The only center to start a Texans game during Deshaun Watsonnow’s career is on the market. The Texans launched Nick Martin on Friday, Aaron Wilson of the Houston Chronicle reports (on twitter) The change is now official.
A choice for the fifth round of 2016, Martin lost his entire debut season, but established himself as Houston’s starting center a year later. In all the games that Watson played as a professional, Martin served as his center. Martin will join Senio Kelemete how Texans O-linemen cut this week. Texans also launched Duke Johnson on Friday.
With the launch of Martin, the Texans will save $ 6.25 million in cap space. The younger brother of Zack Martin, Nick received a base salary of $ 7.25 million in 2021 and was hired during the ’22 season. Texans have risen north by $ 15 million in space limits.
The Texans gave Martin an extension of $ 33 million for three years before the 2019 season. Going into Friday, the deal remained a contract for the top five centers. THE Nick Caserio–David Culley regime will now look for a new snapper. Whether the new center will be moved to Watson in 2021 is certainly another story.
The focus of professional football has never been very important in Martin’s work, ranking him as the 29th center of the league last season and never surpassing 17th place. Martin, however, has not missed a start since the 2017 season and remains at his peak. He will be 28 in this off-season.
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