With 19.5 sacks in his first two NFL seasons, Dallas Cowboys linebacker DeMarcus Ware can walk the walk. But his teammates jokingly say he can't talk the talk.

Apparently, Ware speaks so quickly when he gets excited that his teammates can't comprehend what he's trying to say.

"He's from the South so he's country," said laughing Cowboys linebacker Bradie James, referring to Ware's Alabama roots. "That's what it is. He has his own dialect. All the time, we never understand him.

"If he gets excited, we have to slow him down. We have to say, 'Alright, rewind D-Ware. Slow down and say it again.'"

Defensive end Marcus Spears considers Ware one of his best friends but admitted he also needed time to learn how to connect.

"We've known each other since the (2005) Senior Bowl. I heard this cat talking and didn't understand anything he said," Spears said. "It sounded like gibberish ... The biggest thing was learning his language."

A laughing Ware said such comments from fellow Cowboys players don't surprise him.

"Because I'm from the South, they always say a lot of my words go together," said Ware, who is one of the most well-liked players in the Cowboys locker room. "They're like, 'DeMarcus, what did you say?' They know when I get excited, they get pumped, too.'"