Drew Pearson: Ware is 'a silent-type leader'

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Drew Pearson: Ware is 'a silent-type leader'
July, 28, 2011

By ESPNDallas.com
Former Cowboy Drew Pearson joined the Ben & Skin show today to discuss questions about the Cowboys' leadership.

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Drew Pearson joined the Ben & Skin Show to discuss the way DeMarcus Ware and Tony Romo go about being leaders for the Cowboys.

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Pearson responded to NFL Network analyst Warren Sapp's criticism of DeMarcus Ware's leadership:

"DeMarcus approaches his leadership responsibilities in a different way. He's a silent-type leader. ... He wants people to follow him. He wants to set the positive example through work ethic, through production on the field, and he wants people to follow him that way.

"And that's OK because we don't need everybody to be a vocal leader, because now you've got too many people talking.

"But I guarantee you when DeMarcus Ware steps up and says something to the teammates, to the coaches ... they listen because he doesn't speak idly. He leads that way, and there's nothing wrong with that."

Pearson also explained why he thinks Tony Romo shouldn't wear his hat backward:

"That's not projecting yourself as a professional. Everybody wants endorsements and things like that but corporate America doesn't want to associate with guys wearing their hats turned backward.

"So when you get in a car or out of the locker room, put your hat on anyway you want. But you're representing the Dallas Cowboys as the quarterback of that team so everybody perceives you as the leader of that team so a lot of fans and former players, including myself, do not want to see the leader of the team doing press conferences with their hats on backward."

 

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I agree on Ware...but the whole backwards hat thing...wtf you crazy old nut? lol

 

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Warren Sapp is exactly right here. Demarcus Ware has been a great talent, but his years with the Cowboys have been exempt of him displaying that "alpha-dog" leadership. There is nothing wrong with that, but the problem that Sapp touches on is that there are no leaders on the Cowboys Cowboy fans need to recognize the truth and not take Sapp's constructive criticism the wrong way. The Cowboys need players that are going to bark at other players for their sub-level play. Players that need the barking on defense, Spencer, Newman, Jenkins. I have seen more leadership on the Cowboys when they didn't have the talent that they have now. The past two seasons, the Cowboys have not come together as a unit, because they are not getting after each other on the field. The same goes with Newman. He has been there long enought to bark at the defense, but he is content to just do his job. I don't want to hear about leadership during the offseason. I want to see it during the regular season during the games, week in and week out. Leadership is what is missing with the Cowboys. Leadership is what recognizes and ensures all other players are aware of certain game type situations. Leadership advocated enthusiasm and sets the examples for others to follow or get barked at. The Cowboys have great talent on both sides of the ball, but they don't have "field generals". There is truth in what Sapp is saying when you think about it. Calling Sapp jealous is asinine. He's a sports commentator now. If you think Demarcus is a leader on the field than explain how.