Doug-Ur-Naut Staying

Here at BucNation we are in middle of the road with Doug Martin's decisions of testing free agency market for the 2016 season. You can't blame him after the season that he had in 2015 by being the second best RB behind Adrian Peterson. He wants to see what other teams are willing to pay for his services. He's 27 and he's coming off his rookie contract of 4 years for $6.7M. We drafted Martin in the first round at pick 31 in 2012 and since day one he's been that work horse that balanced our offense when things got rough. His rookie year he made the Pro Bowl and rushed for 1,454 yds 11Tds. He caught 49 passes for 472 yards and 1 TD. He only had 1 fumble and it was lost.

Franchise Records:
Most Rushing yards in a game - 251 Raiders 2012(His hometown)
Longest run - 84 vs Eagles 2015
Rookie rushing yards - 1,454 breaking Cadillac Williams 1178
Most rushing TDs in a game - 4 (First half) vs Raiders 2012 (tied NFL record
Most TDs by a rookie - 11



In 2013 he suffered a torn Labrum which resulted in him being injured for the season. He only played 6 games before he suffered a torn labram which put him on IR. In those 6 games he rushed for 456 yards 1 TD. He caught 12 passes for 66 yards and 0 TDs. That season he had 2 fumbles and lost 1

Under new head coach Lovie Smith In 2014 he played 11 games and rushed for 494 yards and 2 TDs. He caught 13 passes for 64 yards and 0 TDs. He had zero turnovers.
That season we struggled on offense due to the sudden illness of Tedford that left his QB coach Arroyo to run the offense.

This season he was back to rookie form. Played all 16 games and rushed for 1,402 yards and 6 TDs. He caught 33 passes for 271 yards and 1 rec TD. His break out game of the season against the Eagles helped us get the win and gave him the team record with an 84 yard run. He won his second trip to the Pro bowl.

He was second leading rusher in the NFL and the elephant in the room is that he had 5 fumbles and lost all 5. So we at BucNation Firing Cannons can understand any angle the Tampa Bay Buccaneers take towards signing Martin to a $6-8M a year contract. GM Jason Licht says he's optimistic about re-signing Martin.

We feel that if the Bucs franchise tag him he can have that one year to prove 2015 wasn't a fluke. If he rushes over 1200 yards next season he will tie Adrian Peterson as the fifth faster RB who got to 5,000. If he repeats his production in 2016 then it's a no brainer to sign him for $500,000 a game for the 2017 season.

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