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Adam Schefter on 'Monday Night Countdown'

Former ESPN analyst Jason Witten named as Cowboys coaching candidate

Witten of course played for the Cowboys for 15 seasons before briefly retiring to become a color analyst on Monday Night Football.

By Reice Shipley OnJan 13, 2025 0
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Pat McAfee is baffled by Drew Brees’ floundering TV career

"Is Drew Brees dying next year?"

By Brandon Contes OnJun 1, 2022 3
Jason Witten with the Raiders.

Former ESPN analyst Jason Witten is retiring from the NFL again

After his first retirement, Witten spent the 2018 season broadcasting for ESPN's Monday Night Football before returning to the NFL.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnJan 27, 2021 6

The Top 10 Sports Announcing Bloopers of the 2010s

Make sure you report on bulging disks very carefully...

By Matt Yoder OnDec 19, 2019 3
Joe Tessitore and Booger McFarland.

Joe Tessitore says having Booger McFarland as main analyst boosts MNF: “It’s not this juggling act that we had last year.”

"It's a more conforming broadcast and production. ...For me, it's like putting on a comfortable pair of jeans, it's what I've done for 20-plus years."

By Andrew Bucholtz OnNov 4, 2019 8

Jason Witten says he’d have returned to the NFL even if he’d been better as a broadcaster

Witten told Dan Patrick he missed the rush of competition too much.

By Jay Rigdon OnSep 10, 2019 1

Jason Witten on Monday Night Football: “Once the narrative formed, I knew it was going to be a long-game approach.”

It wasn't the haters that did you in, Jason.

By Jay Rigdon OnApr 3, 2019 7

Steve Smith on Jason Witten returning to play: “I’m actually good on TV, so I’m just gonna stay here.”

As receivers ran drills during today’s segment of the NFL Combine, the NFL Network crew asked analyst Steve...

By Jay Rigdon OnMar 2, 2019 0

ESPN

Jason Witten ghosting on Monday Night Football is a blessing in disguise that ESPN can’t afford to screw up

ESPN

What will ESPN do for Monday Night Football broadcasts after Jason Witten’s exit?

The Monday Night Football team.

Lee Fitting says MNF analysts Jason Witten and Booger McFarland will be used heavily ahead of draft: “You’ll see them all over”

“We have all intention of including Witt and Boog in our draft buildup because of their knowledge and insight. You’ll see them all over.”

By Andrew Bucholtz OnJan 3, 2019 6

ESPN is (slightly) shaking up the Monday Night Football broadcast (for international Super Bowl coverage)

It’s no secret that ESPN’s gambit on an all-new Monday Night Football broadcast booth hasn’t gone according to...

By Matt Yoder OnDec 20, 2018 9
The Monday Night Football team.

Joe Tessitore, Jason Witten and Booger McFarland seem set to call Monday Night Football for at least another year

"I don’t want to live in the knee-jerk world of, ‘Hey social media doesn’t like him, they don’t like this or that,’ and make a change. I just want to see it play out."

By Andrew Bucholtz OnDec 17, 2018 22
Jason Witten on ESPN

Jason Witten turns down request to come out of retirement, which is unfortunate for those who watch Monday Night Football

Witten will remain in the MNF booth, which is the right decision if he's serious about having a broadcasting career.

By Phillip Bupp OnDec 9, 2018 4

ESPN

Jason Witten tells Robert Littal “Privately, I let my opinion be known and agreed to disagree” with Cowboys on Greg Hardy

Jason Witten on ESPN

Jason Witten might be owning his mistakes on Monday Night Football, but he needs to dramatically improve for this to work long-term

"Yeah, there’s been some flubs. I mean, I made mistakes. You try to own it, you embrace it. Hell, I’m not perfect, I’ve certainly had my fair share of mistakes on live television and more than anything else you try to embrace it, you laugh at it, you smile at it, I had the remark on Twitter that you don’t try to deny it."

By Matt Yoder OnNov 15, 2018 9

ESPN

The new Monday Night Football broadcast has a lot of problems, and it’s more than just Jason Witten

Jason Witten on ESPN

Jason Witten says NFL roughing-the-passer calls going ‘a little bit to the left wing’

I knew they wanted to make it about the health and safety, and protecting these quarterbacks. But it just seems like we went a little bit to the left wing on that, you know?”

By Matt Clapp OnSep 25, 2018 9

Is Greg Olsen’s injury a warning sign for older players thinking about a career in television?

Jason Witten left the NFL for TV, while Olsen pondered it, but then chose to keep playing. Now, he's been hurt.

By Matt Yoder OnSep 13, 2018 5

ESPN

Jason Witten underwhelms in an overall dry Monday Night Football broadcast

Dez Bryant (L) and Jason Witten in 2016.

Jason Witten calls Twitter “locker room poison,” while Dez Bryant uses it to respond to critics, bash Cowboys’ “garbage-ass play calling”

Witten doesn't like the idea of players using Twitter to criticize teams, something Bryant did Friday.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnJul 27, 2018 1

Television is becoming a more attractive option for veteran NFL players than ever before

Will we see more and more stars trade in their cleats for microphones earlier and earlier in their careers?

By Matt Yoder OnMay 4, 2018 3
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Jason Witten to Monday Night Football is reportedly a done deal

Witten will end his playing career to serve as a game analyst on ESPN.

By Alex Putterman OnMay 3, 2018 7
Jason Witten at the 2018 Pro Bowl.

Jason Witten reportedly offered $4-4.5 million by ESPN, more than twice his NFL max, and another network may be in play

It sounds Witten could make a lot more as a broadcaster than as a player in 2018.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnApr 30, 2018 2

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