File this Jerry Jones quote away
I don’t know for certain that the Cowboys will make a coaching change this offseason (even if that looks overwhelmingly likely). And I don’t know who they’d go after if they do (even if Bill Belichick passes the smell test for what this team believes a great hire looks like).
All I’m saying is, read this quote and tell me you can’t see “Jason Witten, Dallas Cowboys Head Coach” as some kind of possibility, because Jerry Jones.
Cowboys owner Jerry Jones when asked on @1053thefan if he thinks former Cowboys TE Jason Witten could one day be an NFL coach: "Yes. Without hesitation. Yes. He has something that you can't draw up. He reminds me a lot of our other tight end who is head coach up there in Detroit…
— Jon Machota (@jonmachota) November 15, 2024In the meantime, Witten will be doing his thing at Liberty Christian School in Argyle, where the Warriors are looking to defend the TAPPS state championship they won last year. It’s been quite the journey from when I wrote about Witten’s first season back in 2021, when the Warriors were 2-8 and Witten was a rookie head coach finding his way. We’ll see whether that eventually points him to Arlington.
Life in the broadcast booth didn’t suit him. Despite his record this season, life on the sidelines just might—even when it means doing lunch room duty.
