Giants' Mara credits Marshall as 'spark to the entire organization'

Brandon Marshall made waves by signing a two-year, $12-million contract with the New York Giants on March 8, giving his new club arguably the most dangerous receiving corps in the league.

To no surprise, Giants co-owner John Mara couldn't contain his excitement about Marshall on Sunday.

"It was a spark to the entire organization getting a player of that caliber," Mara said via Tom Rock of Newsday. "I think that's really going to help us. He's got a great attitude and he wants to win and I think he'll be a good influence in the receiver room."

Marshall asked the New York Jets for a release following the conclusion of the 2016 season and his former team complied.

The Giants' wide receivers were nationally scrutinized after taking a yacht trip in Miami following a Week 17 victory, taking a much-ridiculed shirtless photo, and partied with pop superstar Justin Bieber.

Mara believes Marshall can serve as a mentor to a young group that includes Odell Beckham Jr., and promising second-year pro Sterling Shepard.

"We hope so. With everybody, not just Odell," Mara said of Marshall's potential leadership capacity. "We have a young group there and he's had a lot of success for a long period of time and I think they'll respond to him."

Paired alongside Beckham and Shepard, Marshall is presented with a genuine opportunity to steer the Giants' passing game to a Super Bowl appearance next winter.