Jason Witten is a Cowboys great. He is a historic Giants-killer. He is a future Hall of Famer.
Evan Engram describes Witten one other way: A “pioneer.”
The way the 6-foot-3, 240-pound Engram plays tight end for the Giants wouldn’t be possible if not for Witten and contemporaries such as Tony Gonzalez paving a path for a new mold of game-breakers.
If Engram entered the draft when they did, he might have been asked to change positions rather than be coveted as a first-round pick because then tight end was “like an extra offensive tackle.”
“You have those pioneers who changed the way the game is played,” Engram told The Post.