Josh Brown says hello.
He drew a 1-game suspension for terrorizing his family.
Just like there was no suspension set in place for Ray McDonald when he signed with the Bears and the signing by the Bears was 'okay' with the media. But once the Cowboys signed Hardy, he was given a 10-game suspension (after basically being suspended for a year by the Panthers) and the media almost had a conniption fit over it. So much so that one of Hardy's lead critics, Diana Moskovitz, completely contradicted herself with regards to Hardy when it came to Hope Solo's assault on her boyfriend before the Olympics.
Dante Fowler recently punched a guy in the face and was actually arrested and it's nowhere to be found on the front page of ESPN.com.
And let's not forget how the media swore up and down that there was a tape circulating that was '10 times worse than the Ray Rice tape' with regards to Dez. No tape was ever found and it cost Dez millions and smeared his reputation.
There's always been a double standard with the Cowboys and the rest of the league and it's in part why the Cowboys have to seek a coach that can handle these matters without them being a distraction. Wade couldn't and that's what we got with Wade where hacks like Steve Dennis got up in his face and demanded that he call his team a bunch of losers (despite leading the division at that time and going on to win the division). I generally believe that Garrett is better suited to deal with this hysteria.
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As I've said, a lot of players want to play for "Americas Team" because of the exposure. With the exposure comes the good and the bad. No one is complaining that we usually get more prime time games even when we're not that good. No one is complaining how good of a job Jerry has done with marketing the team. No one is complaining that we have one of the largest fan bases in the world. No one is complaining that the media, Jerry and a lot of fans are constantly putting us in the SB conversation even when we were just average.
When a starting running back for Cleveland clocks someone the media doesn't care nor do most fans in the NFL, they're irrelevant. When a Dallas Cowboy clocks someone (allegedly) in a bar you're dang right that's going to make headlines, just like we also make headlines for all the reasons I mentioned above. Good or bad, the Cowboys draw attention and ratings. You can't have it both ways.
Hardy is trash and no other team was looking at him other then Miami? I can't remember what the other team was. Regardless, Jerry has a long list of hiring troubled players for a "discount" and I believe he does it not just for the "discount" but for the attention. He eats it up plus it draws more people to watch the games whether they hate or love the Cowboys. He got partly what he wanted by hiring Hardy, attention.
Don't forget Hardy was also different from others with the way everything went down and the victim "disappearing" after he was initially found guilty by a judge.
Dez smeared his own reputation and had help from his mom.
We all now know Brown was a POS but I honestly don't know how much information the NFL had on him prior to him admitting what he did. I know the NFL was investigating him and the chief of police where the charges were filed wouldn't release crucial information until later in the investigation. I'll say this, I at least give credit to the Giants for cutting him. I doubt Jerry would cut a pro bowl type kicker, no matter what he did, if he was only suspended for one game. IMOF, if Bailey wasn't such a stud I could easily see Jerry picking up Brown for a discount and no one here would have any problems with it.
I won't argue there is a double standard with regards to the attention they get which I already addressed but that double standard works both ways. I also completely agree with you on the coaching. Again, the Cowboys will always be in the spotlight for better or worse, good or bad, SB caliber team or only 4 wins...that's what they are.
) but I don't think he's being picked on. He brought this on himself and needs to get a grip and grow up.
