Todd Archer reports that the Cowboys have restructured the contract of TE Jason Witten in recent days, creating roughly $3.5 million in salary cap space.
This comes less than a week after the Cowboys reworked C Travis Frederick‘s contract and picked up another $7 million of cap room to work with this offseason.
There was some talk that Witten could retire following the 2017 season, but he made it clear back in January that he planned to be back with the team.
Witten confirmed that he intends to return for his 16th season in Dallas next year.
“Oh, I’m back,” Witten said, via the Dallas Morning News. “I’m coming back. I love playing this game too much and I know that I can play it at a high level.”
Witten reportedly has interest from Fox to be their new Thursday Night Football analyst.
Witten, 35, is a former third-round pick of the Cowboys back in 2003. He is in the second year of his five-year, $29.6 million contract and stands to make a base salary of $5.75 million for the 2018 season.
In 2017, Witten appeared in 16 games for the Cowboys and caught 63 passes for 560 yards receiving and five touchdowns. Pro Football Focus has him rated as the No. 19 tight end out of 72 qualifying players.
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