The Dallas Cowboys already had an intensive to-do listing this offseason, and now they’ve another massive merchandise so as to add to it.
Discovering a substitute for guard Zack Martin.
Martin reportedly knowledgeable the Cowboys on Thursday that he plans to retire this offseason, leaving an enormous gap on the workforce’s offensive line.
It was completely doable the Cowboys had been going to should discover a substitute for Martin whether or not he got here again for an additional season or not as a result of he was set to be a free agent this spring. However there nonetheless would have been the potential of re-signing him if he wished to play one other season. Now that choice can also be off the desk.
Martin, who turned 34 this previous season, was the most effective inside lineman of his period and a dominant drive at proper guard in Dallas for the previous 11 seasons.
He was a first-round draft select of Notre Dame in 2014 and was an on the spot star within the league.
Throughout his 11-year profession, he was a first-team All-Professional seven instances and a second-team All-Professional twice. He had solely two years within the league the place he didn’t obtain some form of All-Professional honor, and a type of seasons was the 2024 marketing campaign that was lower brief on account of damage. The opposite was the 2020 season when he was restricted to only 10 video games.
In different phrases, if Martin performed something even near a full season, he was just about an All-Professional lock. That form of resume ought to make him a straightforward first-ballot Corridor of Famer as quickly as he’s eligible.
The Cowboys are coming into an enormous offseason below first-year head coach Brian Schottenheimer. Together with discovering upgrades for a roster that received solely seven video games, additionally they have to fret about contract extensions for a number of key gamers together with edge-rusher Micah Parsons.
Now discovering a brand new proper guard — and chief — goes to maneuver to the highest of the listing.
