Newsstand: Jerry Jones comments on former Notre Dame OG Zack Martin missing Dallas Cowboys training camp
Former Notre Dame offensive guard Zack Martin still isn’t in Oxnard, Calif., for Cowboys training camp, and it doesn’t seem like he’s going to get there any time soon. Cowboys owner Jerry Jones commented on the holdout Monday.
Jones said Martin’s absence, which is due to wanting to restructure his contract so that he receives closer to what the top-paid guards in the NFL are currently getting, is not a surprise. Martin makes $14 million per year, eighth in the league among guards. Atlanta’s Chris Lindstrom makes $20.5 million, and the Indianapolis Colts’ Quenton Nelson, also a former Fighting Irish players, makes $20 million.
Jones is not ready to budge on Martin’s demands.
“You realize that not having him here, it could happen on the next play,” Jones said. “And you’re not happy. So gotta put that one on and say we’ll just move on here without him. But you say, ‘boy, that sounds concerning.’ No, I’m just trying to give you how you really have to look at it.”
Martin has missed nearly two weeks of Cowboys camp and has incurred fines totaling $600,000. He’s been in Dallas since 2014 and has made the Pro Bowl eight times in addition to six first-team All-Pro selections and two second-team All-Pro nods.
Notre Dame tweets of the day
Sophomore wide receiver Tobias Merriweather could be a problem for opposing defenses.
The Irish are also high on fellow sophomore Billy Schrauth, a candidate to start at left guard.
Indeed, it is almost time.
Quote of the day
“Luke is a great athlete. He’s really tall and lanky. He’s also really fast. He’s been getting to know the playbook but it’s new. He came straight from high school. He wasn’t here in the spring, but he’s been doing well.”
— Graduate student safety DJ Brown on preferred walk-on Luke Talich
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