Martin is quietly building an amazing career. He's only 33. He could have 7-8 more solid years.
Entering season 11 career stats:
13th all time avg at 46.2 per punt.
64th on total yards at 30,170. He avgs 3k a year. If he gets just 2500 per year for the next 7 he will be about 15th all time.
72nd on total punts at 659. Needs 399 to break the top 20. So 56.57 per year for the next 7.
He's only had 3 punts blocked.
45th on punts inside the 20 with 239. He's 140 away from top 10. He averages 23.9 per year. In 7 that's 167.3. He could do it.
I know a lot of a punters career is extremely dependent on the team they are on, but in his current situation I think he's got a good shot at these.
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Re: Sam Martin
Did some math on Sam last year. If correct he has made over $10k (might be over $20k) per punt in his career. That's the gig to have for 10-15 years!
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Last year he wasn't punting too much.Bigdaddyg1 wrote: ↑Tue Sep 12, 2023 8:52 amDid some math on Sam last year. If correct he has made over $10k (might be over $20k) per punt in his career. That's the gig to have for 10-15 years!
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That whiffed tackle caused some funny texts in the group chat last night! Don’t blame him one bit for dodging that one.
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Sam pulled his hamstring in the Pittsburgh playoff game. Even with the injury he got off a 42 yard punt.
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He used his third leg to kick that one. He's had a heck of a career. 57th in total punting yards and tied for 15th in yards per punt in a career.
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Would've loved to see the Bills advance last night. One of my closest friends was a full-on Bills fan through thick and thin, but he passed away back in July.
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I'm now officially a "long time suffering" Panthers "fan". I said a year or so ago that I now know what it's like to be a Lions fan as we have apparently taken their place as the dog crap of the league. Grew up a Skins fan so I got to enjoy beating the Bills during their famous run of losing the SB to include a couple of wide rights. Give Sam credit for roughing it out last night. Hopefully he's got a few more seasons in him.