Twitter: How good was Witten?

[BAT]

Needs to be ROH for sure.

 

[DB_Cooper]

Witten was great in his early years. His rookie year he played with a broken Jaw. Later in his career he was pretty much a blocking tight end and good for picking up four yards on 3rd and 6. He should be in the ring of honor because of how popular he was. I struggle with HOF because there was no playoff success with the teams he was on.

 

[gimmesix]

He's a first-ballot Hall of Famer. That's how good he was.

He's No. 2 all time in receptions by a tight end, second only to Tony Gonzalez.

 

[Gangsta Spanksta]

People put down Witten on this board, but even old Witten was productive and would get first downs.

 

[noshame]

You brought up the broken jaw
Seems like yesterday
God I'm getting old
AND THATS # 10,000!!!

 

[BAT]

Witten was great in his early years. His rookie year he played with a broken Jaw. Later in his career he was pretty much a blocking tight end and good for picking up four yards on 3rd and 6. He should be in the ring of honor because of how popular he was. I struggle with HOF because there was no playoff success with the teams he was on.

IMO Witten is HOF worthy but TEs rarely get in 1st year of eligibility.

Unless they are Tony Gonzales.

 

[ClappingCarrot]

People forget Witten was outproducing TO.

He would've been in the historically great conversation had he not played in the same era as Tony Gonzalez, Antonio Gates, and Gronk.

I'll always love #82, even if he was a Jones simp.

 

[Cowpolk]

He is still better than anyone we have at TE

 

[Kingofholland]

Witten was great in his early years. His rookie year he played with a broken Jaw. Later in his career he was pretty much a blocking tight end and good for picking up four yards on 3rd and 6. He should be in the ring of honor because of how popular he was. I struggle with HOF because there was no playoff success with the teams he was on.

I don't think it's a struggle at all to put one of the best TEs in history into the hall of fame. Pro Football reference provides a pretty good predictor as well. They have him 6th all-time. He was really good into his early 30s and even when he got a couple steps slower he was still a stellar blocker and sneaky pass catcher.

https://www.pro-football-reference.com/hof/hofm_TE.htm

 

[kskboys]

Witten was great in his early years. His rookie year he played with a broken Jaw. Later in his career he was pretty much a blocking tight end and good for picking up four yards on 3rd and 6. He should be in the ring of honor because of how popular he was. I struggle with HOF because there was no playoff success with the teams he was on.

Shallow way to evaluate HOF potential. There are a ton of great players who didn't have playoff success.

 

[GMO415]

Jerry and his decade long HC experiment Jason Garrett wasted so much talent. It's a damn shame.

 

[jay94]

He was great, until his last 3 years, and last 2 especially. We weren't going anywhere anyways. Obviously a class act and a great guy.

 

[GMO415]

Shallow way to evaluate HOF potential. There are a ton of great players who didn't have playoff success.

Jim Plunker won two SBs and he's not in the HOF.

 

[JayFord]

Witten is a first Ballot hall of famer

man was always open and had 4 1000 yard seaso s as a tight end

 

[KJJ]

Jason Witten will be a first ballot Hall of Famer. Great chain mover and was always available. He played with a broken jaw.

 

[stilltheguru]

He's a first-ballot Hall of Famer[/B]. That's how good he was.

He's No. 2 all time in receptions by a tight end, second only to Tony Gonzalez.

No. First ballot is for game changers.

 

[ActualCowboysFan]

I think he will likely not get in first ballot as much as I think he should. I would say very likely he will be in the Hall soon though.

 

[Proof]

Witten was the man, but that’s an odd way to show it considering he played 17 seasons. of course a guy in his tenth season will be considerably behind

 

[sideon]

Witten was outstanding, the game against the Eagles where he got his helmet knocked off and kept running is iconic to Cowboys fans. He was never the fastest but he was pretty quick in his early years, and the only knock was that he wasn't a great blocker.

 

[buybuydandavis]

Witten has a HOF problem.

His retirement is sandwiched between Gates and Gronk.

Arguably they should all make it, even first ballot, but I don't see them putting in 3 TEs in 4 years.

If Gates gets in, then the HOF committee will be looking at Witten and Gronk coming up in consecutive years, and Gronk is going 1st ballot.
If Gates doesn't get it, do they let Witten in before Gates and Gronk? Doubt that.

Of the 3, I'd put Witten 3rd priority, and given they're all dropping at the same time, Witten gets pushed out into the future,