Scout Team Graduate Brandon Marshall Remembers the Struggle

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Technically you still get paid six figures on the practice squad, but I can tell you when I was on the practice squad after taxes it was $55,000 I made. We still get taxed in the highest bracket.

You try to help out your family, your mother, a little bit but they have to know — and you to let them know — you're on the practice squad. So, I can't do as much as I was able to do when I was on the active roster (before being demoted to the practice squad during his rookie season in 2012).

It's definitely different than being on the active roster.

You want to help but at the end of the day you don't know how long you're going to be on the team or how long you're going to be in…