The Dallas Cowboys were thrown a curveball during the draft when it was announced that Jason Witten would be retiring from the team to join the Monday Night Football crew as an analyst. The Cowboys seemed to be blindsided by the decision and ended up taking Stanford Cardinal tight end Dalton Schultz with the 137th pick.

Jerry Jones and Witten had a meeting about the tight end's intentions. Jones said he was taking the weekend to make a decision but most of the reports coming out still suggest that Witten will be retiring from the NFL.

At this point in his career, Witten can still provide on the field, but his bigger contribution to the team might be off the field.

He is a great locker room guy and without him on the team this year, it would probably really suffer. Head coach Jason Garrett seems to know how important he is to the team, and according to Chris Mortenson of ESPN, Garrett is trying to convince Witten to come back for at least one more.

Mortenson is also reporting that the final decision will probably come Wednesday as to what he decides. Witten has had himself quite the decorated career in his 15 seasons with the Cowboys.

He has played in 239 games with America's Team racking up 12,448 yards and 68 touchdowns. Last year he played 16 games catching 63 passes for 550 yards and five touchdowns.

When he does decide to hang it up, he will go down as the best tight end in Cowboys history, and one of the best in NFL history. He should be a first-ballot Hall of Famer when he eligible for Canton.