102 catches for 1,325 yards last season, slipped on a bag and wound up with his arm wrapped in a cast.

The article reported that Marshall said he was at the Westgate Lakes Resort in Orlando, Fla., on Saturday and slipped and fell on a McDonald's wrapper. When he slipped, he said he stuck out his hand to brace his fall and it went through a TV entertainment center.

His right arm now will be in a cast for two weeks. Marshall also received stitches in his arm, but he did not know how many.

What he did know was that he was embarrassed.

"I want to thank everybody for their concerns and let everyone know that I'm OK," Marshall wrote in a text message Sunday morning. "It's funny because I pride myself on YAC (yards after catch) and being one of the toughest players to take down once I have the ball in my hands.

"So for the next couple of days I'm going to take the time to build my confidence back up after allowing that McDonalds bag to take me down and send me through the entertainment center."

Marshall is scheduled to be at the Broncos training complex today.