Tracking DeMarcus Ware’s Restructured Contract Negotiations with Cowboys

March 4, 2014   ·   Tyler Conway   ·   Jump to comments

As the Dallas Cowboys continue wide-scale contractual overhauls meant to get them under the salary cap, the team has given linebacker DeMarcus Ware an ultimatum: Take a pay cut or prepare to hit the open market.     
According to NFL Network's Ian Rapoport, the Cowboys informed Ware on Tuesday that they had no interest in paying him the $13 million average he's due over the next four seasons:
Ware, 31, is due a $12.25 million base salary as part of the six-year, $78 million extension he signed with the Cowboys in 2009. The two sides have restructured the deal multiple times previously, each of which gave Dallas short-term cap relief while landing Ware more guaranteed money.    
Because of the constant cat-and-mouse game the Cowboys play with the cap, contract restructurings have become something of a late-winter tradition for Jerry Jones. Earlier Tuesday, the team announced Tony Romo agreed to a restructured deal less tha...

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