Sparano would not specify the body part Marshall had repaired and tried to downplay the issue when pressed, but it's still a pretty stunning blow for a team that burned two second-round draft picks and a $50 million contract on a single player.
According to a league source, the surgery was on the same hip Marshall had repaired nearly 14 months ago.
"It's going to take some time right now," Sparano said Wednesday after Day 2 of Organized Team Activities. "We'll see where it is. The process is getting better right now each day, so we'll see where it goes. I don't know whether or not he'll participate in any OTA's."
Asked if the team expected this when it signed Marshall on April 14, Sparano paused.
"I would say that … uh … well … no," he said. "Just came up. … It's just something that came up, we needed to get it cleaned up and we did."
Sparano went on to say he felt "no disappointment at all" with the news about Marshall, who rode a stationary bike for a while during Tuesday's practice but did nothing else more strenuous than standing in the offensive backfield taking "mental reps" during team drills.
"He's been here for [four] weeks now, throwing and catching and doing all the things necessary," Sparano said. "He was throwing and catching the day that the procedure was done, so [I'm] not even concerned about that."
It was a balky hamstring that caused Marshall to miss his final game with the Broncos (with a team suspension thrown in) last season.
"It's definitely frustrating, but you know, some things you can't control," Marshall told reporters before his surgery was disclosed. "In my past, I learned that, not to worry myself and hold my head down when I can't control it. I'm just going to do the best I can with the mental reps and prepare myself that way."
Other notable Marshall injuries in recent years included a hip problem that required surgery on March 31, 2009. He was back from that in time for Broncos training camp but his erratic practice performance led to a two-game team suspension last preseason.
On March 22, 2008, Marshall reportedly slipped on an empty McDonald's bag while wrestling with family members, which led to him falling through a TV set at his home in Orlando and cutting his right forearm. That mishap required surgery to repair damage to "one artery, one vein, one nerve, two tendons and three muscles," according to the Broncos trainer.
Marshall's arm was in a sling until late June, and he later admitted playing the entire 2008 season with numbness in his right hand.
There were also problems in the 2007 offseason. A groin strain caused him to miss Broncos minicamps in May and June, and a pulled quadriceps muscle suffered on July 10 caused him to miss nearly the entire training camp.
So, this makes four straight off-seasons that Marshall has had some sort of injury problem that has caused him to miss workouts. And that doesn't even count the slight tear in his knee he suffered as a rookie during the 2006 preseason.
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