DMN: Former Cowboy Greg Hardy on fall from grace: 'I took it away from myself. Now I’m nobody'

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A constant need for the Cowboys during the 2016 season was a pass rusher. Wild suggestions flew around about how Dallas could fix its pass rush, but one that no one made -- bring back defensive end Greg Hardy.
The Cowboys gave Hardy a chance in 2015 despite the domestic violence allegations against him, including throwing his then-girlfriend onto a couch covered in assault rifles. Hardy soon became a distraction, feuding on the sidelines with teammates Demarcus Lawrence and talking about wanting to see Tom Brady's wife and come out "guns blazing" when he returned from suspension against the Patriots. And this was all before the disturbing photos of the victim in Hardy's domestic violence case came to light.

Hardy did not get any phone calls from NFL teams before the 2016 and spent the year out of the league and training for a career as an MMA fighter. He's also applied to play in an independent football league with his NFL prospects as dim as they were a year ago.

In a recent interview with MMAFighting.com, Hardy said that he knows who is to blame for his fall from grace.

"It feels like I did this to me, and it sucks," Hardy told MMAFighting.com. "I was where I needed to be, I had everything that I wanted, and the normal story is, 'Man, somebody took it away,' and I don't have that. I took it away from myself. Now I'm nobody. I'm nowhere. I'm just in the middle of where I put myself."

Hardy, who avoided jail time in a recent cocaine possession case, told MMAFighting.com that he feels his experience in his new sport has been a humbling and enlightening experience for him.

"It's helped me a lot of ways," Hardy said. "I have a lot of problems as a human being. It's not something that you do, just walking around saying 'I'm perfect' or 'I'm good.' Man, I have a lot of different issues that I'm definitely working through and working on. I would say this helps me channel everything. It helps me just come back down to Earth, be humble, because these are machines that I see everyday. I get choked out, punched in the face, and laid out on the mat daily, and that's not something that a guy my size and my stature with my history has every come across.

"It's a humbling experience, man. Actually, it's making me really appreciative of everything that I've had and everything that I have, and the opportunity that I have to kinda come in and show myself as a guy that is not what everybody says on TV, or, 'he's not a monster, he's not a killer, a women beater,' this, that and the other. It gives me an opportunity to just come in, be a humble guy, and learn, and honestly just be at the feet of all these champions who walk around like they're just normal guys . . . and have the opportunity to make myself better one more time, one last time in sports and life in general."

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Hope he turns it around for the better. Sucks he couldn't keep his head on straight
 
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Yea, never understood why he put so much negative attention on himself when he was here. Then again, there was reasons why he fell in the draft etc...
 
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stasheroo said:
Seems to me that the guy has a screw loose. He should probably be seeking psychiatric evaluation.
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Exactly. He clearly needs help. I don't hate his guts for how he was when he was in Dallas. I was rooting for him to turn his life around and improve our pass rush. Didn't happen, but I do hope his life gets better and he beats his demons, regardless of whether he plays football.
 
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StarBoyz83 said:
I know I'm in the minority but I'd love to have him back for cheap. He's still young and I like his nastiness.
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I admit to thinking about it, but I don't give it too much thought because I know this team never would so it's a waste of time.
 
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Really thought Jerry taking all the scrutiny and stick his neck out and still giving him a decent contract to play would wake this kid up and realize what he had...

Think about it if he would have gotten at least 10 sacks for the season and just shown up to work on time and be a chill teammate he would have gotten a bad azzz contract from us or someone.... Kid blew it and has no one to blame but himself
 
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