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Third and Witten:The Defensive Coordinator’s Guide to Covering the Enormous Man Everyone Knew Was Eligible.
The brand is bigger than Jason Witten, but the playbook honors the patron saint of jogging eight yards, turning around, and somehow finding himself completely fucking alone.
Third and Witten
(noun)
Any third-down situation in which the entire stadium knows the ball is going to the tight end… except the defense.
Philadelphia warned that Carolina’s tight ends were playmakers and its safeties would be tested. Then it left Tommy Tremble alone on fourth-and-goal for a three-yard touchdown.