Jason Witten ended his playing career 10 months ago with the words “better three hours too soon than a minute too late.’’
The tight end’s astonishing return indicates he still needs to tinker with his internal clock. On a bigger level, it speaks to the time the Cowboys now find themselves.
This franchise is no longer building toward a moment where it can once again compete for a Super Bowl. That moment is here. Every decision made in the last two months and those to follow in the coming days and weeks scream this point.
One Jason (Garrett) enters the final year of his contract as head coach while the other Jason comes out of retirement because, in his words, “this team has a great group of rising young stars and I want to help them make a run at a championship.