Ware last season?

[TheRat]

According to his contract his base salary jumps from 800,000 to 12,0000,000. Doubt we are keeping him after this year.

 

[Beast_from_East]

In Ware I see a player is on his last leg. The burst is gone. Injuries and age is catching up with him.
With no backup player on this team and JJ inability to draft... the defense will be even worse next year.

As a Dallas fan I really hate to see how this team may look next year. There is a good chance a new Head Coach will be here. Which means the currents players will have to learn a new system all over again.

Like I said in the game thread....................he either is significantly hurt or he is just done...............I think he got 1 pressure today and that was it.

He clearly is not the same player he used to be. Maybe it is the neck/nerve injuries or maybe it is just wear and tear, but he is not the same player that used to dominate play in and play out.

 

[KJJ]

U guys know that is playing with mult injuries right now?

That's the problem he can't stay healthy anymore. He played with injuries last year. He's had problems with neck burners/strains and it's affecting his performance.

 

[BAT]

That's the problem he can't stay healthy anymore. He played with injuries last year. He's had problems with neck burners/strains and it's affecting his performance.

And even an ailing with one foot in deaths door Ware still put up more sacks than a beasting and healthy Anthony Spencer (11.5 vs 11). The expectations around here are almost as unrealistic and appalling as the ingratitude.

Injured and seemingly unproductive (yet still leads team in sacks) for less than quarter of a season and the lynch mob is in full force. Get rid of Ware, even now, and Dallas' pass rush will get worse, not better. That is a fact.

 

[Gameover]

Like I said in the game thread....................he either is significantly hurt or he is just done...............I think he got 1 pressure today and that was it.

He clearly is not the same player he used to be. Maybe it is the neck/nerve injuries or maybe it is just wear and tear, but he is not the same player that used to dominate play in and play out.

A lot of great Cowboys have hit the wall at age 30... Irvin and Aikman being the most recent. I think maybe Aikman decline started at 29.

 

[T-RO]

And even an ailing with one foot in deaths door Ware still put up more sacks than a beasting and healthy Anthony Spencer (11.5 vs 11). The expectations around here are almost as unrealistic and appalling as the ingratitude.
Get rid of Ware, even now, and Dallas' pass rush will get worse, not better. That is a fact.

I've seen no lack of gratitude...no nastiness.. in this thread. On the contrary...We love Ware and wish he could be the player that we've adored...forever.

 

[T-RO]

A lot of great Cowboys have hit the wall at age 30... Irvin and Aikman being the most recent. I think maybe Aikman decline started at 29.

Good observation. If only our GM had such power to see. Take most any sport...and sure there are exceptions...but overwhelmingly performance starts to decline around 29-31.

 

[tico]

Ware is not done just hurt maybe sometime off is a better point? But wasn't T-New done also? Don't want to see Zimmer get him and us sitting with a rookie (if we draft) all alone like Ware is now.

 

[KJJ]

And even an ailing with one foot in deaths door Ware still put up more sacks than a beasting and healthy Anthony Spencer (11.5 vs 11). The expectations around here are almost as unrealistic and appalling as the ingratitude.

Injured and seemingly unproductive (yet still leads team in sacks) for less than quarter of a season and the lynch mob is in full force. Get rid of Ware, even now, and Dallas' pass rush will get worse, not better. That is a fact.

I'm not saying get rid of Ware he's still a very good player but the injuries are starting to bring him down. That is a fact.

 

[bsheeern]

Haha, no. Watch him like the rest of the play doesn't matter. You should be doing this when you rewatch the game because you will miss the overall play otherwise. Who is the first DL up the field most of the time? Does he get pushed around? Does he push other people around? Compare him to other players on the DL. IDGAF about the average "I watched him a couple times and he didn't get a sack when the QB released the ball in 2.05 and 2.27 seconds." reviews.

All that is different is he's getting plays off. His speed and power are still evident; like the 2nd and 20 7:42 1st Q. He takes care of his gap (outside contain), pushes the LT inside with one hand forcing the RB to cut in the backfield, then is fast enough to chase down the RB from behind when the rest of the defense all get blocked out of the play. It's still all there.

This is a random play from early last week (I think the 2nd, so really early):

That's a pass released in 2.02 seconds and Ware is in the QB's space. If the coverage forces the QB to hold it longer than to finish drop -> release pass, the QB is scrambling or is sacked.

POST OF THE WEEK!!!
So glad this film is available

 

[Falcon554]

What is sad is what the boys have done with him, this great player and he has not even come close to a SB, Jerry should be ashamed of himself

 

[ryanbabs]

In Ware I see a player is on his last leg. The burst is gone. Injuries and age is catching up with him.
With no backup player on this team and JJ inability to draft... the defense will be even worse next year.

As a Dallas fan I really hate to see how this team may look next year. There is a good chance a new Head Coach will be here. Which means the currents players will have to learn a new system all over again.

I think a lot of people are forgetting were in a new 4-3 scheme this year. May have something to do with it.

 

[sportsman]

My whole point is we are about to lose the best player on defense without a replacement being groomed. I guess you could say that about every position on the Cowboys roster.

 

[Future]

What is sad is what the boys have done with him, this great player and he has not even come close to a SB, Jerry should be ashamed of himself

Like it or not, he is a part of the reason that they haven't gotten there. He's been 1/11 of some awful, awful defenses.

 

[Future]

I think a lot of people are forgetting were in a new 4-3 scheme this year. May have something to do with it.

If anything, the switch to the 43 should help him.

He really has no burst at all. He can still be a decent pass rusher, but his time as an elite player is over I think.