Why Picking up Jonathan Martin was a Waste of Time...

[Matthias]

Here's some interesting looks I've found of Martin's recent play, if yall can bare to watch four minutes of Kaepernick highlights.  He didn't start every game for the 49ers, but it looks like he played pretty well in protecting Kap against the Rams. (Though it should be noted Chris Long wasn't playing at the time)

 

 

[SOJA]

lol

[Bartin]

Found some of his college tape from 2010 on YouTube and, well, it's not very good. I'm a lot more pessimistic about this pickup than I was before. Not that it makes the pickup worse because it is no risk, but he just gets torched on speed rushes. It's a 13 minute clip of 3 games that splits out the positive and negative plays. This is from his junior year I think but it really leads me to believe that he was just a huge reach rather than a bust. Luck bails him out a lot and his college failures are the same as his pro failures.

[Moorgan]

Meh like has been said...no risk and with proper leadership and locker room I've seen the ugliest of ducklings turn it around. Imma wait n see. A new environment can make a vast difference. Or it won't and he'll be cut.

[Hotsauce]

It's funny, the Atlanta sports radio guys were saying this week how pissed they were the Panthers got JM and not the Falcons. Will he pan out? Maybe.. Or maybe not

[O-Ther]

I'm happy with him being a stop-gap starter/depth. Not going to be the next Jordan Gross, but good enough to get us to mid-season while our rookie OT develops like our drafted rookies did last year. 1 year left on his rookie deal, so it's just like we signed him to a 1 year prove it deal.

[PanthersUnited]

Wow, I thought this was a ok pick up until I saw this vid, sheesh, he's bad. Could you imagine a universe where him and Bell both on the same team. Bell as LT and Martin as RT

[DaveThePanther2008]

B!TCH and Moan about UDFAs as our OTs.   B!TCH and Moan about Signing Free Agent OTs.  

 

Here is what needs to be done.  Someone should go into Madden, create the best OT known to mankind and then release him from the team and we'll pick him up in free agency.

 

I have faith in our Offensive Line coaches.  Oher and Martin may not be pro bowlers but I am believing that they'll be good enough to help us win games. 

[GoobyPls]

The 2013 dolphins gave up the most sacks in the league, their worst starter was Martin. The 2014 Niners gave up the 3rd most sacks and their worst starter was Martin also.

 

I'm starting to think we might as well kept Bell and moved him to RT. If he can't produce with his college coach I highly doubt he can produce with us.

[Kuech the Sneak]

We've all seen worse here lmao

[Diehardpanther02]

Im not so sure martin wasnt a depth signing. We have remmers and oher and i think we draft a tackle, everyone thought so last year but we still need as much depth at that position we can get. Even if we dont draft one, remmers and oher will see whose the better at the blindside. The other gets the strong. And martin is on the bench with whoever else plays tackle.

[Diehardpanther02]

Wow, I thought this was a ok pick up until I saw this vid, sheesh, he's bad. Could you imagine a universe where him and Bell both on the same team. Bell as LT and Martin as RT

I know one combination worse. Byron bell and Nate chandler.

[captfluoro]

I'm in the low risk/possible high reward camp.  Sometimes all that is needed is a different environment for someone to flourish.  Our RT, Mike Remmers is a perfect example.  Guy was on 6 teams in three years but became our best tackle last year (although that isn't saying much) and may possibly be our starter next year.  Martin has a year to prove himself.  Sometimes having the right workplace atmosphere can work wonders.

 

That being said I still want us to draft a tackle with our first pick.

[Carolina Cajun]

Our Line will be better than last season, there is no doubt about that in my mind.  Oher or Martin might not pan out, but they do have a chance and our fallback if necessary is picking bell up off the street because I think it's pretty obvious he's not getting picked up, so just because of that reason there is absolutely no chance of regressing on the O-line.  On the upside, if either of them perform to what their original potential is, then our Line will be MUUUCH better.