Greg Hardy is that impresses his teammates is how he practices

The Brandon Bolden Jersey Dallas Cowboys did not hide why they signed Greg Hardy: they needed a pass rusher and they could get him without paying a premium price, in terms of guaranteed money. In two games, Hardy has three sacks. But his sack total equals the number of times Jason Garrett has had to talk to the defensive end after ill-timed or poorly conceived words or actions since Hardy signed with the Cowboys last March. The latest was the dustup after Dwayne Harris' kick return for a touchdown for the New York Giants in which Hardy got involved in the special teams huddle, took a swipe at Rich Bisaccia's clipboard and was shoved by the special teams coordinator.The Cowboys won’t discipline Hardy. But it’s not too surprising. Players who produce tend to get more leeway than those who don’t. It happens just about everywhere, even if coaches don’t want Jerod Mayo Jersey to admit it. “I think anytime that you evaluate a player it starts with who he is and it starts with what he’s bringing to the team,” coach Jason Garrett said. “And I think certainly you have standards for how you want your players to practice, how you want your players to play, and those standards really don’t change based on how the player is playing and how productive the players is. Certainly guys who are really, really good players for you, oftentimes they earn credibility because of how they go about it. “One of the things that Greg Hardy is that impresses his teammates is how he practices, and we place a tremendous amount of premium on how we practice and what a guy brings to the practice field, and hopefully that carries to the game field. Greg, and really the best players we have on our team, a number of other guys, just Kenbrell Thompkins Jersey practice the right way, and I think with that it gains them credibility.” The Cowboys knew what they were getting when they signed Hardy, especially if they investigated his background as thoroughly as they say he did. One of their coaches was a high school teammate of Hardy’s. Nothing that has happened since he came back should be a surprise, but the reactions from outside the building mean next to nothing to those inside the Cowboys’ Valley Ranch offices. Speaking on 105.3 The Fan in Dallas, executive vice president Stephen Jones said the Cowboys would be open to signing Hardy to a multi-year extension, a day after Hardy got into an altercation with a coach. Talent outweighs just about anything. There is Ryan Wendell Jersey no denying Hardy’s talents. But, as Garrett likes to say about being the Cowboys’ quarterback, there is a lot that comes Danny Amendola Jersey with the dinner. “Greg Hardy practices hard, he plays hard and he plays well in games. Greg Hardy, just like every one of us, is a work in progress. I’m a work in progress, our coaching staff is a work in progress, every player on our team is a work in progress. And I would probably make an argument that everybody in this room is a work in progress,” Garrett said. “So what we’re trying to do is develop Greg as a person and develop him as a player, just like we’re trying to do with 52 other players on our active roster, 10 players on our practice roster and every coach and everybody else who is connected with our team. We’re going to try to do that each and every day to be the best versions of ourselves.”