Jerry and Stephen Jones: We’d like to sign Greg Hardy to long-term deal

While former NFL players and coaches have gone on various platforms to express their thoughts about Cowboy Greg Hardy’s behavior on Sunday, when he smacked the clipboard out of Dallas special teams coach Rich Bisaccia’s hand and got toe-to-toe with Bisaccia before the coach shoved him away, the Cowboys continue to excuse away and even encourage his behavior.

And now, they want to reward it.

During his weekly show on Tuesday on 105.3 The Fan, owner and general manager Jerry Jones echoed the thoughts of his son, Stephen, who is team COO and director of player personnel, when asked about the Cowboys’ plans for Hardy.

“When we initially signed, talked to him, asked him to join the team, it was not only with the idea of a short-term but a long-term purvey,” Jerry Jones said. “He’s a relatively, relatively speaking, a young player. And he certainly has the kinds of skills and impacts that we want to look to the future with with the Cowboys.”

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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Since he was suspended by the NFL for the first four games of the season and Dallas had its bye in Week 6, Hardy has played in two games (both losses), with three sacks and there have now been at least two times his behavior has had to be addressed by Jerry Jones and coach Jason Garrett. In addition to his absurd initial press conference before Dallas played New England, there was Sunday’s on-field incident and his post-game question-and-answer session, which mostly consisted of him cutting off reporters to say, “No comment, next question.”

On Monday came news that Hardy had gone M.I.A. last Thursday, and the Cowboys had to call around looking for him. The team listed him as missing practice due to an illness.