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DeMarcus Ware ready for crafty Colombo
November, 23, 2011
By Todd Archer
IRVING, Texas -- For almost six years, DeMarcus Ware practiced against Marc Colombo. On Thursday, the Cowboys’ outside linebacker gets to go against Colombo, Miami’s right tackle, for the first time in a game.
“It’s going to be a little more intense than in practice,” Ware said. “In practice you know when to lay off and when not to lay off. Now you’re in a full game and it’s your job. You have to do what you have to do to be effective. It’s going to be a lot different going against him. He’s going to be a little bit of a mauler type guy. I’ve seen him on tape. He’ll throw a guy down, lay on a guy. I know what type of guy he is.”
Ware said the work against Colombo in practice helped him through the years because Colombo did not give up on a play.
“He’s probably one of the craftiest players I know,” Ware said. “He’ll knock your hands down. He’ll cut you when he doesn’t have to jut to get you mad.”
The Cowboys decided to cut Colombo after the lockout. They never offered him a re-worked contract because they wanted to go with first-round pick Tyron Smith. He was quickly reunited with Tony Sparano in Miami.
“He’s going to be 110 percent more juiced for this game,” Ware said. “He knows me. He knows how I play and I know how he plays. It’s going to be one of those battles. We’re going to go at it, especially with [Anthony] Spencer on the other side and the other guys, Spears and Ratliff, who he used to play with. He’s going to try to leave an image in our minds that, ‘Hey, I’m a force to be reckoned with.’”
November, 23, 2011
By Todd Archer
IRVING, Texas -- For almost six years, DeMarcus Ware practiced against Marc Colombo. On Thursday, the Cowboys’ outside linebacker gets to go against Colombo, Miami’s right tackle, for the first time in a game.
“It’s going to be a little more intense than in practice,” Ware said. “In practice you know when to lay off and when not to lay off. Now you’re in a full game and it’s your job. You have to do what you have to do to be effective. It’s going to be a lot different going against him. He’s going to be a little bit of a mauler type guy. I’ve seen him on tape. He’ll throw a guy down, lay on a guy. I know what type of guy he is.”
Ware said the work against Colombo in practice helped him through the years because Colombo did not give up on a play.
“He’s probably one of the craftiest players I know,” Ware said. “He’ll knock your hands down. He’ll cut you when he doesn’t have to jut to get you mad.”
The Cowboys decided to cut Colombo after the lockout. They never offered him a re-worked contract because they wanted to go with first-round pick Tyron Smith. He was quickly reunited with Tony Sparano in Miami.
“He’s going to be 110 percent more juiced for this game,” Ware said. “He knows me. He knows how I play and I know how he plays. It’s going to be one of those battles. We’re going to go at it, especially with [Anthony] Spencer on the other side and the other guys, Spears and Ratliff, who he used to play with. He’s going to try to leave an image in our minds that, ‘Hey, I’m a force to be reckoned with.’”
