Is something wrong with Zack Martin?

[MyFairLady]

I suspect Zack noticed a drop in his physical abilities and that’s why he demanded an extension. He’s been pretty average all year.

100%. If he was confident he could have waited and signed one big massive final contract. He knew that if he waited his next deal had the potential to be pretty small by comparison.

 

[SlammedZero]

That Carolina DLine is no slouch. They definitely have the foundation for a really good defense. Martin is getting older, missed camp, and our Oline as a whole has seemingly struggled all season.

 

[MarcusRock]

Yes. It's called having a heavier wallet that weighs him down.

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

Zack Martin didn't ask for more money for no reason. He's still a solid lineman. Derrick Brown is a beast. Two beasts collide you gonna win some and lose some. Not concerned with him honestly but yeah like others have stated Father Time is undefeated.

 

[Mac_MaloneV1]

Derrick brown according to cz would've been a rookie bust.

He is a bust. Horrible draft pick.

He does exactly what is asked of him very well and is still pretty useless.

 

[gimmesix]

I can’t remember the last time he got manhandled like he did today. Brown was eating his lunch on most play’s except the long run play.

Eating his lunch is making a few plays, some of which did not come against Martin?

I think this is an overexaggeration based on one play where Brown pushed Martin off him and stuffed Pollard.

 

[J_Allen]

No he's just injured. I don't buy the claims he's getting old. He's got 3 or 4 years left of All Pro level play.

 

[gimmesix]

It's obvious that Martin has lost some of his abilities. But geesh.

Somebody here sees two or three plays here and makes wild proclamations and a thread is off to the races without anyone tapping the brakes and asking for better info. I'll wait for more informed, sensible and *balanced* information.

I can agree with this. I think the eyeball evidence we've seen is that Martin isn't quite up to his normal All-Pro level of play where he's been almost unbeatable. We see him get beat a few times (in a season) and suddenly something is wrong with him, beyond the natural course of wear and tear.

He stalemated Brown for most of this game, getting cleanly beat that one time and I'd have to go back and look to see if there were others. The only other time I really noticed Brown was when he beat Biadasz badly.

Brown did finish with eight tackles, which seems to be fairly normal for him, but not all of them came against Martin.

 

[ksadler1]

All I know is the FO needs to be much more pro-active on the Oline, whether that be in the draft or FA.

 

[Mr_437]

Brown is one of the best nose guards in the game. He was destroying our center all game long.

Sometimes you gotta know your opponents, Derrick Brown does that every game.

 

[Hardline]

Today is his birthday by the way.

 

[CowboysLakerBamaFan]

Nothing is wrong with Zack!

Well ...nothing besides the inevitable fact that you peak in your mid 20's, and then start on that never ending decline that robs you of your abilities a little bit more every year you live and doesn't stop until they plop you in the ground.

Happy Monday!

 

[john van brocklin]

Father time. It's undefeated.

Just a reminder Jerry caved this off season and gave him more money.
How is that decision looking ?

 

[stilltheguru]

He is a bust. Horrible draft pick.

He does exactly what is asked of him very well and is still pretty useless.

Ok

 

[kskboys]

Nothing is wrong with Zack!

Well ...nothing besides the inevitable fact that you peak in your mid 20's, and then start on that never ending decline that robs you of your abilities a little bit more every year you live and doesn't stop until they plop you in the ground.

Happy Monday!

Yup. Whats wrong w/ Zach is that he's old. 33 is ancient for an NFL player.

 

[kskboys]

He is a bust. Horrible draft pick.

He does exactly what is asked of him very well and is still pretty useless.

How do you do it? Your assessments are extremely off, over and over and over. Do you try to just run around making inane statements?

 

[VaqueroTD]

Was watching Brown and wondering why can’t Mazi do that. LOL Finally spend a 1st on a big interior defensive presence and doesn't pan out.

 

[heir]

According to the injury report, he isn't injured.

Yea but you always hear about injuries after the fact that aren't listed. Something is up.

 

[VaqueroTD]

Injury and the other guy is an absolute stud.

Not that CAR would have ever parted with Brown, but I wanted to send our 1st rounder to CAR for him last year.

In a heartbeat.

 

[John813]

Derrick Brown told Martin he would pay him to allow him to win some battles.