DeMarcus Ware: Time To Stop Playing

“I’m about to turn 30, and it’s time,” the perennial Pro Bowl outside linebacker said. “It’s time to get the job done and time to solidify what it means to be a team. That’s getting to the playoffs and getting to the Super Bowl.

“I don’t care what anybody else says. I think that each year it’s that time. You can’t wait until next year. You can’t think about what’s happened in the past. The time is now. I feel the same way each year.”

While Ware feels the same way each year, the Cowboys haven’t come close to a Super Bowl during his seven-year career, winning only one playoff game in that span.

The Cowboys’ challenge is to go from mediocre to elite in the span of one season. The fact that the 9-7 Giants won the Super Bowl indicates that it isn’t necessarily a quantum leap if a team can finish strong, which is the exact opposite of what the Cowboys did by losing four of their last five games last season.