The lucrative contract extension Tony Romo signed with the Dallas Cowboys last week puts pressure on the team to perform, according to linebacker DeMarcus Ware.

"I feel like everybody is deserving to whatever is given to him, but at the end of the day, to me it's put up or shut up," Ware told the Dallas Morning News.

"I'm just being straight-up honest with you. Get out there and be productive, and that's with any player. Whatever they get, they're deserving of it. You just got to get out there and play and I know he can be and will be the quarterback that is going to be the quarterback that is going to take us to the next level."