Only 3 Tight Ends in NFL History... (Witten)

[percyhoward]

Only 3 tight ends in the history of the league reached the 5,000 yard mark in less than 100 games.

Kellen Winslow Sr.
Ozzie Newsome
Jackie Smith

They're arguably the three best who ever played the position, and they are all in the Hall of Fame.

Through 91 career games, Witten has 4,692 yards receiving. Some time during his next 8 regular season games, he'll pick up the 308 more yards needed to join this very select group.

It'll probably happen this year.

 

[dmq]

One of our best draft picks ever!

 

[lane]

Only 3 tight ends in the history of the league reached the 5,000 yard mark in less than 100 games.

Kellen Winslow Sr.
Ozzie Newsome
Jackie Smith

They're arguably the three best who ever played the position, and they are all in the Hall of Fame.

Through 91 career games, Witten has 4,692 yards receiving. Some time during his next 8 regular season games, he'll pick up the 308 more yards needed to join this very select group.

It'll probably happen this year.

jason witten thus far is one of the best players i've seen in a long while.

he's old school to the max.

his hands are like marshmallows...and his route running is second to noone.


he could have played back in the sixties.

 

[percyhoward]

btw, Gates is only 104 yards away from 5,000.

Going at the pace of his last three games, he'll join Witten and the others after the first game of the 2009 season.

Oh, and Gates is two full years older than Witten.

 

[burmafrd]

I would take Dave Casper or Mike Ditka over smith and newsome.

 

[JordanTaber]

John Mackey > All.

 

[Dawgs0916]

Erick Bjornson and Mike Lucky=Championship.

 

[The Ominous]

That is such a great statistic. Witten is the freaking MAN!

 

[AdamJT13]

Witten already has more catches by age 26 than any tight end in history, and he needs only 39 yards in the next four games to pass Tony Gonzalez for yards by age 26.

Gonzalez is the all-time leader among tight ends in catches and yards. At this point in his career (12 games into his sixth season, at age 26), Gonzalez had 378 catches for 4,535 yards. Witten has 406 catches for 4,692 yards.

 

[Dallas]

Witten already has more catches by age 26 than any tight end in history, and he needs only 39 yards in the next four games to pass Tony Gonzalez for yards by age 26.

Gonzalez is the all-time leader among tight ends in catches and yards. At this point in his career (12 games into his sixth season, at age 26), Gonzalez had 378 catches for 4,535 yards. Witten has 406 catches for 4,692 yards.

Thanks for those stats Adam.

Jason Witten is a machine. One of the best players this organization has had.

I have 2 of his Jerseys.

 

[RoadRunner]

Erick Bjornson and Mike Lucky=Championship.

I mean, the man's name is "Lucky", so how could you go wrong?

 

[jobberone]

John Mackey > All.

Yep. A freak of nature. How did anyone that large run that fast and be that athletic. I wonder if he ever trained or was it all just au natural.

 

[Rampage]

Jason Witten will be the greatest tightend of all time when his career is over.

 

[lane]

Jason Witten will be the greatest tightend of all time when his career is over.

i'm on board with this here!!

 

[Rack]

I would take Dave Casper or Mike Ditka over smith and newsome.

John Mackey was a good one too.

 

[lane]

John Mackey was a good one too.

 

[CF74]

What round did we select Witten in? And what pick overall?

 

[03EBZ06]

What round did we select Witten in? And what pick overall?

3rd round, 69th overall pick.

 

[Hostile]

Witten is the best TE in the game right now and I think he could end up being a Hall of Famer. I truly enjoy watching him play.

 

[Section446]

Witten and Ware are everything that's right with the NFL.