Three-time Pro Bowl linebacker DeMarcus Ware and the Dallas Cowboys have finally agreed on a contract extension, a $78 million, six-year deal through the 2015 season that guarantees him $40 million.
DALLAS -- After months of talks that intensified over the past two weeks, Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said he shook hands with Ware before the Cowboys' 37-21 victory over Atlanta on Sunday, agreeing to the deal. The paperwork was finalized late yesterday and the extension announced.
"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."
Jones called Ware a "cornerstone player" for the Cowboys (4-2).
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.
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