Cowboys All-Pro guard Zack Martin will undergo season-ending surgery on his right ankle, coach Mike McCarthy confirmed Thursday.
Todd Archer is an NFL reporter at ESPN and covers the Dallas Cowboys. Archer has covered the NFL since 1997 and Dallas since 2003. He joined ESPN in 2010. You can follow him on Twitter at @toddarcher.. Coach Mike McCarthy said Martin will undergo surgery on a right ankle issue that has been troubling the player for some time.
Martin, who turned 34 last month, is scheduled to be a free agent, and the team reworked his contract in the offseason to help spread out a salary-cap hit over the 2025 and 2026 seasons. Had the Cowboys not made that move, Martin would have counted nearly $25 million against the 2025 cap.Martin has been bothered by a right ankle injury for most of the season and suffered a shoulder injury during the season. In the Nov. 18 loss to the, Martin left early because of a sprain to his other ankle.
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