OXNARD, CALIF. • Jason Witten didn’t remember the face, but he remembered the trip. Six years ago, the Dallas tight end was part of an NFL contingent that traveled to Afghanistan on a USO tour.
Surely, the last thing he expected to see when he stepped out on the practice field Monday was one of the U.S. Army soldiers he visited on that tour: Rams wide receiver Daniel Rodriguez.
“I talked to him before practice,” Rodriguez said Monday night after practice. “I have a picture of us together in Afghanistan. I was a sergeant. I had just been shot.