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Ex-Cowboys linebacker Greg Ellis, who often whined about something when in Dallas, claimed on Michael Irvin's radio show that his Cowboys teammate DeMarcus Ware would try to "hide" to force the coaches to play Ellis, Per Tim McMahon of the Dallas Morning News.

"It's a disgrace when DeMarcus Ware comes off the field just so I can get in the game and when the coaches tell him to come on the field, he tries to hide so I can play," Ellis said during an appearance on ESPN 103.3's Michael Irvin Show. "And you're telling me we're trying to win the Super Bowl?"

"He would say, 'G, come on.' And I would tell him, 'No, DeMarcus, go ahead, man. You're coming up on your contract year. Don't mess that stuff up. Go ahead and do you, and we're just going to do what the coaches, or whoever the powers that be, what they want to do.'"

As McMahon points out, Ware, who led the NFL in sacks (20) last season, missed hardly any snaps with the exception of late in the Thanksgiving Day game in which he hurt his knee.

Ware, who was one of two first-round picks by Dallas in 2005, is entering the final year on his rookie contract, but the Cowboys and Ware's camp are in negotiations on an extension that will likely make Ware on the of highest-paid players in the league.

Ellis was frustrated by his diminishing role on the team before he was released earlier this off-season. And, apparently he still is bothered by it.

As far as teams "trying to win the Super Bowl," Ellis was signed by the Oakland Raiders, one of the few teams in the league that are more dysfunctional than the Cowboys.