Perhaps a year away from football has done Dallas Cowboys tight end Jason Witten some good?
That's what quarterback Dak Prescott thinks.
Prescott said that Witten taking the 2018 campaign off to do some broadcasting will actually serve him better this coming season.
“I guess the trick is to take a year off. Because he’s definitely gotten better, stronger and faster,” said Prescott, according to Jori Epstein of USA TODAY.
Witten retired at the end of the 2017 season and jumped into the broadcast booth as a color commentator for ESPN's Monday Night Football, but after one year away from the game, Witten got the itch to return, and now, it's like he never left.
In what was supposed to be his final NFL season in 2017, Witten played in all 16 games and hauled in 63 receptions for 590 yards and five touchdowns en route to a Pro Bowl appearance.
The 37-year-old, who played his collegiate football at the University of Tennessee, was originally selected by the Cowboys in the third round (69th pick overall) of the 2003 NFL Draft.
He was a Pro Bowler by his second season as a result of catching 87 passes for 980 yards and six scores, and he went on to make seven straight Pro Bowl appearances overall, including a pair of First-Team All-Pro selections, from 2004 through 2010.
Overall, Witten has made 11 Pro Bowls throughout his NFL career and has put together four 1,000-yard campaigns, stamping his name among the best tight ends in the history of the league.
Witten also played in every game between 2004 and 2017, a truly remarkable feat.
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