The up-and-down nature of Doug Martin's NFL trek – two massively successful Pro Bowl campaigns, several others marred by injury – has made each year of his career seem like its own self-contained story. Usually, that story began in the spring, when the Tampa Bay Buccaneers would begin preparing for the upcoming season.
In 2015, for instance, there were immediate indications that Martin, after two injury-plagued and unsatisfying seasons, was at the top of his game in May OTAs. That momentum carried over into training camp and then into the regular season, in which he ran for 1,402 yards to finish second in the NFL.