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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Heyjoe4" data-source="post: 967187" data-attributes="member: 13032">Blake Martinez a better LB than Bobby Wagner?  On what planet?And if Martinez is so great, why would the Giants, one of the worst teams in the NFL, cut him in order to make room for a 2nd or 3rd level O Lineman?  Doesn't add up on any planet.To his credit, I will say this.  He was a sure-handed tackler.  He got plenty of opportunities given the Packers' weak DL.  And the secondary was worse.  So even though he regularly tackled guys 5 yards downfield, that was better than letting them into the secondary, which resembled a huge piece of cheesecloth.  But being the leading tackler on a weak defense is not a claim to fame - or a Pro Bowl, something he never achieved.Fortunately, in Campbell, Walker, and Barnes the Packers how have true sideline-to-sideline LBs who can tackle, drop into coverage, and slide to help set an edge.  That defense has come a long day from when Martinez was here.</blockquote>

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