Rumor: Mortensen: Witten to retire **merged**

This pretty much shoots down any possible Earl Thomas trade unless the Cowboys want to play with what they have at TE or try and replace Witten with a lower round pick. With Witten retiring we can’t afford to be trading away a 3rd round pick. We need our number 2 for a WR. We have no stability with our entire receiving corp right now. Hurns is working on a two-year deal. Thompson is working on a one-year deal. The 2018 season will be the last season year of Twill’s guaranteed money and Beasley’s contract will be up after the 2018 season.
 
Watch how excited and energized the fanbase gets when it sinks in... Watch how much buzz gets generated around TE now in the draft. Is Rico ready? Hmmm. Makes for a very interesting sitcheashen. This news is bittersweet because I have nothing but respect and adulation for this guy and what he has done for the Boys but this moment was destined to come and now it's here. Wow.
 
Diehardblues said:
Should we have kept Dez another year?
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They might have had they known but we don't know what they know. Witten and Booger are really tight so I would be surprised if they're surprised.

I think they might have cut Dez regardless of what Witten did. It seems the marriage was over.
 
Nightman said:
Romo earned almost all of his prorated signing bonuses

He played 4 of the 7 years of his 7/119m extension........ his original 25m signing bonus was down to 5m and the team decided not to pursue it though they technically could have

Witten's 4.7m signing bonus is for games he hasn't played yet so he has to pay it back
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They couldn't pursue it because they cut him. If he had retired first, then they technically could have.
 
Great timing huh?

Signing him to that 4 year deal looks like a tragic mistake. People love to blame the coach, but it's the front office holding this team back.
 
CowboyStar88 said:
Witten retired... Big difference
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No. He should of retired at the beginning of FA when he was thinking about it. Just like folks said the Cowboys should have done with Dez. Like Parcells always said "if you thinking about retirement...then your already retired."

I'm sure that would have changed their draft plans.
 
408Cowboy said:
How will it affect the cap? And how does it compare to if he did this before the restructure?
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I think he would need to repay the restructure bonus, and then be outright released, which would mean no future CAP hit at all, and no CAP hit this season. But I'm not sure about the NFL rules on this issue. His total compensation for each of the next four seasons is $6.5M each season.
 
Free's retirement caught us off guard and we never recovered. Hopefully we handle this better.
 
It was in the news a few weeks ago that he interviewed for a broadcasting gig. The same one Favre bombed at.
 
End of an era. Witten was one of my all time favorite Cowboys.

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Kevinicus said:
They couldn't pursue it because they cut him. If he had retired first, then they technically could have.
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Right

There was talk of him waiting to retire but they just made it a June 1st cut

They were never going after any bonus money though
 
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