The Facts: The Buccaneers don't have to make a decision on Martin yet, so they won't. Speaking at the NFL Scouting Combine on Wednesday, Bucs general manager Jason Licht and coach Dirk Koetter passed on making any decision about the running back. "We've checked in with Doug, his well-being is very important to us. We don't have to make a decision right now, we've got time," Licht said. Added Koetter: "We don't have to make that decision right now. We don't have to rush it. We can just work through it. That's one of the things high on our list is what's going to happen to our running back position."

Diehards Line:As NFL.com's Kevin Patra suggests, the lukewarm comments from Bucs management forecast a parting of ways with Martin, even if they won't do it soon. Martin played in just eight games in 2016 due to injury and a four-game suspension to end the season. He averaged a paltry 2.9 yards per carry on 144 totes. The PED suspension can allow Tampa to void the rest of the guarantees on the five-year, $35.75 million contract Martin signed last offseason after he rushed for 1,402 yards in 2015. With a draft deep at the running back position and big-name free agents hitting the market, like Adrian Peterson and Jamaal Charles, Tampa could find several quality options to replace Martin and stabilize a backfield that was decimated by injury last year.