Las Vegas Raiders linebacker Blake Martinez has retired from the NFL after seven seasons, per the team’s Twitter.
Congrats on your retirement, @big__blake50! And good luck on your new journey. u2620ufe0f pic.twitter.com/GeNF5Ej3H6
— Las Vegas Raiders (@Raiders) November 10, 2022
At just 28 years old, this is quite abrupt as Martinez had 11 combined tackles and played 91 percent of Las Vegas’s defensive snaps on Sunday. Martinez was confusingly cut by the New York Giants prior to the start of the season and was swept up by the Raiders where he played just four games.