Cowboys expected to announce new deal for Ware
By Tom Orsborn on Oct 26, 09 01:30 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) Save & Share
IRVING - The Cowboys have scheduled a news conference for 4:30 today to discuss what spokesman Rich Dalrymple called "the signing of a player."
Presumably, that means the club will announce the much-anticipated long-term, lucrative deal for Pro Bowl OLB DeMarcus Ware.
The timing couldn't be better.
Ware had two of the Cowboys' four sacks Sunday on Matt Ryan and forced a fumble. The Troy alumn led the NFL with 20 sacks last season.
"He's at the top of the class, very special," coach Wade Phillips said. "But he's an all-around player. He can play the run well, too."
After a slow start this season, Ware has a team-high four sacks. And he's doing it with a stress fracture in his foot.
"D-Ware is D-Ware, man," DE Marcus Spears said. "He probably can play with one leg so it's not something that's anything that has to do with his ability. It's just having that mentality of having to overcome that and playing well. It just adds to his legend. His foot is bothering him obviously, but he's doing what he has to do to push through it and play as well as he can play and he'll be rewarded for it."