Harris tied a team record by returning a kickoff 100 yards for the winning points in the fourth quarter against his former teammates and the Giants beat the mistake-prone Cowboys 27-20, handing Dallas its fourth straight loss since quarterback Tony Romo was hurt.
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The Cowboys have no one to blame but themselves for this distraction, either.
Hardy is a terrific pass rusher and a jerk.
Garrett and owner Jerry Jones said the Hardy incident was not an issue. There is a big difference.
“Greg and I talked about how you can channel that better”, Garrett said.
The Cowboys won’t be suspending Hardy for his actions as they think it’s good leadership. “He played a lot against New England, covering Gronkowski and did a good job with that responsibility”.
While the news did not surface until days later, it makes Hardy’s behavior from this past Sunday that much more unwarranted.
As Hardy walked away from the special teams group, Bryant, who was not in uniform due to injury, appeared to try and calm the defensive end. Nah. Sign him to a contract extension?
At any given moment there are many such unworthy players knocking around the NFL, playing like crap on Sundays, getting in trouble every other day of the week and dragging down the reputations of their franchises and the league itself. It’s also something no one on this team did in 2014. So while fans feign disgust at Hardy confronting special teams coach Rich Bisaccia and national pundits call for him to be disciplined or even dismissed, Jones calls your check and returns volley with a check-mate by defiantly airing his intentions to make Hardy a Cowboy for life.
“Anybody who has played athletics long enough has been around individuals who have played with passion, and the thing about those types of individuals and those types of personalities is being able to put boundaries around them to get great play out of them on the field but to set the expectations that you are a professional and act professional”, Hennings said at an event at AT&T Stadium meant to raise awareness and prevent domestic violence. It’s just a matter of time before Hardy has another disturbing episode on or off the field. It’s really not an issue. The words continued until they were eventually separated. I also believe he failed miserably and created more of a scene than anyone will admit.
Hardy raised eyebrows before Week 5 when he said he hoped Tom Brady’s supermodel wife, Gisele, would be in attendance and prompted criticism last week with outbursts on the sideline. “Guys that are animated and emotional on the sidelines, it’s something we feed off of”.
Dallas knew what they were getting with Hardy, an extremely talented defensive stopper, who came with baggage right from the start, stemming from his 2014 arrest for allegedly assaulting his ex-girlfriend, throwing her on a futon that was covered with guns and threatening her life.
“The people in this room were here for one objective: To hear about the mission and what they can do to help”, Rose said.
Hardy’s current one-year deal with the Cowboys pays him a base salary of $573,000 and he earns per-game bonuses of $578,000.
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Bryant has a little of this in him, but it felt harmless.
