Jeremiah Martin

Current Contract

Contract Value Index (CVI)

Above-replacement production at the DE salary tier earns Jeremiah Martin a C+ Contract Value Index. Martin's 2025 season totals of 2 tackles across 2 games align with his third-year status and the reality that he's functioning as depth inventory rather than a rotation piece; the contract structure at $4.5M AAV over two years reflects that modest on-field contribution and positioning in the lower half of the defensive end market. The Bears are clearly treating him as a practice squad body in a preseason evaluation phase—recent roster moves show organizational focus on defensive depth additions across multiple positions, and Martin's prior stints with New Orleans and Washington have generated zero momentum narrative. At 25 years old and 3 seasons in, he's no longer a prospect with developmental upside; he's a journeyman competing for survival on the depth chart, and his $4.5M annual commitment carries downside risk if camp or preseason doesn't produce a spark. The two-year term is short enough to avoid long-term cap anchoring, but the underlying contract value assumes continued replacement-level production—if injury or performance forces early release, there's limited trade market to justify the outlay. Unless Martin has a genuinely surprising camp performance in the final stretch before regular season kickoff, his narrative arc points toward depth-chart irrelevance and minimal on-field impact.

Contracts in the Same Value Band

Other same-position deals the Contract Value Index also places in the C band — a quick read on where Jeremiah's contract sits relative to comparable money.

Performance Analysis

On tape and on the stat sheet, Jeremiah Martin earns a C+ performance grade among DE peers. His 2025 season produced minimal output—2 tackles across 2 games—the kind of counting stat line that confirms replacement-level status rather than suggesting hidden upside waiting to break through. The limited snap allocation and minimal production reflect a player operating well below the threshold for meaningful defensive line contribution, and there's nothing in his tape or box score that suggests a turnaround is imminent. As a third-year player, Martin remains in the developmental window where trajectory still matters, but his journeyman path through the Saints and Commanders—combined with his arrival in Chicago as a practice squad signing rather than a depth chart investment—signals the Bears view him as camp competition and emergency depth rather than a roster building block. The media consensus is blunt: this is routine roster churn, with Martin's near-invisible arrival generating little fan interest or confidence. In a league where defensive line production is a non-negotiable foundation, Martin's current output leaves no margin for interpretation.

How Jeremiah Compares at the Position

Jeremiah Martin ranks 46th of 147 graded defensive ends by performance. That slots Jeremiah between Malcolm Koonce (B-) just ahead and Braden Fiske (C+) just behind.

Fan Sentiment

The media tone on Jeremiah Martin pencils out to a D- sentiment grade after weighing recent storylines. Coverage of his practice squad signing with the Bears has been functionally invisible—outlets that bothered to mention him at all framed it as routine roster churn, citing his unremarkable stints with New Orleans and Washington as evidence that he's a journeyman fill-in rather than a prospect with trajectory. His 2025 season production of 2 tackles across 2 games aligns perfectly with that dismissal; there's nothing in his on-field resume that complicates the replacement-level read. The Bears' actual newsmakers on the defensive line—Lynch, Galimore, Wills—have sucked up all the oxygen in the room, leaving Martin to compete for practice squad scraps with virtually zero goodwill from media or fans. He arrives in Chicago with the kind of anonymity that rarely translates to opportunity; unless he has a genuinely surprising camp or preseason, the narrative trajectory points toward depth-chart irrelevance by the time the regular season begins in 91 days.