Ware a Scheme Buster

by Scoobay on Oct 10, 2007 5:43 PM CDT

Well how's that for getting some respect? ESPN has an article detailing different players in today's game that are notable for opposing teams needing to significantly alter their gameplan to stop them.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/column...

Towards the end of the article there's this nice little tidbit about our own D. Ware

"You know where Strahan is going to be," one AFC scout said, "but Ware changes the game when he plays down, plays up. Guys who play that position in that defense must be able to rush the passer and then turn their hips to cover and drop. Ware can do it all."

He really is a special player and gives us the chance to be great. Fortunate for us to have him and hopefully Spencer can turn into a similar type of player for us in the very near future. Hard to think of other Cowboy defensive players in recent memory who would have this distinction - would have to go back to Deion, Haley... uh, and then farther back to Randy White<?>

On offense, no question that we have a lot of difficult weapons to plan for - Romo, Witten, Owens... but hard to put our RB's in that category. Perhaps the argument for picking an elite RB has some merit...

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Good find

Thanks. Ware is getting more production as Ellis and Spenser get better. If we rush all three at once we should get to the QB with one of them. Ratliff has also become a force. By the end of the year the Cowboys should be high in the sacks per team stat. At the moment we are 12th and are 10th in lowest sacks given up. It is interesting that all four of the NFC East teams are in the top 12 of sacks and 3 of the four are in the top 12 lowest sacks given up (Philly is not).

One play that worked for Buffalo Monday was to double team Ware on the LT side ot away from the QB and then slip the TE out of the block to catch the pass in the flat. As Ware gets more experience perhaps he can feel the release and go with the TE? (he had no chance for a sack)

by lee3022 on Oct 10, 2007 9:38 PM CDT reply actions