DMN: Sporting News writer: Greg Hardy has rendered himself 'almost untouchable'

[Reverend Conehead]

It's disheartening because in the New England game it really looked like he was coming into his own.

 

[conner01]

I would want to know a whole lot more about went on behind the scenes. Being late to meetings is a big deal if it continues to happen since it sends the message they aren't important. I don't know if he was a distraction or how many meetings he was late for.
The simple solution if I'm the GM is talk to your team leaders. If he was an issue they will know. If there was issued in the locker room then I pass
He got a great opportunity and no one can say he took full advantage of it but only those in the locker room know if it was really a distraction and what his behavior really was like
There is no doubt he could help this team and he showed flashes last year of being back, but we don't know what really went on and without knowing it's hard to judge the situation

 

[Idgit]

He took a toilet seat to his own career.

Where else could he be a fit? Teams like OAK and PHI might take a flier on him, if he were a scheme fit, I guess. Dallas was perfect for him, and it sure looks like he blew it here.

 

[td4mvp2k]

last year's deal was really intelligent, IMO...I could see a similar type of deal, although the more he screws the pooch, the easier it becomes for dallas in the negotiation...

ya its good they waited on bringing him back

 

[Texas_Pete]

Good article. Drive that price down down down...then re-sign him Jerry!

 

[Howboutdemcowboys31]

I'm stuck between wanting the locker room to have a healthier mentality with him gone and wanting to win a super bowl and knowing our odds increase with him

 

[LittleD]

Just once, I'd like to see one if these articles actually provide some solid examples of bad behavior rather than taking the easy, lazy course quoting something "reported" elsewhere.

Is it too much to ask that a purported journalist do some level of work to support what they're claiming in a story?

Maybe you need more fact based evidence than a lot of us on the zone. I for one do not. I did not want him here and I don't want him back.
I don't need any facts because I have made my opinion about the guy as a lot of others have here on the zone. Some want him back even
if Jerry had to break the bank open to get him. Even if he would sign a vet minimum deal for 2 years I would not want him on this team.
I pretty much think he's a thug and I wish the Raiders would hurry up and sign him. IMVHO.

 

[JoeyBoy718]

That article said absolutely nothing. People get paid to write this stuff? I usually feel like a bad fan because I never read the articles. Now I'm glad to see more time wasn't wasted.

 

[J_Allen]

If you're going to bring guys in who show up hungover, late to meetings, and have poor work ethic, don't give them more snaps than everyone else.

 

[Beast_from_East]

Hardy was gone the minuet I saw Garrett's final press conference and they asked Garrett what he liked about Hardy and Garrett just stood there for a second starring off into space and said "well, he finall said played the run pretty good".

I knew right then and there Hardy was gone.

 

[DFWJC]

I have to think they wait till after the draft if/when they make an offer. I really don't want Bosa at 4 but there are a lot of good 2nd and 3rd rounders. If one drops a round and you get a bargain you may not want Hardy back even at a bargain price.

If you don't get that kind of pick and Hardy is unsigned, you can probably get him on a bargain. Hardy on a make-good incentive based deal is exactly the kind of situation where he might return to his old form.

Can't imagine they'd make a move until after the draft. And even then, if we didn't add an early pick, it'd shock me. Garrett doesn't want him but relented last year...twice including Gregory. Probably felt he owned Jerry after he got his way in not drafting Manziel. Lol

 

[Aven8]

As I've stated in this board numerous times throughout the years I do not care what they do off the field! I want to be entertained by the best football players on the planet. He's one of them and he's here for the taking. We've already taken the heat in the press last year why waste it now? Because our HC is a Pansy?

Do another 1 year deal, which seems to be the norm accross the NFL these days, and then you can do whatever you want in the draft and not reach for once!

 

[ChooChoo73]

Hate that he was on the team. Pray he never comes back. I assume coming here he was at his best to earn another contract and his best behavior was likely the worst on the team. No thanks to this garbage. The organization will have to improve the pass rush like every other good pass rushing team has done: without Greg Hardy.

 

[SultanOfSix]

Yawn. More click bait.

 

[CyberB0b]

I have to think they wait till after the draft if/when they make an offer. I really don't want Bosa at 4 but there are a lot of good 2nd and 3rd rounders. If one drops a round and you get a bargain you may not want Hardy back even at a bargain price.

If you don't get that kind of pick and Hardy is unsigned, you can probably get him on a bargain. Hardy on a make-good incentive based deal is exactly the kind of situation where he might return to his old form.

You mean once the Cowboys are desperate? Now is the time to strike.

 

[davey999]

How could he blow such a great opportunity here? I don't understand it.

He's an idiot

 

[BAT]

He is a woman beater.........only way a team would give him a shot is if they thought he was good for 15+ sacks.

Hardy showed he isn't, thus he is not worth any team getting destroyed in the media for signing a woman beater.


Besides, it looks a little hypocritical for the NFL to be doing public service announcements with their "NO MORE" campaign with players like Elie Manning just staring into the camera and then to have teams hand players involved in domestic abuse million dollar contracts. That is why players like Ray Rice and Greg Hardy basically have the "Scarlett mark" now and everybody avoids them like the plague.

Hardy, Rice, etc. are the new poster boys against domestic abuse. Should have happened sooner imo, but players who can still play will get second, even third, chances. Even murderers like Little and Lewis were not only given 2nd chances but were lauded.

 

[skinsscalper]

Thing that cracks me up is that Hardy demanded that a clause be put in his contract last year that the Cowboys could not Franchise Tag him this season.

Then proceeded to go full blown ****** bag. Later punk. Good luck at your next stop.

 

[Cowboys22]

Hardy was having a nice season until those photos were released. He seemed to go into shell after that and was never the same. There's no doubt in my mind that his decline was 100% mental. He just wasn't there mentally and that probably led to many of the other issues such as being late to meetings.

 

[TheDude]

Hardy commanded a lot of double teams for a lazy guy that was out of shape.

I buy the idea that he didn't put out the effort once the team's record tanked, but I don't buy that he was out of shape and lazy the entire year.

I really hate lazy articles.

"Hardy also is hurt by his lack of position and scheme versatility." Dude played DT and DE. He was hardly given a break. Played 77% of the snaps from games 5 -16.

And to boot, the last 4 games when "the coaching staff tired of a guy constantly late and subversive" punished him by playing him 69%, 79%, 88%, and 70% of the snaps respectively - thereby giving him a chance to earn even more money.

Odd strategy for a player you hate, dont want back and could cut outright.

No real facts at all here, just innuendo