Jason Witten Returning To Cowboys After Year in MNF Booth
After one year in the Monday Night Football booth, Jason Witten will get back to the field with the Cowboys. The Cowboys announced the tight end would come back for a 16th NFL season Thursday afternoon. Witten says he is excited to get back to competing, “The fire inside of me to compete and play this game is just burning too strong. This team has a great group of rising young stars, and I want to help them make a run at a championship.”
The announcement comes after Witten was highly and frequently criticized during his short tenure in the ESPN Monday Night Football set up. Twitter celebrated Witten’s return to football.
Are ya’ll happy? You got what you wanted: Jason Witten out of the broadcast booth.
— Kimberley A. Martin (@ByKimberleyA) February 28, 2019
Jason Witten is going back to the Dallas Cowboys! This is great news for fans!
Fans of Monday Night Football.
— Adam Rank (@adamrank) February 28, 2019
According to Adam Schefter , Witten’s contract is $3.5 million for one year. Schefter is also reporting the Cowboys have long thought Witten would make an excellent coach and with Jason Garrett’s contract up at the end of the season, this might be a power move for the Cowboys.
Witten leaving leaves ESPN in a spot to figure out something new again for Monday Night Football this year. This could be ESPN’s greatest gift in years.
