They offered New York a first-round draft pick. Then they sweetened the deal with a midround pick that was, reportedly, as high as the third round.
That was some aggressive trade-deadline maneuvering for a team that only a year earlier shipped a first-round pick to Oakland for receiver Amari Cooper.
And the click you heard coming from Dallas was the Cowboys hanging up.
No deal. Martin was off-limits. As off-limits as if the Jets had asked for Ezekiel Elliott.
In five full seasons, Martin already has three first-team All-Pro selections from the Associated Press. So, right now, at age 28, this 6-4, 315-pound interior blocking machine already has as many or more AP first-team All-Pro honors as six guards already enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.