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DeMarcus Ware knows he's got to bring Brady down
October, 12, 2011 5:15 PM CT
By Calvin Watkins
IRVING -- Cowboys outside linebacker DeMarcus Ware is a marked man every week. Rob Ryan's defensive scheme allows Ware to see multiple one-on-one matchups, something he likes.
Ware has taken advantage of those opportunties and leads the team in sacks (five) and quarterback pressures (12) in 2011. But in Week 4 vs. the Detroit Lions, Ware had zero sacks for the first time all season -- and that frustrated him.
Sunday, Ware must get to New England quarterback Tom Brady, who is the master at being patient and picking defenses apart. But he's not always perfect.
On Sept. 25, Buffalo picked Brady off four times in a 34-31 comeback victory.
"Getting off the ball that comes back to the coverage guys," Ware said. "You got to make the guy not make his first read, making the second read, the third read, so it gives it a little bit of time for the pressure to get there. Sometimes, he already knows where he's going to throw the ball and he'll just drop back and throw it and you just sorta eat that down, so you're just dropping back there and throwing it, two- or three-yard gains. You just got to eat that. Every once and a while you got to drop back eventually, and we just got to capitalize on those times."
In his career, Ware has just one sack against the Patriots, against Brady.
"We have to," Ware said in terms of getting in Brady's face. "We have to get some pressure on him because the teams that have had success on them have been able to get pressure on him up front."
October, 12, 2011 5:15 PM CT
By Calvin Watkins
IRVING -- Cowboys outside linebacker DeMarcus Ware is a marked man every week. Rob Ryan's defensive scheme allows Ware to see multiple one-on-one matchups, something he likes.
Ware has taken advantage of those opportunties and leads the team in sacks (five) and quarterback pressures (12) in 2011. But in Week 4 vs. the Detroit Lions, Ware had zero sacks for the first time all season -- and that frustrated him.
Sunday, Ware must get to New England quarterback Tom Brady, who is the master at being patient and picking defenses apart. But he's not always perfect.
On Sept. 25, Buffalo picked Brady off four times in a 34-31 comeback victory.
"Getting off the ball that comes back to the coverage guys," Ware said. "You got to make the guy not make his first read, making the second read, the third read, so it gives it a little bit of time for the pressure to get there. Sometimes, he already knows where he's going to throw the ball and he'll just drop back and throw it and you just sorta eat that down, so you're just dropping back there and throwing it, two- or three-yard gains. You just got to eat that. Every once and a while you got to drop back eventually, and we just got to capitalize on those times."
In his career, Ware has just one sack against the Patriots, against Brady.
"We have to," Ware said in terms of getting in Brady's face. "We have to get some pressure on him because the teams that have had success on them have been able to get pressure on him up front."
