GREEN BAY — It didn’t take long for Blake Martinez to realize he wasn’t long for Titletown.
The ex-Green Bay Packers inside linebacker tried in vain to fight back tears in the aftermath of the team’s season-ending NFC Championship Game loss to the San Francisco 49ers on Jan. 19, realizing he might’ve just played his final game for the team. But it wasn’t until free agency approached and the Packers made their view of him — and the importance, or lack thereof, of the inside linebacker position — clear that he knew it was time to move on.