As teams trim their rosters down to the required 80 players, the Packers have made a notable cut. Green Bay has waived linebacker Kamal Martin, a source told Rob Demovsky of ESPN.com (Twitter link).
Martin was a fifth-round pick of the team just last year, and his release raised plenty of eyebrows. Numerous Packers beat writers were quick to express surprise that Martin wasn’t even able to make it to final cuts. The Minnesota product was running with the ones for a lot of last offseason, and he started six games for the Pack in 2020.
It is pretty rare for a guy to go from six-game starter to released well before final cuts in the span of one year, especially when there was no coaching change with the team. Martin had 24 tackles, three for a loss, and one sack in 10 games last year.
Normally an inside linebacker, the team was trying him out at outside linebacker earlier this training camp, which in hindsight would’ve been a sign he was battling for his roster spot.
Maybe cutting him to bring in Clay Matthews
He was offered a deal and turned it down because Gary refused to give up number 52.
Please,no
It’s possible the Jets could be interested since Jarrad Davis will be out a couple months.
Martin had a decent rookie season once he got on the field. Seems odd that he fell off the roster like this. Surprised they cut him this early in camp. And couldn’t get a 6
or 7 round pick in trade?
Rodgers mustn’t have liked the way he looked at him .. lol
Ka’dar Hollman gets a 7th, and the Packers can’t get diddly for Martin?