With news about Jason Witten returning to the field to re-join the Dallas Cowboys, the word is starting to get out about why he came out of retirement.
Per the latest rumors, Witten's becoming a tight end again because he didn't like the “TV life.”
It seems like Witten is the happiest of all about this latest career shift, and he's not the only one.
According to Sports Illustrated, this move was the smartest one that Witten could have taken, albeit one that leaves a void in the Monday Night Football booth.
Witten's return to the field is also a warning to networks, too.
“For now, all the company shared regarding the future was this: “In the coming weeks we will determine our MNF plans for the 2019 season.” ESPN could roll out a McFarland/Tessitore exclusive broadcast next season, enlist one of their other NFL analysts to join the show, or hire an entirely new voice. Jason Witten’s return to the field stands as a warning to his once-again peers eyeing their own second careers in broadcasting. It’s not as easy as it seems.”
Witten played college football for the University of Tennessee and was selected by the Cowboys in the third round of the 2003 NFL Draft. Witten ranks second in all-time career receptions and receiving yards by an NFL tight end, trailing only Tony Gonzalez.
He resides in Westlake, Texas, located in the Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex, with his wife Michelle, an emergency room nurse at Dallas' Parkland Memorial Hospital, and their four children C.J., Cooper, Landry, and Hadley Grace.