Frisco, Texas-a few years later Jerry Jones finally admits that he is wrong.
In the first round of the 2014 draft, Dallas Cowboy owners once more to talk with the player’s personnel department and the scout, and were interested in locking Jack Martin, who locked Texas A & M quarterback Johnny Manzuel.
“When Jerry asked a question about someone for others, everyone was looking at his feet. [Manziel]”Stephen Jones vice president said.
Manziel became famous in the NFL in two years. Martin was selected as the first team All-PRO in 11 years and the most tied to the team’s history with Bob Lilly and Randy White. He was nine times in PRO BOWL and a full -time team in 2010.
“BEST ‘RIGHT,’ decision,” Jerry Jones said that he still has a “knot” on Stephen’s legs.
Wednesday, 34 -year -old Martin officially retired from football.
In a 13 -minute statement, Martin attended the Quarter Back TONY ROMO and DAK Prescott, the aggressive lineman Tyron Smith, Travis Frederick, Ronald Leary and La’el Collins I attended people.
Martin said, “I hope you have made a lot of impressions like me. “I am deeply proud of knowing that I have built my career in one team, one city and one organization.”
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Martin is the third round of cowboys used in four -year attack lineman, joining Smith (2011) and Frederick (2013).
Stephen Jones said, “If you see it, if you choose it high, I want to see if you are right.” “One thing when you read [about] When I saw Zack on Jack and tape, it was hard to find something I didn’t like. At the end of the day he felt that he was the right person for our soccer team. He met all the standards. And it’s not a negative way for someone we’re talking about, but he didn’t build it. So it was really easy. “
Martin was well aware of Manziel’s conversation when Cowboy chose 16th in 2014. For many years he has compared him with the former Heisman trophy winner.
“Dallas wasn’t in my radar,” Martin said. “I came down before I visited before the draft, but I didn’t get a lot of contact outside there, so I didn’t think Dallas was actually the possibility of going on that night.
In 11,184 snaps, Martin was punished for holding only 7 times as the first team All -Pro selection. Nobody was in the pass play.
“People always told the statistics,” Martin said. “I mean that they are just accepted. [penalties] They refused. But we will take it.
He was the only rookie selected as the first team All -Pro in 2014 and the third cowboy that achieved the feat. He did not miss the beginning of the first four seasons of career. Ten games were limited in 2020 due to the calf injury. In 2024, he forced him to be a side job and restricted it to 10 games again.
In December, he had surgery to remove bones and solve the ligament problem, but he waited until he made a decision on whether he would continue to play. In general, after the Super Bowl is passed, he starts to exercise again during the coming season. That itch did not come.
My wife, Morgan, and three children, Charlie, Hudson, and Remy, watched with Martin’s parents.
Among the aggressive Rhineman, Martin’s play is compared to Larry Allen of the Cowboy Hall of Fame. When Martin visited the Hall of Fame as a rookie, he made a picture of taking pictures in front of Alan’s bust.
“They are twins,” Jerry Jones said.
One day, Martin, like allen, will end in the Hall of Fame, and Jones will be in Cowboy’s honor before Martin is trapped in Canton, Ohio.
“He is a special player as you can find. “I think Jack Martin and Larry Allen are the best security guards in NFL history … they teach Jack Martin’s skills in Notre Dame, and I think he will resonate with Dallas for a long time after he disappears.
“He is a rare and rare soccer player.”
