Blake Martinez works out for Panthers
The Panthers worked out free agent linebacker Blake Martinez on Wednesday, Tom Pelissero of NFL Media reports.
Martinez, 29, retired to start his own business selling Pokemon cards. Blake’s Breaks, though, was banned by Whatnot — an online social marketplace that allows users to sell products to each other — from selling cards on its site in August.
He last played in the NFL in 2022 as a member of the Raiders, seeing action in four games.
The Packers drafted Martinez in the fourth round in 2016, and he played four seasons in Green Bay. Martinez led the league in tackles in 2017 with 144 stops.
He totaled 144 tackles in 2018 and 155 in 2019.
Martinez signed a three-year, $30 million pact with the Giants in 2020, but the team released him after two seasons.
He joined the Raiders' practice squad last October.
