It has been a tough few weeks for fans of the Dallas Cowboys. Heck, going back a little over a year, it has been really rough as three of the pillars of the team for almost a decade have now departed. Tony Romo was the first last year, then Dez Bryant was released, and now Jason Witten has officially retired to join the Monday Night Football broadcast team. Given the ages of the players and the length of their careers, it really shouldn’t feel so, well, tragic. But it does. Maybe it is because the three were far more than just veteran players.