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

[BillyBates]

on and off the field stand up rep for the Star

 

[Jumbo075]

I think this is for the best, but it still stings. My oldest son's middle name is Witten - he's my whole family's favorite player. Thank you for everything 82.

I have two Cowboys' Jerseys - Witten and Dez.

 

[Hawkeye19]

One of my all time favorites... wish him and his family all the best as he steps into his next season.

 

[CWR]

You picked up the wrong book then

Hows that?

 

[Silver N Blue]

I was at the game where he broke his jaw. We waited afterwords for player autographs and up comes Witten with a lady on each arm up the tunnel. Jaw swollen the size of a watermelon but walking with the swagger we witnessed the rest of his career. One of the best TEs of all time and hands down the best this team has had. Will miss ya 82!!

 

[eternaljester81]

I have two Cowboys' Jerseys - Witten and Dez.

At least Wit's retiring a Cowboy.

 

[aikemirv]

Agreed - but it had nothing to do with the 3 players mentioned. They were all near the end for the reasons I already mentioned whether Dak came along or not.

Your assessment is more than fair though.

I believe it did have the negative Dez effect. He would still be here and fine with Romo. Dallas would be looking for a Romo replacement yesterday with 5 QB's taken in the first round and 1 that a lot had ranked as the very best of the group right there at 10(easy to go up for)

I sure hope Dak comes thru.

 

[Gameover]

Hows that?

He’s nowhere near E. Smith

Not even close

 

[Joe Realist]

It’s a business. It was said a month ago that he interviewed. He doesn’t owe the cowboys anything just like the cowboys didn’t owe Dez a chance at free agency

 

[Bleu Star]

I was at the game where he broke his jaw. We waited afterwords for player autographs and up comes Witten with a lady on each arm up the tunnel. Jaw swollen the size of a watermelon but walking with the swagger we witnessed the rest of his career. One of the best TEs of all time and hands down the best this team has had. Will miss ya 82!!

Great story. Thanks for sharing. A lady on each arm?.. Was he Rico before Rico?

 

[BillyBates]

April fools 26 days later, really couldn't he have mentioned this before the draft?

 

[GreenMean69]

If it messes up the ET trade, then that is great!

IMO with drafting LVE , ET would make your defense pretty dam good. You young secondary should see improvement this year , the Dline is pretty dam good . Now you have more depth at LB and would not of been surprised to see another one drafted. Witten kinda through a wrench into the mix . Im really really shocked that he did this now . I wonder if there is something behind the scenes we wont know about for awhile

 

[Redball Express]

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.

Well..

think we better get ready to induct him into the Ring of Honor and HofF.

 

[Miller]

Well it’s probably a good move and I appreciate his 15 years

Listening to Norm this morning before it broke and there are some good TEs gettable in 3rd and 4th

 

[glimmerman]

Why in the hell is his new employer blowing this up before he has the chance to talk to his owner? Witten has as much respect for what Booger has done for him and his family as any player that's ever played the game. Is a scoop so important that they would do this to one of their own now?

This is really poor form from the really poor form sports network.

Yep. They probly have it in his contract that they get to confirm the news.

 

[JoeyBoy718]

Not to crap on Witten but this couldn't have waited a day? Now we're 18 picks away with a few TEs with a 2nd round grade and teams will do us no favors if they know what we're gonna do.

 

[Redball Express]

IMO with drafting LVE , ET would make your defense pretty dam good. You young secondary should see improvement this year , the Dline is pretty dam good . Now you have more depth at LB and would not of been surprised to see another one drafted. Witten kinda through a wrench into the mix . Im really really shocked that he did this now . I wonder if there is something behind the scenes we wont know about for awhile

yes.

Money from the NFL Channel

 

[aikemirv]

IMO with drafting LVE , ET would make your defense pretty dam good. You young secondary should see improvement this year , the Dline is pretty dam good . Now you have more depth at LB and would not of been surprised to see another one drafted. Witten kinda through a wrench into the mix . Im really really shocked that he did this now . I wonder if there is something behind the scenes we wont know about for awhile

It would , no doubt, but I don't believe it is the right move to waste a 2nd so you can get him a year early. That's just silly. I don't think we are sniffing the SB this year either way.

 

[Nexx]

Not to crap on Witten but this couldn't have waited a day? Now we're 18 picks away with a few TEs with a 2nd round grade and teams will do us no favors if they know what we're gonna do.

You really dont think that he had already given the team the heads up on this?

 

[Aviano90]

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.

Did you ever write that article on why spending all of the CAP is a good strategy? I was looking forward to reading it but never saw it posted.