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Dallas Cowboys legend Jason Witten recently earned his first college football coaching victory as the new interim offensive coordinator at the University of Oklahoma.
With the Cowboys struggling again this season under second-year head coach Brian Schottenheimer, could Witten soon become the next man at the helm of the iconic NFL franchise?
Dallas radio host Bob Sturm of 96.7 The Ticket said Thursday that the 11-time Pro Bowl tight end is on an "extremely short list" of "potential saviors" for the organization.
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Sturm's suggestion comes as the Cowboys enter their Week 10 matchup against the San Francisco 49ers at 4-5.
Dallas suffered yet another loss against the Arizona Cardinals in Week 8 at home before bouncing back with a close victory versus the Indianapolis Colts in Week 9.
Sturm hinted that he could see Schottenheimer being let go and Witten coming in as soon as January.
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The Cowboys selected Witten in the third round of the 2003 NFL Draft and the Tennessee native spent the first 16 seasons of his career with "America's Team."
Witten was named first team All-Pro during the 2007 and 2010 campaigns in "Big D" and was the 2012 Walter Payton Man of the Year award winner.
He's the Cowboys' all-time leader in receptions (1,215) and receiving yards (12,977), while ranking second in touchdown catches (72), just one behind former star wide receiver Dez Bryant.
Witten played his final NFL season with the Las Vegas Raiders in 2020 and is fourth on the league's all-time receptions list with 1,228 and 24th in receiving yards at 13,046.
The head-coaching job in Dallas has been somewhat of a revolving door in recent decades, with very little success to show for it.
The Cowboys are on their eighth coach since the organization's last Super Bowl title during the 1995 campaign and Dallas hasn't made it past the NFC divisional playoff round during the stretch.
The Cowboys are in danger of their third consecutive sub-.500 season, which would potentially lead to owner Jerry Jones showing Schottenheimer the door.
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