 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Detroit yakapedza mwaka wenguva dzose wa1954 pamusoro peNFL West uye zvakare yakatarisana neBrowns mumutambo wemakwikwi, asi vakarasikirwa nechiverengero che 56 10. Martin akachinja kubva pakuva muchengeti kuenda pakuva muchengeti wemutsetse gore rakatevera racho, apo Detroit yakanga ine chinyorwa chokurasikirwa. Chikwata chakavandudza muna 1956, zvisinei, uye chakakunda imwe NFL Championship pamusoro peBrowns muna 1957. Martin akagara neShumba mumwaka we1961. A placekicker akasimba, Martin aishandiswa zvikurukuru pa kickoffs uye pane zvinangwa zvemunda mumakore ake ekupedzisira muDetroit. Muna 1960, akava mutambi wokutanga munhau yeNFL kurova zvibodzwa zviviri zvemunda zvinopfuura mamita 50 mumutambo mumwe. Akasarudzwa kuPro Bowl, mutambo wegore negore weNFL wezvose-nyeredzi, muna 1961 mushure mekutungamira timu mukuwana zvibodzwa gumi neshanu uye makumi maviri neshanu mapoinzi ekuwedzera. 