NFL: Jason Witten’s struggles continue with nonexistent ‘play action’ call

We’re at the point in the NFL season where ESPN’s Monday Night Football broadcast should ideally be turning a corner. But that really hasn’t been the case.

The crew of Joe Tessitore, Jason Witten and out-of-booth analyst Booger McFarland has been disjointed for much of the season. But while struggles are expected for an inexperienced broadcaster like Witten, you would have hoped that the longtime NFL tight end could identify basic football plays – particularly with the benefit of replay.

He’s still having trouble with that.

When 49ers quarterback Nick Mullens threw his second interception of the game to the Giants’ B.J. Goodson on Monday, Witten broke down the play as a play-action pass for George Kittle. It wasn’t a play action at all, and it didn’t go to Kittle.

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