News: Witten says its his job to make it tough on the coaches to not play him

[Walker]

Witten is the least of our worries.

 

[Oz-of-Cowboy-Country]

I agree Jarwin was starting to look good in flashes last year. Still, if you can't beat the man you can't be the man. If he can beat him out then by all means, go get em young man. If not, watch and learn.

It ain't an open competition.

 

[nate dizzle]

It ain't an open competition.

It ain't? How so?

 

[Oz-of-Cowboy-Country]

It ain't? How so?

Because the FO won't let it be an open competition. They'll play the player that's getting paid the most. That way they dont look stupid and the fanbase won't be calling for a player to be released. So Tyrone Crawford will be your starting 3tech no matter what, because of his contract. Hill and Collins will never be given a real chance.

It's stupid, I know. But that's the way this organization is ran.

 

[bb721]

Great, more 5 yard curl patterns with a 1 yard RAC for the next 2-3 years.....pfffffttt!!!

https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/sports/Witten-Wants-his-Snaps-With-Cowboys-511087991.html

He has never averaged less than 8.9 yards per reception in any season over his entire career.

 

[Sarge]

He’s holding up valuable playing time for the younger guys. He needs to bow out after this year. I just don’t see him him as a huge factor at this point.

 

[gimmesix]

It's sad that some can find fault with a player stating that his job is to play well enough to force the coaches to have him on the field. It's up to the other tight ends to step up and show they deserve to be on the field more than Witten. That's what building a team is about ... competition.

We should hope every player on this team has the same attitude Witten does.

 

[GenoT]

If the new guys aren't good enough to beat him out for playing time then you need to get new new guys.

Yeah, but...we LIKE our guys.

 

[Typhus]

It didn't for the two years prior when Witten was here.

Witten knows his time in the booth is done, this will be like his internship for a future coaching job.

 

[Hadenough]

He’s holding up valuable playing time for the younger guys. He needs to bow out after this year. I just don’t see him him as a huge factor at this point.

I totally agree with this. Wittens last season he was getting called more and more for holding and he was also too much of a security blanket for short safe throws on 3rd down. I view Witten as a temptation to Dak to check the ball down too early and settle for 5yds on 3rd and 7. I think Dak needs to get away from having such a high no risk completion percentage and push the ball a little bit further down the field. I would rather see Jarwin getting more playing time.

 

[Bullflop]

Overall, I think Witten should help but It'd be great if all our other TEs improved, also.

 

[Jake]

There are more assumptions presented without evidence in this thread than there are actual posts.

Bring on training camp.

 

[Stash]

Witten knows his time in the booth is done, this will be like his internship for a future coaching job.

That's what I'm expecting and hoping for too. I heard a recent interview and he mentioned "mentoring" more than once, and I'm taking that to mean a gradual move toward coaching.

 

[OmerV]

Yeah, but...we LIKE our guys.

Every team has things it could improve, but overall “our guys” aren’t all that bad. Otherwise we would t have won the division 2 of the last 3 years.

 

[GMO415]

Agreed, but if he is the guy that is giving us the best chance to win on Sundays and get to the Super Bowl. I don't really care if the young kids behind him aren't getting their developmental playing time. I think you would agree.

Most definitely