Miami’s Offensive Line

As you’ve likely heard by now, a veteran Miami Dolphins guard named Richie Incognito was recently suspended after the man who had played alongside him on the offensive line, second-year tackle Jonathan Martin, left the team and went home to California in distress. Martin (black) is a Stanford-educated classics major. Incognito (white) is a well-travelled frigate of a man who has found hot water in his every football port. Last year, during a Dolphins charity golf tournament, an apparently drunken Incognito approached a woman on the course, fondled her with a golf club, rubbed himself against her, and emptied a water bottle on her head while chanting, “Let it rain.” Within pro football, Martin’s profile makes him a rara avis. At the Dolphins facility, Incognito was the team leader charged with making certain that this rare bird, whom he called “Big Weirdo,” was prepared for N.F.L. life. Incognito left a voicemail informing Martin that he was a “half-nigger piece of shit,” and concluding, “I’ll kill you.”

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