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Could former NFL tight end Jason Witten have a future with the Dallas Cowboys in a coaching capacity?
It sounds as though team owner Jerry Jones was contemplating such a plan for the future if Mike McCarthy returned as the head coach next season.
According to Jane Slater of NFL Network, "It's been my understanding that Jones has talked to Witten in recent weeks, and I do believe that he was part of a plan that Jones initially had when he was going to bring back McCarthy. I think the plan there was to make him an heir apparent of sorts.