"I’m glad he didn’t have a good day. It's a joke a guy like that is able to play this quickly." @Jkelce #Eagles #Cowboys #Hardy
— Marcus Hayes (@inkstainedretch) November 9, 2015 Eagles player says he ‘put a little extra mustard’ when hitting Greg Hardy
James Dator has been covering a wide range of sports for SB Nation for over a decade, with a special focus on the NFL.
Greg Hardy finished with a sack against the Philadelphia Eagles, but was largely ineffective on Sunday Night Football. It’s a point Eagles players took great pride in after the game. They joined the outrage directed at Hardy playing for the Cowboys and then threw a gas can on it.
Jason Kelce took his relief Hardy played poorly to the next level: Dropping some hard-hitting truths.
"3 people I have zero respect for in this world. People who hit women; who molest children; rapists." @Jkelce #Eagles #Hardy #Cowboys
— Marcus Hayes (@inkstainedretch) November 9, 2015 Lane Johnson, the offensive tackle tasked with stopping Hardy, had words of his own:
Lane Johnson on Greg Hardy: "I've faced better. ... When things aren't going well he's a guy that shuts it down." #Eagles
— Jeff McLane (@Jeff_McLane) November 9, 2015 Johnson added that “Any time I had a chance to put a little extra mustard on a block, I tried,” when speaking about his technique against Hardy on Sunday night.
Condemnation of Hardy went beyond the Eagles locker room. Earlier that day Seahawks defensive lineman Michael Bennett told NFL GameDay that he wouldn’t want the defensive end on his team, saying that the Cowboys “have had a bunch of players before who have done a couple of things and they stand by them.”
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