“Oh My God It’s Going To Happen” Cowboys Owner Jerry Jones Praises New HC Candidate!

Nov 10, 2024; Arlington, Texas, USA; (L to R) Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones talks to Philadelphia Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie before the game at AT&T Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Tim Heitman-Imagn Images

The Dallas Cowboys may be looking for a new head coach this off-season. Mike McCarthy was on the hot seat coming into this season and a 3-6 start on the year may have sealed his fate. If McCarthy is in fact replaced this off-season there are numerous options out there, however, one may already be standing out to Jerry Jones.

“He Can Be A Top Coach” Cowboys Owner Jerry Jones Praises New HC Candidate

Jun 12, 2012; Irving, TX, USA; Dallas Cowboys tight end Jason Witten (82) talks to owner Jerry Jones after returning to camp after jury duty during minicamp at Dallas Cowboys headquarters. Mandatory Credit: Matthew Emmons-Imagn Images — Jun 12, 2012; Irving, TX, USA; Dallas Cowboys tight end Jason Witten (82) talks to owner Jerry Jones after returning to camp after jury duty during minicamp at Dallas Cowboys headquarters. Mandatory Credit: Matthew Emmons-USA TODAY Sports

According to Jon Machota of The Athletic:

Cowboys owner Jerry Jones when asked on @1053thefanif he thinks former Cowboys TE Jason Witten could one day be an NFL coach:

“Yes. Without hesitation. Yes. He has something that you can’t draw up. He reminds me a lot of our other tight end who is head coach up there in Detroit right now (Dan Campbell).

“Jason is very sophisticated when it comes to understanding football and all the nuances. But more important than anything, he really does understand the physical and the mentality of being physical and that part of it.

Without a question, he could become (an NFL coach). He has extraordinary work ethic. … He can be a top coach.”

During Witten’s 17 seasons in the NFL, 16 were spent with the Cowboys. He is the team’s all-time leader in receptions (1215) and yards (12,987) and second in reception touchdowns (72).:

Ezoic

							Receiving												Rushing						Scrimmage
Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Att	Yds	TD	1D	Y/G	A/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	AV	Awards
2003	21	DAL	NFL	TE	15	7	54	35	347	9.9	1	18	50.0	36	2.3	23.1	64.8	6.4	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	35	9.9	347	1	0	2
2004	22	DAL	NFL	TE	16	15	122	87	980	11.3	6	45	54.9	42	5.4	61.3	71.3	8.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	87	11.3	980	6	2	8	PB
2005	23	DAL	NFL	TE	16	16	89	66	757	11.5	6	41	60.7	34	4.1	47.3	74.2	8.5	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	66	11.5	757	6	0	7	PB
2006	24	DAL	NFL	TE	16	15	90	64	754	11.8	1	37	58.9	42	4.0	47.1	71.1	8.4	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	64	11.8	754	1	0	8	PB
2007	25	DAL	NFL	TE	16	16	141	96	1145	11.9	7	56	58.2	53	6.0	71.6	68.1	8.1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	96	11.9	1145	7	1	12	PB,AP-1
2008	26	DAL	NFL	TE	16	16	121	81	952	11.8	4	49	54.5	42	5.1	59.5	66.9	7.9	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	81	11.8	952	4	0	8	PB,AP-2
2009	27	DAL	NFL	TE	16	16	124	94	1030	11.0	2	49	58.9	69	5.9	64.4	75.8	8.3	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	94	11.0	1030	2	0	9	PB
2010	28	DAL	NFL	TE	16	16	128	94	1002	10.7	9	42	53.9	33	5.9	62.6	73.4	7.8	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	94	10.7	1002	9	1	9	PB,AP-1
2011	29	DAL	NFL	TE	16	16	117	79	942	11.9	5	47	51.3	64	4.9	58.9	67.5	8.1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	79	11.9	942	5	1	8
2012	30	DAL	NFL	TE	16	16	147	110	1039	9.4	3	56	65.3	36	6.9	64.9	74.8	7.1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	110	9.4	1039	3	0	8	PB,AP-2
2013	31	DAL	NFL	TE	16	16	111	73	851	11.7	8	44	55.0	34	4.6	53.2	65.8	7.7	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	73	11.7	851	8	0	8	PB
2014	32	DAL	NFL	TE	16	16	90	64	703	11.0	5	48	58.9	34	4.0	43.9	71.1	7.8	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	64	11.0	703	5	0	7	PB
2015	33	DAL	NFL	TE	16	16	104	77	713	9.3	3	37	55.8	35	4.8	44.6	74.0	6.9	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	77	9.3	713	3	1	4
2016	34	DAL	NFL	TE	16	16	95	69	673	9.8	3	34	0.0	35	4.3	42.1	72.6	7.1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	69	9.8	673	3	1	7
2017	35	DAL	NFL	TE	16	16	87	63	560	8.9	5	26	56.3	28	3.9	35.0	72.4	6.4	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	63	8.9	560	5	1	6	PB
2018	Did not play – Retired
2019	37	DAL	NFL	TE	16	16	83	63	529	8.4	4	27	66.3	33	3.9	33.1	75.9	6.4	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	63	8.4	529	4	1	4
2020	38	LVR	NFL	TE	16	7	17	13	69	5.3	2	8	52.9	15	0.8	4.3	76.5	4.1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	13	5.3	69	2	0	1
17 Yrs					271	252	1720	1228	13046	10.6	74	664	54.2	69	4.5	48.1	71.4	7.6	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	1228	10.6	13046	74	9	116
17 Game Avg					17	16	108	77	818	10.6	5	42	54.2	69	4.5	48.1	71.4	7.6	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	77	0.7	818	5	1	7

DAL (16 Yrs)					255	245	1703	1215	12977	10.7	72	656	54.2	69	4.8	50.9	71.3	7.6	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	1215	10.7	12977	72	9	115
LVR (1 Yr)					16	7	17	13	69	5.3	2	8	52.9	15	0.8	4.3	76.5	4.1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	13	5.3	69	2	0	1