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Old 12-06-2012   #1
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Default Dallas Cowboys Could Expedite Success by Trading DeMarcus Ware

by Jeric Griffin

The Dallas Cowboys have a good problem at the outside linebacker position heading into the off-season that provides the team with a golden opportunity to become an instant title contender in 2013. Outside linebackers Anthony Spencer and Victor Butler are both in contract years and both playing extremely well this season. If the Cowboys were to re-sign both players, it would give Dallas the liberty to possibly trade All-Pro pass-rusher DeMarcus Ware for help in several needy areas, such as the offensive line, defensive end and inside linebacker.

A lot of Cowboys fans are probably angrily shocked at such a statement, but those who have been fans since the Jimmy Johnson era already know exactly where I’m headed with this.

When Johnson was hired as the Cowboys’ head coach in 1989, he traded All-Pro running Herschel Walker to the Minnesota Vikings for five players and eight draft picks. This resulted in Dallas acquiring players like Emmitt Smith, Alvin Harper, Darren Woodson and Russell Maryland, who were very instrumental to three Super Bowl wins by Dallas in the early-to-mid-1900s. A player of Ware’s caliber could do the same for the present-day Cowboys.

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Old 12-06-2012   #2
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We can't afford to trade ware cause of the cap hit...this ain't '89...
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Old 12-06-2012   #3
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Thank you.
I should clarify, I don't think you're stupid, but this article is. Also inevitable, wait long enough and you hear an opposing opinion on every topic, just for the shock value in most cases. Makes me sick.
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I would think that it would be easier to move Romo instead of Ware when you factor in the cap hits.

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Chicago thought they had a QB in Rex Grossman, Carolina had faith in Jake Delhomme. What does this have to do with the Dallas Cowboys? It just might mean that Tony Romo isn't what we thought and we may have to move forward without him.
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Old 12-06-2012   #6
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Even if we did this, we'd end if with 2 scandricks, another Doug Free and a Kitna. I wouldn't trust these clowns to find quality for Ware. And yes, the article is pure crap.
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Interviewer - "Why did you retire barry?"
Barry Sanders - "Because the lions got rid of a lot of good guys that I thought helped our organization and showed me we were in a rebuilding stage."

Yeah... stellar idea, lets trade away one of our best players when we need them most.

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As good as Ware is we would all be shocked by how little we would get for him in a trade. It would be dumb to do it and wouldn't help the team with the awful players our coaches would pick......
Never argue with an idiot, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.

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Old 12-06-2012   #9
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We can't afford to trade ware cause of the cap hit...this ain't '89...
The cap hit for trading him would be roughly the same as the cap hit for keeping him. That isn't the reason why trading him would be stupid.
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That has to be the dumbest thing I have ever read.
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I would try a new a coach before I trade our most feared player.
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That worked great for the Chiefs.
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by Jeric Griffin

The Dallas Cowboys have a good problem at the outside linebacker position heading into the off-season that provides the team with a golden opportunity to become an instant title contender in 2013. Outside linebackers Anthony Spencer and Victor Butler are both in contract years and both playing extremely well this season. If the Cowboys were to re-sign both players, it would give Dallas the liberty to possibly trade All-Pro pass-rusher DeMarcus Ware for help in several needy areas, such as the offensive line, defensive end and inside linebacker.

A lot of Cowboys fans are probably angrily shocked at such a statement, but those who have been fans since the Jimmy Johnson era already know exactly where I’m headed with this.

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Thank you, I have been thinking this very thing since last season, and I've been voicing that opinion after we lost to seatlle
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rantsports = bleacher report= sucks

Too bad they don't add them to the CowboysZone filter.

You don’t know what you don’t know.

Half of the population has below average intelligence.
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