When, how to watch Cowboys Zack Martin's retirement press conference
When, how to watch Cowboys Zack Martin's retirement press conference
The end is here for Zack Martin.
The nine-time Pro Bowl right guard will officially announce his retirement at The Star in Frisco on Wednesday, March 5 at 11 a.m. CT, the Cowboys have revealed. The press conference will be streamed live from the team website.
He was a first-round draft pick out of Notre Dame in 2014, his selection drawing attention- at first- in that he was not polarizing Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel, who Cowboys owner Jerry Jones was said to be infatuated with as the team came on the clock.
But Martin quickly made a name for himself based on his dominating play in the trenches, earning first-team All-Pro honors as a rookie... and then going on to do it six more times over a total of eleven seasons in Dallas. He would make the second team twice, leaving only two years in which he was not named either the best or second-best right guard in the sport.
Though he never got to enjoy deep postseason success, Martin's career will be remembered for consistent excellence. Moving forward, his name will likely always be accompanied by the mind-blowing stat that, over 171 starts (including playoffs), he was flagged for holding a grand total of seven times.
Even more incredibly, not one of them ever came on a pass-protection play.
Martin suffered an ankle injury during the Cowboys' Week 11 loss to Houston. He had to be helped off the field in what ended up being the final action of his stellar career. A few weeks later, it was announced that Martin would require surgery.
Earlier that same day, Martin had been chosen to be the team's nominee for the Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Award.
"Zack's the best," quarterback Dak Prescott said this week. "It's hard to even fathom a locker room or huddle without Zack Martin. He's been here since I've been here and he's been a warrior. ... You just can't replace him with one guy. It's going to take myself and a bunch of other guys, and I'm not even talking about just on the field. I'm talking about the leadership he brings off of the field."
The most dominant offensive lineman of his generation, Martin is widely considered to be a shoo-in for the Pro Football Hall of Fame one day and perhaps the Cowboys' vaunted Ring of Honor.
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