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Raiders Rumors: Doug Martin a Perfect Fit in Oakland?

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Doug Martin a Perfect Fit in Oakland
July 30th | 2018

Doug Martin is looking to revive his career after he fell out of favor in Tampa Bay following consecutive seasons of sub-par play and limited availability.

Martin is comfortable in Oakland, not just because he was born there, but also for a handful of reasons he mentioned as NBC Sports writer, Scott Bair, reports:

“This is probably the top running line that I’ve run behind,” Martin said. “I can definitely tell the holes are there and wide open. I can’t wait to run behind these guys.”

When speaking of Tom Cable’s run blocking scheme, Martin also had this to say: “It’s really once you get the ball, you pick a hole and you just go,” Martin said. “It’s a timing thing, and we have some gap schemes in there and those are probably one of my favorite types of run plays – where you just get the ball and just hit it.”

Martin has also drawn praise from his new teammates, as left guard Kelechi Osemele mentioned, “I think Doug Martin is a strong and a tough guy, but he’s also athletic,” Osemele said. “He has really good vision as a running back so he’s going to be able to change direction and hit holes and stuff like that.”

Fantasy Spin

We all know the routine at this point. Martin has had multiple seasons as an RB1 in fantasy football with two years of 1,400+ rushing yards on his resume. The downside is Martin also has four seasons of less than 500 rushing yards on that same resume. The trend with Martin has been that when healthy both mentally and physically, Martin has performed in the two seasons in which he completed all 16 games. He averaged 4.6 yards per attempt in his rookie season as well as 4.9 yards per attempt in 2015, earning Pro-Bowl honors each year and even managed First-Team All-Pro honors in 2015 per pro-football-reference.com. Martin has his work cut out for him right now in what is a presumed committee with fellow Oakland native, Marshawn Lynch. This will be a backfield to monitor closely in the preseason to see exactly which version of Doug Martin is showing up this season. If on the right track, Martin could crush his current 11th round ADP on fantasyfootballcalculator.com as a low-risk, high-upside pick that late in drafts.

Source: NBCSports
Written by: John Ferguson | @FantasyFerguson