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Dallas Cowboys' DeMarcus Ware Needs 3 Sacks to Break NFL Record

Dec 26, 2008 – 8:13 AM
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Lost amid all the Week 17 NFL discussion is the fact that Dallas Cowboys linebacker DeMarcus Ware is three sacks away from setting a new league record. Ware heads into Sunday's game against the Eagles with 20; Michael Strahan owns the current mark of 22.5. (Sacks have only been an official statistic since 1982.)

The Cowboys' official web site, however, makes an important point:
But unlike that year, when then-Packers quarterback Brett Favre basically took a knee to give Strahan his final sack for the record, Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb is still fighting for a playoff spot and is unlikely to be as accommodating.
Yes, Favre handed Strahan the record in a moment that didn't speak well for either of those future Hall of Famers. It would be nice to see Ware set the sack record in a meaningful fashion, and although three sacks in a game isn't easy, Ware has done it two of the last four weeks. We could see that record fall on Sunday.
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