Zack Martin is set to undergo season-ending ankle surgery.
It was 10 years ago when we were witnessing one of the greatest rookie seasons in NFL history. That it was unfolding for the Dallas Cowboys in the middle of a magical year made things more special.
Somehow, some way, we blinked and an entire decade passed. Zack Martin has been wonderful to watch throughout it all and reality is setting in that we may have seen the last of him.
Mike McCarthy announced on Thursday that Martin will undergo season-ending ankle surgery after playing just 10 games this season. The news came just a few hours after it was announced that Martin is the Cowboys’ nominee for the Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Award this year.
Pro Bowl guard Zack Martin will undergo season-ending ankle surgery, Cowboys HC Mike McCarthy announces. pic.twitter.com/T368yl9Omb
— David Moore (@DavidMooreDMN) December 5, 2024
Martin was injured during the team’s loss to the Houston Texans so it has been a minute since he has played. It appears that his ailment has been so severe that season-ending surgery is now the choice being made.
It has felt like retirement is just around the corner for Martin for a while now so this really hits in that sort of sobering way. Obviously there is a long time to go until any kind of decision along those lines will be made, but it makes what is normally devastating news from a football perspective hit just a little harder.
Zack Martin has been one of the best players for the Cowboys for a decade now. If this truly is the last that we will see of him in the team’s uniform, it was a commendable run. He belongs in the Ring of Honor and the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
All the best to Zack Martin.
