The Carolina Panthers were forced to make an adjustment before training camp began when Jonathan Martin announced his retirement from the NFL. He had a chance to win the starting right tackle job, get his career back on track and make a fresh start with an organization that could have developed him in a way teams before had failed. What we learned is that Martin's problems extended far beyond poor play or a bullying scandal, the NFL was destroying his life.
Martin wrote an almost-1,000 word statement on his life up to this point and why he could no longer play in the NFL.