FRISCO, Texas – One day at training camp in Oxnard, California, maybe two or three years into DeMarcus Ware's career, he was going through a pass-rush drill in which he had to run around a hula hoop and turn the corner as low as possible.
As he took his strides, he bent low with his left arm dragging on the ground and as he reached the end he sprung out of the stance and delivered a blow to a tackling dummy.
A higher-up in the Dallas Cowboys scouting department was within earshot and said to nobody, “Wow, he’s just a panther.