Blake Martinez

2022 - 9 - 2

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Report: Giants, Blake Martinez split was 'mutual decision' (Giants Wire)

After suffering a torn ACL a season ago, Martinez was away from the club for nearly a year. When he returned, a new regime was in place and he was asked to take ...

But Martinez was sparsely used throughout training camp and the preseason, taking no more than 18 snaps in any of the three games. This situation played out very much like the Logan Ryan situation earlier this year. After suffering a torn ACL a season ago, Martinez was away from the club for nearly a year.

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Released Giants veteran would anchor Commanders linebacker ... (Riggo's Rag)

The Commanders linebacker room is a glaring weakness. Luckily, the Giants just released starting middle linebacker Blake Martinez.

In 2019, he tallied a 64.2 coverage grade while again allowing zero touchdowns and holding opposing quarterbacks to a 90.8 passer rating. Short of signing Alexander Johnson, Washington couldn’t do much better anchoring their LB core than signing Martinez with the regular season just a week away. If you look at his career numbers, he’s posted similar numbers in each of the previous three seasons dating back to 2017, his first as a stater for the Packers. Opposing QBs had just a 82.6 when targeting him. He can hold his own in coverage. Martinez missed most of 2021 after he tore his ACL in September.

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Blake Martinez Cut — What Does This Mean for IDP? (IDP Guys)

In a surprise move, the New York Giants have waived star linebacker, Blake Martinez. What does this mean from an IDP perspective?

Be sure to follow [@IDPGuys](https://twitter.com/IDPGuys) to keep up with all the latest fantasy news! [Tae Crowder](https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/C/CrowTa00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-) is the main benefactor from Martinez’s departure. [Tae Crowder](https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/tae-crowder-1.html?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-) any higher he was already being drafted. This won’t hamstring your entire draft, and there is enough upside in Martinez that it’s worth it to grab him. I think drafting Martinez as your LB3 and hoping for the best is fair at this point. There is a lot of uncertainty in those of you who have yet to draft. Is there a chance that Martinez finds a new home and recaptures his 150 tackles a year? I think the real benefactors are McFadden and [Xavier McKinney](https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/M/McKiXa00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-) — there are a lot of tackles available for them to rack up. In watching Martinez in the preseason, I believe it is clear that he still has something left in the tank. A tackle rate of around 12% isn’t anything to sneeze at, and the Giants clearly have an optimistic outlook on what he can produce. [Blake Martinez](https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/blake-martinez-1.html?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-), the Giants’ star linebacker, has been waived from the team. Thankfully, thanks to Martinez’s injury early in the season last year, we have a decent idea of what their linebacking corps looks like without him.

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Giants news, 9/2: Schoen, Daboll meet media; Blake Martinez ... (Big Blue View)

Schoen addresses wide variety of topics on Thursday, including which games he is going to scout this weekend, WRs Darius Slayton, Kenny Golladay — who he ...

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Even after Blake Martinez's release, Joe Schoen is still digging out ... (nj.com)

But it does nothing notable for the Giants' disastrous salary cap situation. Schoen's predecessor, Dave Gettleman, not only destroyed the Giants' roster over ...

But Schoen could tack on a void year in 2024, to spread out the cap implications of that newly created signing bonus. Right now, Schoen would have to eat $14.7 million in dead money (while saving $6.7 million in cap space) in order to release Golladay next offseason. But first, Schoen needs to get under the cap for 2022. Schoen said Thursday that the most important thing he’s done this year is to “come out good in terms of salary cap health.” If Schoen converted some of Williams’ 2022 salary ($19 million fully guaranteed) into a signing bonus, that would give him some cap breathing room this year, while boosting next year’s dead money figure. Cutting him would free up $18 million of that (his 2023 salary), with $8.3 million in dead money attached. Schoen clearly knows this is going to be a long, painful year, as the Giants completely (and finally) embrace a full-on rebuild, after Gettleman’s failed 2021 spending spree. It’s the hand we were dealt, and we’re going to do the best we can with what we have. We’re going to continue to try to compete and do the best we can.” Schoen hasn’t been shy, ever since he got this job, about essentially saying Gettleman’s terrible moves resulted in this cap disaster — and that it’ll take time for Schoen and Co. [according to overthecap.com’s estimate](https://overthecap.com/salary-cap-space). But it does nothing notable for the Giants’ disastrous salary cap situation.

Giants release veteran LB Blake Martinez (Titans Radio)

New York claimed offensive lineman Tyre Phillips off waivers from the Baltimore Ravens to fill the roster opening. Martinez piled up a team-best 151 tackles in ...

The Giants Youth Movement Continues (Yardbarker)

The Giants saved 3.6 million by cutting middle linebacker Blake Martinez in a move that saw another experienced veteran leave the team before the expiration ...

Wilson has already made a fortune in the NFL as one of the league's best quarterbacks, and he added to that fortune this week when he signed a five-year contract extension worth $245 million, including $165 million in guaranteed money. The Denver Broncos made one of the biggest splashes of the NFL offseason when they acquired superstar quarterback Russell Wilson from the Seattle Seahawks in a blockbuster trade back in March, giving him a new home on the football field. Fourth-place Dallas (11-8-10, 43 points) is just a point behind the Loons and four points ahead of the seventh and final playoff spot in the conference. The mustachioed righty appeared in 60 games with Oakland — 48 of them starts — and totaled 302 2/3 innings with a 4.64 ERA, a 17.3 percent strikeout rate, a solid 7.8 percent walk rate and 39 percent ground-ball rate. “I got turned around a little bit, but it’s a ball I’ve got to catch.” The Dodgers were able to position themselves with a chance to come back off of Mets closer Edwin Díaz in the eighth inning, but only mustered one run. 3 pick in the NFL Draft, the 49ers stayed with Garoppolo as the man under center for most of the year. According to Ross Dellenger of Sports Illustrated, the expansion could come in 2024 or 2025, but will be decided by the commissioners, as will the format of the tournament. Meanwhile, while Georgia lost most of their starters to the NFL Draft, they lost their defensive coordinator, Dan Lanning to the Oregon Ducks. This opens the door for one of the other young linebackers to step in next to Tae Crowder. The news for Danilo Gallinari and the Celtics has gone from bad to worse, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic, who reports (via Twitter) that Gallinari underwent further evaluation on his injured left knee and has now been diagnosed with an ACL tear. Kenny Golladay, also 29, for right or wrong, is already assumed to be an offseason cut after this season and that he is only on the roster because of his massive contract. The Giant’s roster has only eight players on the active 53 that are over the age of 26, and mostly in places where the experience is a great necessity.

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Where will Giants turn at LB after release of Blake Martinez? (Yardbarker)

The Giants released linebacker Blake Martinez on Thursday, cutting bait with a veteran starter days after the 53-man roster deadline.

Lonzo Ball is doubtful to be ready for the start of the upcoming NBA season due to his knee injury, according to a report. I always stick with my opinion, and as I said before, I wouldn’t be surprised if circumstances played out in a given fashion where Tom Brady and the Buccaneers need Rob, if later in the season, Rob decides that he’s going to come back for his guy Tom Brady and maybe finish the year out and help the team win another championship. The Crew were more defensive-minded than usual in the absence of Lucas Zelarayan, who was a pregame scratch because of a right thigh injury and is questionable Saturday. The Nationals, in the midst of a full rebuild after trading outfielder Juan Soto and on pace for their first 100-loss season since 2009, have been relegated to spoiler status for months. The Jets' Tyler Conklin often is often overlooked in fantasy leagues, but he could produce this season like a top-10 fantasy tight end. 19-21 before heading to Atlanta for the penultimate series of the season Sept. New York went 12-9 against the Dodgers, the New York Yankees, the Philadelphia Phillies and the Braves. They're in the right place at the right time. But we say again, this is the Pac-12 anomaly and Utah is legit on both sides of the ball. Utah (-3, -105) at Florida The Gators are an underdog in a season opener in The Swamp, which last happened in 1969 when Florida hosted No. He earned the highest pass-rushing grade of any off-ball linebacker in the country during his final season with the Hoosiers, Beavers' injury might have extended Martinez's time in New York by a couple weeks, but ultimately the new regime decided there wasn't a fit.

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