“He’s Already Made $30M”: NFL World Aghast as Raiders LB Retires After Selling Pokémon Card for $600K Despite $1 Million Guaranteed in His Contract

Blake Martinez dropped a bomb on the NFL community a few days ago. The Las Vegas Raiders’ linebacker abruptly retired from the sport just 6 years after being drafted. While Brady continues to play at 45, the 28-year-old picked an alternative career for his future, as he called it a day on his football career. 

Martinez sold a Pokemon card for $672,000 and announced his retirement post performing this trade. 

Pokemon world bigger than the NFL?

In this shocking series of events, Martinez revealed he didn’t need the money from the sport. He announced his retirement through his Instagram post. He also stated that he was content with his earnings from trading Pokemon cards.

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As fans remain shocked by these developments, Twitter had some of the most interesting reactions to this announcement.

This fan showed no mercy as he called the Raiders a ‘poverty team.’ He thinks Martinez is better off with his decision.

This fan was on the same page as he thinks Martinez took the right call.

This fan asked the rest of the lot to let the linebacker make his own choices. He addressed the issues that come along with having a long football career and how money is not everything.

This fan too let everyone on the thread know that Martinez probably has made a fortune by selling pokemon cards. However, he took down Antonio Brown while he was at it.

This fan called out the content in this post, which seems to leave out some key facts. The headline just emphasized two events and related them.

While there was some relation, it wasn’t everything the story was about.

The Blake Martinez story

Martinez was drafted by the Greenbay Packers in 2016. He was a standout performer at Stanford University. The linebacker was traded to the Giants after spending three years in Wisconsin. He signed with the Las Vegas Raiders just a month before announcing his retirement from the game.

In his short stint with the franchise, Martinez was solid on their D-line. In his last appearance as a professional football player, Martinez led the Raiders for the highest number of tackles in their loss against the Jaguars. Though his retirement came in abruptly, the linebacker has earned almost around $30 million over his NFL career.

He will be a huge miss for the Raiders as they lose players through injuries. However, they can’t do much about it as it came as a personal decision for Martinez.

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