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The Dallas Cowboys opened their training camp without Ezekiel Elliott. Jason Witten, who returned to the team after retiring in 2018, realizes how important Elliott is. While talking to the media on Saturday, Jason Witten said Ezekiel Elliott is a huge part of the team. The Cowboys have lofty expectations in 2019 but they know […]

Dallas Cowboys tight end Jason Witten has been out of football for a year after deciding to retire and head to the broadcast booth following the 2017 campaign, but now Witten is back and ready for another NFL season. Naturally, people are wondering whether or not the 37-year-old will be the same, but NFL analyst […]

Jason Witten spent one year away from football, but now, the tight end is back on the gridiron, and he is ready to help the Dallas Cowboys return to prominence. But just how much should we expect from Witten in 2019? After all, he is 38 years old, and while taking a year off may […]

The Dallas Cowboys signed Jason Witten on February 28th and when they did they weren’t 100 percent what his role would be on the team. Witten is being paid only a base salary of $2 million which is on the low end for a starting tight end in the league. Witten knows that there is […]

The Dallas Cowboys gave defensive lineman DeMarcus Lawrence a contract extension earlier this offseason, but they are far from done. Dak Prescott, Ezekiel Elliott and Amari Cooper are all looking for new deals, and slowly but surely, the Cowboys are working on negotiating with each player. The good news is that everything seems to be […]

Dallas Cowboys tight end Jason Witten is back on the gridiron after taking a year off to jump in the broadcast booth, but while he is a Cowboys legend and was regularly one of the best tight ends in the league before his brief retirement, he understands he still needs to prove himself. “There’s a […]

Jason Witten didn’t practice with the Cowboys on Wednesday, but its because he was forced to take the day off. Coach Jason Garrett said he and his staff have a plan for easing the 37-year old Witten back onto the field after spending a year away from the game in the Monday Night Football booth. […]

Jason Witten knew early on in the offseason that he had a chance to return to play his 16th season with the Cowboys. But what if that opportunity wasn’t there? What if the Cowboys had already invested significantly at the tight end position after he decided to retire and join the Monday Night Football broadcast team […]

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 […]

Dallas Cowboys tight end Jason Witten shocked a lot of people when he decided to come back to play football but so far he is satisfied with the way everything has worked out. Witten knows it was a tough decision to make but he was happy he made the decision early so that he could […]

The Dallas Cowboys are coming off of a 2018 campaign in which they won 10 games and captured the NFC East division title, and now, they are getting their legendary tight end back, as Jason Witten has elected to return to the Cowboys after retiring for one year. Witten is thrilled to be back in […]

Jason Witten still has it. Dallas Cowboys head coach Jason Garrett attended the team’s annual “Taste of the Cowboys” to benefit the North Texas Food Bank. According to Cowboys reporter Rob Phillips, Garrett said Witten has looked good during the team’s voluntary offseason program and looks like the same player before his retirement. Witten retired […]

Jason Witten is no longer at ESPN. After one widely panned season in the broadcast booth, Witten is returning to the field. Just yesterday, ESPN announced they would be keeping their same Monday Night Football team, minus Witten. It’s still unclear whether Witten was forced out or if he left on his own accord, but […]

If you were hoping for ESPN to make a big splash with their new Monday Night Football broadcast crew, you’re going to be disappointed. When Jason Witten announced he was un-retiring and returning to the Cowboys, many fans got excited. Not just because they didn’t like Witten, but because rumors started swirling about ESPN getting […]

Dallas Cowboys tight end Jason Witten made headlines with his decision to come out of retirement this offseason. It appears he feels he still has plenty left to give to his old team. Witten retired following the 2017 NFL season and spent the 2018 campaign watching the game from the booth as a broadcaster. According […]

Jason Witten isn’t Tony Romo. In the wake of the former Dallas Cowboys quarterback becoming an overnight sensation in his debut season as an NFL announcer, though, “Monday Night Football” attempted to capitalize on Romo’s success by hiring Witten, in his first year of retirement, to replace Jon Gruden as the color analyst for football’s […]

Now that Jason Witten is back on the Dallas Cowboys he is opening up about his one year on Monday Night Football and admits that he heard all the criticism and it really bothered him. Witten told Ryen Russillo on ‘Duel Threat’ that during his time in the league he heard the criticism but he could […]

Jason Witten is back with the Dallas Cowboys, and he is loving every second of it. The future Hall-of-Fame tight end retired from football at the end of the 2017 campaign and spent all of this past season working in the booth as a commentator for Monday Night Football, but now, he is back with […]

Veteran tight end Jason Witten is once again a member of the Dallas Cowboys. Quickly becoming one of the top stories of the early portion of the 2019 NFL offseason, Witten infamously came out of retirement to return to the heralded franchise ahead of next season. Because the seasoned pass catcher spent a year away […]

Jason Witten will be returning to the field for the Dallas Cowboys next season, but if you were expecting him to have the same kind of role in the offense that he had in years past, you are probably expecting too much. After all, Witten was out of football for a year turns 37 years […]

Jason Witten returns to the Dallas Cowboys’ locker room 10 months after announcing his retirement and working on the broadcast booth for ESPN’s Monday Night Football coverage. The Cowboys didn’t have the strongest need at tight end after the emergence of Blake Jarwin late in the 2018 season. They also have very high expectations for […]

Jason Witten is officially back in the NFL. The tight end’s comeback was announced earlier this week, but he actually put his pen to the paper on Wednesday, signing a $2 million contract with the Dallas Cowboys, according to Jon Machota of The Dallas Morning News. Witten also has incentives in the deal that can […]

Jason Witten broke news recently by unretiring and deciding to rejoin the Dallas Cowboys this season. Plenty of people had jokes and comments to the situation—including Byron Jones. Jones took to Twitter to joke about why Witten decided to end his retirement from football. Jason Witten returns to the Cowboys after I switch to CB […]

Don’t fool yourself, or better yet, don’t let the media fool you. Jason Witten returning to the Dallas Cowboys is significant. It changes the landscape not just in the NFC East, but in the NFC as a whole. The one and done ESPN Monday Night Football analyst cut bait on a broadcasting career that had offered only […]

News broke on Thursday that tight end Jason Witten would un-retire and return to play for the Dallas Cowboys in 2019. This was shocking, since Witten spent the entirety of the 2018 season working as a color analyst for Monday Night Football. The move led to mixed reactions, but Hall of Fame wide receiver Michael […]

Oh, the shade of it all! As Jason Witten moves from behind the booth and back onto the field, Cris Carter is prepared with snarky comments. As we’ve previously reported, Witten has announced that he’s coming out of retirement — and leaving Monday Night Football — to re-join the Dallas Cowboys. We’d also previously reported […]

With today’s shocking news that Jason Witten was stepping down from his role with Monday Night Football to return to the Dallas Cowboys, speculation immediately began swirling about who would take his place. Peyton Manning was rumored to be a candidate when the job was open last year, and it looks like he’ll be sought […]

The Dallas Cowboys took the NFL world by storm on Thursday, as they agreed to terms to break Jason Witten out of retirement and bring him back to the team. Although he will be on a 25-snap count per game workload, he will definitely help the Cowboys remain strong contenders next season. The $5M number […]

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.” One source tells @TheAthleticDFW on Jason Witten's return: "He missed […]

The Booger Show has a nice ring to it, we guess, but Deion Sanders is out there actively campaigning for Booger McFarland to replace Jason Witten on Monday Night Football. With Jason Witten returning to the field and leaving Monday Night football I PRAY @ESPNBooger Booger McFarland gets the JOB by himself. He's Good and […]

On Thursday afternoon, news came down the wire stating that Jason Witten will be returning to the Dallas Cowboys after a stint with ESPN’s Monday Night Football broadcast team. After hearing Witten’s announcement, fellow Dallas icon and Mavs legend Dirk Nowitzki sent out a brief message on Twitter to welcome him back: Welcome baaaaack @JasonWitten […]

The Dallas Cowboys are looking like potential contenders next season and their offense is expected to take a big step forward. Jason Witten wasn’t a part of last years team after deciding to retire and join the broadcasting booth, but now he has decided to return to the team. According to a report from Ian […]

Former Dallas Cowboys star Jason Witten is very familiar with the team’s new offensive coordinator Kellen Moore, and he is confident that the offense will take a big step with him calling the plays. Moore and Witten both stepped away from playing in 2017 with Witten going to ESPN and Moore becoming the team’s quarterback coach. […]

When Jason Witten hung up the cleats from the Dallas Cowboys and put on the headset to be an analyst on Monday Night Football, it surprised a lot of people. It seemed to surprise even more people when there were rumors that Witten might leave the booth midseason to rejoin the Cowboys who looked like they needed […]

It’s safe to say that it has been a rough year for Jason Witten — and that’s putting it lightly. The former Dallas Cowboys tight end and current ESPN broadcaster just wrapped up his first year in the booth and things did not go well throughout the entire process. Whether it was stumbling over himself […]

Just to be clear, Kansas City Chiefs quarterback  — and leading MVP candidate — Patrick Mahomes and Indianapolis Colts tight end Eric Ebron are not on the same team. But, if you asked former Dallas Cowboys tight end and current ESPN commentator Jason Witten on Sunday, you might have gotten a little bit of a […]

In 2012, Dallas Cowboys tight end Jason Witten set the record for most receptions by a tight end in a single season with 110. Zach Ertz of their division rival Philadelphia Eagles broke Witten’s record on the team’s first offensive play of the third quarter against the Houston Texans. Ertz entered the day needing 10 […]

Former Dallas Cowboys tight end Jason Witten followed the path his quarterback embarked on a year earlier, going right from the field to the broadcast booth. However, as Tony Romo predicts plays with Jim Nantz on CBS, Witten stuck his foot in his mouth alongside Joe Tessitore on Monday Night Football this week. Jason Witten […]

During the course of this past weekend, there was a report that emerged that the Dallas Cowboys had attempted to convince recently retired tight end, Jason Witten, to make a comeback this season. This was all met by a strong denial from team owner Jerry Jones that this type of dialogue between both sides never […]