Cowboys In On Pursuit Of Greg Hardy
March 16, 2015 8:42 AM
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IRVING (105.3 THE FAN) – Late last week, the Cowboys’ position on free-agent pass-rusher Greg Hardy seemed clear: A lot of sacks but a lot of baggage. Their position has changed, sources telling 105.3 The Fan that Dallas now has Hardy “under consideration.”
Their previous concerns were and are justifiable, given Hardy’s involvement in a domestic violence case that has caused his own team, the Carolina Panthers, to let him go free — and that may mean suspension from some games in 2015.
Hardy was the Panthers’ franchise-tagged player a year ago after recording 15 sacks in 2013, and at 6-4 and 275 pounds and just 26 years old, is an ideal cure to what ails the Dallas defense.
If not for his off-field issues, he would be a highly-sought-after player — and his agent, Drew Rosenhaus, is publicly insisting he still is. But even with the charges against him dropped, he is still subject to potential league discipline … and if he was truly highly-sought-after, he wouldn’t still be on the second-tier shelf of free agency.
Does he fit the “Garrett Guy” mold, coach Jason Garrett’s desire to assemble a roster made up of “the right kind of guys”? Not as a first-tier free agent, he does not.
But as a target of second-tier shopping?
Greg Hardy is “under consideration.”
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