Brandon Marshall Injury: Dolphins WR Will Be Fine After Week 1 Cramps

Brandon Marshall is going to be fine to start in your fantasy football league this week, ladies and gentlemen.

It looked like he hurt himself on the second-to-last play in the Miami Dolphins' Monday Night Football showdown against the New England Patriots, but he just suffered from cramps.

Many of the Miami Dolphins suffered from cramps that night, and Armando Salguero of the Miami Herald could not believe that the team that was supposed to be used to the hot and humid conditions was the one that suffered the most from them.

“Did the Dolphins fail to hydrate? Did they not take IVs at halftime?” Salguero asked, “Were they not aware that New England's no-huddle offense—which was on display in the preseason—was going to tax their conditioning?”

Apparently not, Armando.

The Patriots took advantage of the Dolphins inability to properly prepare for the conditions and Brady scorched them for 517 yards and four touchdowns.

Marshall had a solid game despite the cramping at the end.

He hauled in seven catches for 139 yards against a very weak Patriots secondary.

It was the inability of his quarterback, Chad Henne, to find him in the end zone, however, that put the only damper on his great game that could have been even better.

You have to be certain that Miami is going to be training to prevent cramps this week after having it become such a major problem.

They play again on Sunday in Miami against the Texans, and it should be a good one.

For fantasy football purposes, you have to start Marshall next week against an unproven Houston Texans secondary. Don't be scared off him because of the cramp. It is nothing, and he will be 100 percent for the game.

Look for Marshall to have another nice day against Jonathan Joseph, as his size and build should allow him to dominate his smaller defenders.

If Henne can build on his solid performance in Week 1, we should see Brandon Marshall record his first TD of the year.