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"Limited" only means he won't be playing every snap. He's never played every snap so good luck with your idea that the other tight ends not named Witten will make any major contribution as long as Witten is on the active roster. The fact that tight end run blocking was not as good last season just means Witten was missed. The other TEs just have to improve, which can be done at practice. They aren't going to outwork Witten for starting time. I don't know where you got the impression Witten was coming back one more season to sit on the bench. That's just dumb.
Maybe you should pay more attention:
Jason Witten agrees to one-year, $5 million and 25 snaps a game
Posted by Charean Williams on February 28, 2019, 3:35 PM EDT
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Jason Witten agreed to a one-year, $5 million contract with the Cowboys, according to Clarence Hill of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, but only after the sides agreed to 25 snaps a game.
The tight end averaged 65.5 snaps per game in 2017 when he played 98.4 percent of the team’s offensive plays. But Witten turns 37 in May and has missed a year.
He knows he can’t play as many snaps as he previously did and also doesn’t want to be a “progress-stopper” for the team’s young tight ends, per Hill.
Witten could play a role similar to the one Antonio Gates did for the Chargers this season. Gates, 38, averaged 22.8 snaps per game in playing 36.6 percent of the plays.
Witten ranks fourth in NFL history in receptions with 1,152, behind only Jerry Rice, Tony Gonzalez and Larry Fitzgerald.