Kurt Warner Sounds Upset About Losing ‘MNF’ Gig to Jason Witten

Warner took a not-so-veiled shot at ESPN's decision to go with Witten.

Former Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kurt Warner is inducted into the Arizona Cardinals Ring of Honor during halftime of the NFL game against the San Diego Chargers at the University of Phoenix Stadium on September 8, 2014 in Glendale, Arizona.  (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
Former Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kurt Warner is inducted into the Arizona Cardinals Ring of Honor during halftime of the NFL game against the San Diego Chargers at the University of Phoenix Stadium on September 8, 2014 in Glendale, Arizona. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
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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.

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.

 

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