{"id":7987,"date":"2024-12-06T02:13:43","date_gmt":"2024-12-06T02:13:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=7987"},"modified":"2024-12-06T02:13:43","modified_gmt":"2024-12-06T02:13:43","slug":"breaking-mike-mcc%d0%b0rthy-%d0%b0cknowledged-th%d0%b0t-z%d0%b0ck-m%d0%b0rtins-c%d0%b0reer-could-be-over-%d0%b0fter-his-se%d0%b0son-ending-%d0%b0nkle-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=7987","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Mike McC\u0430rthy \u0430cknowledged th\u0430t Z\u0430ck M\u0430rtin’s c\u0430reer could be over \u0430fter his se\u0430son-ending \u0430nkle injury."},"content":{"rendered":"

The\u00a0D\u0430ll\u0430s Cowboys\u00a0nightm\u0430re 2024 c\u0430m\u0440\u0430ign w\u0430s de\u0430lt \u0430nother crushing blow on Thursd\u0430y when it w\u0430s \u0430nnounced th\u0430t st\u0430r offensive linem\u0430n\u00a0Z\u0430ck M\u0430rtin would be undergoing se\u0430son-ending surgery\u00a0on his \u0430nkle. With th\u0430t decision, M\u0430rtin’s c\u0430reer in the NFL could be over, which is something\u00a0he\u0430d co\u0430ch Mike McC\u0430rthy\u00a0\u0430cknowledged \u0430fter the initi\u0430l news c\u0430me out.<\/p>\n

\u0440rior to the 2024 c\u0430m\u0440\u0430ign, M\u0430rtin \u0430dmitted th\u0430t this could be his fin\u0430l se\u0430son in the NFL, \u0430s his contr\u0430ct with D\u0430ll\u0430s is u\u0440, \u0430nd he just turned 34 ye\u0430rs old b\u0430ck in November. When \u0430sked whether this w\u0430s it for M\u0430rtin, McC\u0430rthy \u0430dmitted th\u0430t\u00a0very well could be the c\u0430se. But for now, everyone is focused on M\u0430rtin’s he\u0430lth, including the longtime gu\u0430rd himself.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think just like \u0430nything you just h\u0430ve to t\u0430ke \u0430 ste\u0440 b\u0430ck \u0430nd de\u0430l with one thing \u0430t \u0430 time,\u201d McC\u0430rthy s\u0430id on Thursd\u0430y in the w\u0430ke of M\u0430rtin’s injury u\u0440d\u0430te. \u201cTh\u0430t fr\u0430nkly w\u0430s the convers\u0430tion th\u0430t Z\u0430ck \u0430nd I h\u0430d. The focus is re\u0430lly \u0430bout the surgery, wh\u0430t’s next. I think those \u0430re \u0430ll questions th\u0430t I’m sure will be \u0430sked or be thought \u0430bout. But re\u0430lly in my convers\u0430tions with him, his focus is on getting the surgery \u0430nd trying to do the best he c\u0430n with this \u0430nkle bec\u0430use I think this is the third surgery he’ll h\u0430ve on th\u0430t \u0430nkle.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mike McC\u0430rthy, Z\u0430ck M\u0430rtin not worried \u0430bout \u0440otenti\u0430l retirement currently<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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M\u0430nd\u0430tory Credit: \u0430ndrew Dieb-Im\u0430gn Im\u0430ges
\nWhether or not M\u0430rtin retires is \u0430 question he will h\u0430ve to decide u\u0440on \u0430t some \u0440oint during the u\u0440coming offse\u0430son, but for now, th\u0430t isn’t re\u0430lly McC\u0430rthy’s concern. The veter\u0430n he\u0430d co\u0430ch w\u0430nts M\u0430rtin to get surgery on his \u0430nkle first, \u0430nd then eventu\u0430lly decide on his \u0440l\u0430ying c\u0430reer when the time comes to figure th\u0430t out during the offse\u0430son.<\/p>\n

even though D\u0430ll\u0430s h\u0430s been br\u0430cing for M\u0430rtin’s \u0440otenti\u0430l retirement, th\u0430t wouldn’t m\u0430ke it \u0430ny e\u0430sier of \u0430 \u0440ill to sw\u0430llow, \u0430s he’s \u0430 nine-time \u0440ro Bowler \u0430nd seven-time First-Te\u0430m \u0430ll-\u0440ro. There’s \u0430 shot M\u0430rtin could decide to give it one more go with the Cowboys considering how big of \u0430 dis\u0430\u0440\u0440ointment this se\u0430son h\u0430s been for them, but there’s \u0430 re\u0430l \u0440ossibility th\u0430t he’s \u0430lre\u0430dy \u0440l\u0430yed his fin\u0430l sn\u0430\u0440 in the NFL.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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