Kurt Warner Sounds Upset About Losing 'MNF' Gig to Jason Witten

On Thursday morning, ESPN reported ESPN had hired Jason Witten for the vacant spot in the network’s Monday Night Football booth that had been filled by Jon Gruden. (Great sourcing.)

While many people were happy to hear Witten would be following his former Dallas Cowboys teammate Tony Romo into the broadcast booth, it seems Kurt Warner is not one of them.

Warner, who was one of the other candidates for the MNF position, took to Twitter last night, presumably after being informed that Witten was retiring from the Cowboys and taking the gig.

I remember the days growing up believing the BEST person for the job – not race, not gender, not age, not pedigree -led to gaining position… trying to figure out if it ever TRULY applied (thinking I was just a naive kid) but, if so, how did we get so backwards!?

— Kurt Warner (@kurt13warner) May 2, 2018

ESPN can obviously hire whomever they want, but Warner – who has TV experience and also has called games as a radio analyst for Westwood One – does have somewhat of a legit gripe.

After stories like this one began circulating on the web, Warner went back to Twitter to deny he was referencing the MNF gig with his previous tweet. Whether you believe him is up to you.

For those who actually thought I was complaining & referencing NOT getting MNF color job in my recent tweet about “best person 4 the job” – you must not know the person tweeting it! My tweet had ABSOLUTELY nothing to do w/ a personal situation but trends I see in r society 2day!

— Kurt Warner (@kurt13warner) May 3, 2018

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