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By JON MACHOTA
Special contributor to SportsDayDFW.com
Since his rookie year in 2005, no NFL player has had more sacks than Dallas Cowboys outside linebacker DeMarcus Ware. However, that was not enough to get him ranked as one of the top 10 players in the league by his peers.
Ware, who has 80 sacks since 2005, six more than second place Jared Allen, is arguably the best pass rusher in the NFL. But according to a players vote that has been unveiled on the NFL Network, Ware was given the No. 12 overall ranking.
The 29-year-old appeared on the NFL Network on Sunday to dispute his place on the list.
“You know, I think I should be the number one guy on the list,” Ware said. “But at the end of the day, people are going to vote you where they think you should be.”
The network is in the process of presenting a 10-part series that reveals the top 100 NFL players. The top 10 is the only part of the series that remains. Jason Witten (No. 36), Andre Gurode (57), Miles Austin (70), Tony Romo (72) and Jay Ratliff (75) are the other Cowboys that cracked the top 100.
After discussing his ranking, Ware unveiled his list of the NFL’s best pass rushers not named DeMarcus Ware. Here is how he ranked them: 1.) Julius Peppers 2.) Dwight Freeney 3.) Jared Allen 4.) James Harrison and 5.) Clay Matthews.
Special contributor to SportsDayDFW.com
Since his rookie year in 2005, no NFL player has had more sacks than Dallas Cowboys outside linebacker DeMarcus Ware. However, that was not enough to get him ranked as one of the top 10 players in the league by his peers.
Ware, who has 80 sacks since 2005, six more than second place Jared Allen, is arguably the best pass rusher in the NFL. But according to a players vote that has been unveiled on the NFL Network, Ware was given the No. 12 overall ranking.
The 29-year-old appeared on the NFL Network on Sunday to dispute his place on the list.
“You know, I think I should be the number one guy on the list,” Ware said. “But at the end of the day, people are going to vote you where they think you should be.”
The network is in the process of presenting a 10-part series that reveals the top 100 NFL players. The top 10 is the only part of the series that remains. Jason Witten (No. 36), Andre Gurode (57), Miles Austin (70), Tony Romo (72) and Jay Ratliff (75) are the other Cowboys that cracked the top 100.
After discussing his ranking, Ware unveiled his list of the NFL’s best pass rushers not named DeMarcus Ware. Here is how he ranked them: 1.) Julius Peppers 2.) Dwight Freeney 3.) Jared Allen 4.) James Harrison and 5.) Clay Matthews.