Twitter: Eli's glad Ware is no longer in the NFCE

[theSHOW]

And Ware isn't in the top half of pass rushers anymore either.

true. I was fine with letting DeMarcus travel

On Manning. When she li signed his name on the locker after the 1st game at the new venue (I was there) he cemented his name in hate and I relish his bottom of the barrel QB rating.

 

[big dog cowboy]

And Ware isn't in the top half of pass rushers anymore either.

I wonder if there are any non-Cowboy fans who believe that. You know I live in Chief territory and their fans are really mad that Denver signed him. You read and listen to the "experts" on ESPN and NFLN and they are convinced Jerry screwed the pooch.

 

[Szczepanik]

Ware might have sacked Eli a good bit over the years but he never hurt him, and he certainly didn't get to Eli when we needed it the most in crunch time.

I for one am certainly not going to sit here and rue letting Ware go. Not when he would take $12 mil just so he can lay a QB down gently when it doesn't count.

I read that in Ellenberger's voice.

 

[Reality]

I wonder if there are any non-Cowboy fans who believe that. You know I live in Chief territory and their fans are really mad that Denver signed him. You read and listen to the "experts" on ESPN and NFLN and they are convinced Jerry screwed the pooch.

I don't believe most people think Ware's a bottom-half player. His play has declined the last two years due to injuries and therein lies the problem. The Cowboys didn't let him go because he is easily replaceable. They let him go because the last two years have created doubt that he can play at the level he was being paid for (which is considerable given the salary cap) the whole season. That doesn't mean he's not capable of it, only that the odds are lower that he will.

For a team like Denver, who already has a solid team, adding a player like Ware is worth the risk. I like Ware a lot and the fan in me will really hate to see him in another team's jersey, but in the salary cap era, teams that are not Super Bowl ready have to think beyond the next season and Ware's unfortunately on the wrong side of 30, just like Hatcher.

Of course there will be a lot of ruing and regret among some fans if Ware and/or Hatcher have solid 2014 seasons for other teams (which is quite possible), but it still won't change the fact that the Cowboys needed to make these moves to build a younger foundation that will give them the best chance to win beyond 2014.

I am sure the other teams in the NFC East are glad Ware's gone and I'm also sure that the other teams in Denver's division are not thrilled to have to play against him twice a year.

 

[Nova]

I don't believe most people think Ware's a bottom-half player. His play has declined the last two years due to injuries and therein lies the problem. The Cowboys didn't let him go because he is easily replaceable. They let him go because the last two years have created doubt that he can play at the level he was being paid for (which is considerable given the salary cap) the whole season. That doesn't mean he's not capable of it, only that the odds are lower that he will.

For a team like Denver, who already has a solid team, adding a player like Ware is worth the risk. I like Ware a lot and the fan in me will really hate to see him in another team's jersey, but in the salary cap era, teams that are not Super Bowl ready have to think beyond the next season and Ware's unfortunately on the wrong side of 30, just like Hatcher.

Of course there will be a lot of ruing and regret among some fans if Ware and/or Hatcher have solid 2014 seasons for other teams (which is quite possible), but it still won't change the fact that the Cowboys needed to make these moves to build a younger foundation that will give them the best chance to win beyond 2014.

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And there really shouldn't be any ruing.

We know that Hatcher can be great, but I'm sure most of us have collectively agreed that we shouldn't have tried to re-sign a player turning 32 before the season starts.

Ware, as you mentioned, is certainly capable of playing at a really high level still. He proved that with his play from week 1 to week 3.

But, again, as you mentioned, he could not sustain that for the duration of the season and that's why we couldn't afford to allocate all that cap space toward him.

Sure, we all could see that as well. But we shouldn't be surprised if Ware lights it up with fewer snaps or more help-- personally, I'm expecting it.

Overall, if fans are being honest with themselves, they'll realize that both moves were the right moves.