Clay Travis Titans vs Jaguars, ESPN Throws Jason Witten under bus

On today's Outkick the Show, Clay Travis analyzes the Thursday Night Football game featuring the Jaguars vs Titans. Clay Travis also discussed how ESPN threw Jason Witten under the bus on Monday Night Football.

Clay Travis also said that Marcus Mariota is the future of the Tennessee Titans. Clay Travis mentioned that in prime time, Marcus Mariota is the highest rated NFL quarterback this season. Clay Travis predicted that tonight's Thursday Night Football game between the Jaguars vs Titans will be a low-scoring affair so go with the under.

Clay Travis also discussed ESPN's hypocritical nature and said that ESPN threw Jason Witten under the bus. Clay Travis referenced an article he wrote for Outkick on the subject of ESPN and Jason Witten.

Here is an outtake of the article Clay Travis wrote:

In particular Jason Witten said this when Joe Tessitore asked him whether the Redskins should have signed Foster: “100% no. I think the Washington Redskins used horrendous judgment in claiming this guy. And I understand that it’s an ongoing investigation. But, my family’s been affected by domestic violence. I understand the anguish that it causes. Young players just have to understand there is no tolerance for putting your hands on a woman.”

The discussion immediately provoked charges of hypocrisy against Witten because the former Dallas Cowboy star had played alongside Greg Hardy, who was signed by Dallas despite Hardy’s own past domestic violence issues. Here’s what Witten said then as a player when the Cowboys brought in Hardy:

“I think more than anything I think everybody knows (I’m against) domestic violence,” Witten said. “That’s unwavering. That’s something that I lived, my family lived. But that guy is a teammate of mine, so I think you have to look at it from that standpoint. As coach (Jason) Garrett says, it’s our job to invite those guys in and create a standard of how we do things. I think he’s done a great job since he’s been here. It’s not my job to decide who comes in. I’m a tight end. But I’ve been really pleased how he’s approached it and how he goes to work and what kind of teammate he’s been. The day he got suspended, the next day he’s in there working out, so I think that’s kind of the mentality he has, what kind of work ethic (he has) and what he’s trying to prove in Dallas.” […]

“I think when you add the guy like that and then he gets suspended and you never know how it’s going to come out,” Witten said. “The guy works his tail off. Our job is to welcome him and show him the way we do things and embrace him as a teammate, and he’s done everything that you want. He’s a hard worker. Obviously he’s a talented player. I think he’s learned a lot from what he’s gone through in the last year. He’s had a good offseason.”

If ESPN knew Witten was going to say that he opposed the Redskins signing Foster — which they 100% did, there is no way this topic came up without substantial planning and discussion — then the network also had an obligation to ask why his opinion on Foster was different than his opinion had been on Hardy. That’s especially the case when the story about Witten’s opinion on Hardy is linked on ESPN’s own website.