For New York Giants fans, fear of the number 82 has finally subsided. Well, at least until their two Monday Night Football games in the 2018 season.
Witten, who turns 36 on Sunday, announced his retirement from football earlier this week, capping off a stellar 15-year career with the Dallas Cowboys, whom he joined as a third-round draft pick in 2003.
Now part of ESPN’s primetime team, following in the footsteps of fellow Cowboys alumni Troy Aikman and Tony Romo, Witten retires with 1,152 receptions for 12,448 receiving yards and 68 touchdowns, making him a sure-fire inductee to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, OH soon enough.