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Story broke by Mortensen actually.
Cowboys legend Jason Witten retiring to join ESPN's 'Monday Night Football' broadcast booth - CBSSports.com
I'm not surprised, frankly.
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Probably the correct decision all round. Wish him the best. Great player in his prime but that was several years ago. Goedert in the 2nd round?
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Yep. End of an era.
Our depth chart for TEs isn't worth a fuck. Probably now we will be reaching for one in the 2nd round of the draft. That is if they have eyes and realize Rico ain't the answer.
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It is certainly out with the old and in with the new!
Romo, Dez, Witten, the entire legion of boobs.
Maybe a complete revamp of the teams of the past is what is needed. We shall see. Although, nothing will change at all until we change the head coach.
The only real old timer still around nowadays that matters is Sean Lee who has never played an entire season in his career
Romo, Dez, Witten, the entire legion of boobs.
Maybe a complete revamp of the teams of the past is what is needed. We shall see. Although, nothing will change at all until we change the head coach.
The only real old timer still around nowadays that matters is Sean Lee who has never played an entire season in his career
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Still have time to draft his replacement today. BTW he knows this team is headed nowhere this year, so yeah it was time.
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I actually think that does make it more Dak friendly.
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Did he stand on that stage last night with Troy and Roger, knowing that in less than 14 hours he was gonna hang up the cleats?
Orrrrrrr... Did the rather mediocre 1st round pick tip his decider scales?
Did something happen last night that made up his mind for him? Otherwise why not announce this like, two weeks ago or something?
The timing seems hinky.
Orrrrrrr... Did the rather mediocre 1st round pick tip his decider scales?
Did something happen last night that made up his mind for him? Otherwise why not announce this like, two weeks ago or something?
The timing seems hinky.
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That’s who I think they should go after. They are going to have to trade up though if they want him.
As for Witten, he was great when he was younger but he’s also been a total progress stopper for any young TE coming through Dallas.
Good or bad I’m just glad we won’t have to watch Dak trying for force feed the ball to Dez and Jason for most of the game. Just throw to the open guy.
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I think he was shocked he got offered the MNF gig and jumped all over it as soon as it was offered. Especially considering the report that came out was that he totally bombed the audition. He knew it was likely his only chance to land a sweet gig like that.
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Agree he didnt just wake this morning with a plumb job offer. He has known for weeks. I think last night was a favor to the organization.
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Again I don’t think he thought he was getting the job. The report that I read was that he totally bombed the audition. When he woke up this morning and they saw that they offered him the job he jumped all over it.
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I don't doubt he's a first ballot shoo-in.
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Stephen Jones tells @1053thefan that reports of @dallascowboys all-time receptions leader Jason Witten retiring to become NFL broadcaster is “news to us” but also that Jerry is getting set to meet with Witten. #DallasCowboys
— KristiCowboySideline (@KristiCowboy) April 27, 2018
— KristiCowboySideline (@KristiCowboy) April 27, 2018
And he restructured
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Yeah he probably forfiets that guarantee, that up-front money but ESPN probably covers that for Jason.
There's really no question now, that this was a sudden decision the Cowboys FO wasn't in on.
I wonder what happened last night, to change Witten's mind. Everything pointed to his going forward with us this year, then suddenly BAM. He's gone.