Jonathan Martin Out Tomorrow, but Bigger Concern Surfaces; Clabo Set to Start

Well, things have officially gotten weird in Miami.

I guess that's what a four game losing streak will do, huh?

RT Jonathan Martin has been absent from practice all week (which is really only one practice), and has been ruled "doubtful" for tomorrow's game with an illness.

Well, a new report has surfaced tonight saying that there is much, much more to the story.

Here's The Miami Herald's Armando Salguero:


..according to FOX Sports 1, which just reported that Martin "kind of flipped out," and smashed a food tray on the floor of the team lunch room on Monday when a practical joke perpertrated by teammates didn't sit well with him.

Teammates apparently walked away from an ill Martin when he sat down near them in the lunch room. And not appreciating the joke, Martin went off ... like into the sunset.

And he hasn't returned to the team since.

The Herald has confirmed from two sources the story is accurate.

Martin is said to be getting "treatment" for an unknown problem away from the team, a Dolphins source confirmed for the Miami Herald. The source declined further comment.

Wait, what?

I can tell you that last year, as a rookie, Martin was considered the shy one of the bunch, and this is something teammates joked with him about often.  Could he have finally gone of the edge here?

More from the Herald:


Martin has seemed "more aloof" in recent days prior to the incident Monday, a teammate just texted. This teammate said he's reached out to Martin and has been told the player is spending time with his family.

A source also told the Herald that this incident is in no way related to Martin's recent position switch from LT to RT to make room for Bryant McKinnie.

Regardless, this means that fan favorite Tyson Clabo will be reinserted into the starting lineup tomorrow night, just a week after being benched for McKinnie.

Gulp.