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April 26, 2016

Eagles sign defensive tackle Mike Martin

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Mike Martin had 68 tackles and four sacks in four seasons with the Tennessee Titans.

The Philadelphia Eagles announced that they signed former Tennessee Titans defensive tackle Mike Martin, who was a former third-round pick in the 2012 NFL Draft.

Here are Martin's numbers the last four seasons:

 Mike MartinTackles Sacks FF FR 
 201237 
 201315 
 201413 
 2015
 TOTAL68 


After a decent rookie season, Martin's productively was nearly non-existent. In 2015, he played five games, and then did not appear at all in eight straight games before being placed on injured reserve at the end of the season.

Coming out of college at Michigan, Martin was a highly athletic, but undersized defensive tackle. He put up extraordinarily impressive numbers at the 2012 NFL Combine:

Martin's signing could be an indication of the type of quick, athletic defensive linemen the Eagles will begin targeting to play in Jim Schwartz's defense.


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