Martin is cut from a different cloth. Like has been said many times before he probably knew fighting with Incognito is a fight he couldn't win. He comes from a long line of intellectuals and I can promise you he probably thought if he was nice to the guy it would end. Kill them with kindness. Unfortunate for him, the team and others he hit a breaking point and (in his mind) the only option left was to remove himself from the situation.
Hell...I am a big guy bit I can't fight. I am not a fighter. I don't proclaim to be one. I would probably act the same way Martin did by trying to win them over or removing myself from the situation. If I have to fight, I guess I will. But I know I am not going to do so if I know I can't win.
A lot of times in a work environment you don't like everyone you work with. Sometimes you still go have drinks with them after work, you hang out, but at the end of the day you still don't like them. But you hang out because it is for the betterment of the team. Martin kept taking, taking and taking from Incognito. At some point, even the most mentally strong person out there will break.
The million dollar question is why Martin didn't tell anyone before? Why was he keeping it bottled up to the point where he just snapped?
Btw, that looks like New Orleans and I would assume quite a few players were out that night...together.
I truly beleive Incognito was genuinely blindsided by this and truly considered Martin a friend.
btw, pt 2...a friend doesn't leave voicemails and send texts to other friends the way Incognito did to Martin. You just don't. That isn't a friend. Sorry...it just isn't. If Incognito thinks that is what a friend does...well, he needs more help than I originally thought.