DeMarcus Ware inks 6-year, $78M extension with the Cowboys.

[madinmaryland]

IRVING, Texas (AP) -- Three-time Pro Bowl linebacker DeMarcus Ware finally has his big contract with the Dallas Cowboys. He just won't be getting paid as much as some of the elite quarterbacks he will be trying to sack.

After months of talks that intensified over the past two weeks, Ware agreed Monday to a $78 million, six-year deal through the 2015 season that guarantees him $40 million.

"I feel like I work really hard and am really deserving of what they've given me," Ware said. "All this is behind me now. It's time to get to work. You know what it's time to bring home. I'm not going to say what it is, we're just going to show you, and I'm going to show you."

Cowboys owner Jerry Jones called Ware a "cornerstone player" for the Cowboys (4-2), who have gone 12 seasons without winning a playoff game and longer than that since winning three Super Bowl championships in four seasons (1992-95).

The 27-year-old Ware, who was in the final season of the contract he signed after being the 11th overall pick in the 2005 draft, has 57 1/2 sacks while starting all 70 of his regular-season games.

Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/football/nfl/10/26/ware.ap/index.html#ixzz0VAIuPPIx

[JonLP24]

1. Good for him n/t

[El Supremo]

2. "Way to go DeMarcus! Do you know you are now worth more than the video screen?"

(that was my point yesterday, Mad)