FRISCO, Texas -- Jason Witten has allowed himself to dream.
It's Feb. 2, 2020. Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. The Dallas Cowboys have just won Super Bowl XLIV, ending the longest championship drought in franchise history. Standing on the stage, Witten grabs the fingerprint-smudged Vince Lombardi trophy, gives it a quick, loving glance and thrusts it into the night air.
"Are you kidding me? You come back after taking a year off, and this team goes and does this?" Witten said in mid-June, sitting in the living room of his Westlake, Texas, home.