I tend to agree with Norm. It doesn't sound like Dallas tried, but maybe they did. They would have had to play hardball with Ware a little bit, but I think they could have gotten something for him.
I know people want to say "Oh no one would take him because of his salary"......you could have worked that out before hand. A team trading for Ware has no signing bonus commitments, so re-do the contract as part of the deal.
Convert his $12 million dollar salary this year into say, an $8 million SB over three years, with a $4 million base this year, an $8 million base in year two and $10 million in year three.
Yearly cap hits.....$6.66 million, 10.66 million and 12.66 million. You can cut after two years with a cap hit of $2.66 million.
Guarantee years 1 and 2. You get a 3 year, 30 million contract with $20 million guaranteed which, I think, is what he got with Denver.
A guy signed in 1 day for $20 million guaranteed had to have a market for his services. You're telling me the Jets wouldn't have thrown their 4th from TB over? Maybe a 3 or 4 from Cleveland? A four from the Jags?
They got a 7th for Dante Rosario and they couldn't get a thing for Ware?