The line that the Dallas Cowboys will have after future Hall of Famer Zack Martin is not as good as fans would like, as Tyler Guyton, Tyler Smith, Cooper Beebe, Brock Hoffman and Terence Steele are a long way from forming a group like the one that went 14-2 in 2016, but… it is what it is.
There will be no short-term economic benefit
That’s already bad news, but it’s not the most important news after Martin’s retirement, at least not for Jerry Jones. It turns out that the departure of the Cowboys’ star guard will not bring any financial benefit to the Lone Star team, as although the team will designate Martin as a post-June 1 release, he will count $9.4 million against the 2025 salary cap and $17 million against next season’s cap. This means that the renegotiation of the 2023 contract with the player condemns Dallas to not receive any financial benefit in the short term after his departure.
He would leave! Micah Parsons admits that he would not be part of the Dallas Cowboys if this happens
This will be the first season in a decade that the Cowboys will be without the star figure of the offensive line, Zack Martin, and they are obliged to look for a replacement, but with Jerry Jones nothing is certain and at the moment it is not known if they are really looking for one, since for years it was known that retirement was near for Martin.
The farewell of a living legend
Meanwhile, the lineman received a great deal of praise after announcing his decision to retire last Thursday, and there were messages from his teammates Micah Parsons who wrote “Thank you for everything, boss”; and CeeDee Lamb, who wrote: “The damn GOAT. I’m eternally grateful to have played with you“.
The retirement of a figure like Martin is no small thing in the NFL, so Brandon Thorn said bluntly on his account on platform X, “Zack Martin is on the Mount Rushmore of right guards along with Will Shields and Marshal Yanda,” while former Tampa Bay Buccaneers defensive tackle Gerald McCoy agreed with Thorn: “Zack Martin is the best of my generation, one of the greatest of all time and the best I’ve ever faced.”
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