The knuckleheads who stole a Super Bowl 50 ring with DeMarcus Ware’s name on it might be the dumbest crooks caught on video since “Home Alone” hit your neighborhood movie theater more than 25 years ago.
Earlier this week, Ware returned to his Cherry Creek home after the Broncos beat Houston to discover thieves had messed with his stuff and carried away a 100-pound safe. Denver police have apprehended the suspects, whose naively unsuspecting faces were captured on a surveillance camera during the burglary.
It’s probably best for all concerned that the cops caught the criminal mastermind who thought it was a brilliant idea to take Ware’s ring, because if a 250-pound linebacker had walked in on the crime, it would not have been pretty. “I’m just glad I wasn’t in there when he was in there. I would have sacked him,” Ware said.
Don’t mess with DeMarcus Ware.
He’s angry now. And that’s bad news for the NFL.
Out of uniform since fracturing a bone in his forearm against the Indianapolis Colts during the second week of the season, Ware has returned to practice with the Broncos. It’s not yet 100 percent certain he will play Sunday against AFC West rival San Diego. But Chargers quarterback Phillip Rivers better hope Ware does not suit up.
“He adds that fear factor. The O-linemen, they’re scared of D-Ware,” Broncos cornerback Chris Harris said. “There’s a big fear factor. O-linemen get scared when they see D-Ware.”