Buffalo's track record and Hardy's track record: a perfect match.

you think Buffalo made another drafting error. But what should they do? Are you just saying they should have never drafted him? Or if they had drafted him and he hadn’t brandished his hand gun at his dad, you would be fine with it?

I still don’t see how you think Hardy’s “brash” interview was different than any other notable WR that plays on Sundays in the NFL. Fact is, we don’t really know what all goes on behind the scenes. Everyone though Marvin Harrison was a choir boy, but now he is involved in an incident of hanging around with criminals. Athletes keep up a “perception” to keep their image clean. However, sometimes their off-field incidents reach the papers.

I will say that Hardy has built up a long enough criminal record to understand that he has issues and has made more than 1 mistake. Kelly and Sweed were both available, and there is obviously a reason they chose Hardy. He is a freak athlete, fills a giant need, and was a TD maker. Getting around good people, coaches, and an organization will help Hardy make better decisions. To make a proclamation that this drafing of James Hardy is another microcosm of a laundry list of decisions over the past decade that have been the cause of the Bills not making the playoffs is unequivocally outlandish. The personnel decisions of the this regime has been sound and they have built a solid foundation. They took a chance on a guy and now only time will tell. Randy Moss had all those question marks coming out of college and it worked out for him. Let this guy get to training camp before you start judging him, the Bills, and the fans for giving him the “benefit of the doubt.”

Nah, its too short.
But it is a wonderful example of the Hasty Generalization and Misleading Vividness logic fallacies.

Some scumbags do turn into productive football players. Michael “I love crackwhores” Irvin was recently inducted into the hall of fame. As much as I despised the guy I can’t recall him missing time on Sundays because of his cartoonishly stupid off-field behavior. Lawrence Taylor was a full blown drug addict but still changed the LB position forever. I’m not suggesting that Hardy is going to be a Hall of Famer but rather that scumbags can be really good football players. Sort of savant-like…

If what we’ve read is to be believed the incident with his girlfriend was domestic violence on his part, a shakedown attempt on her part or both. No matter how many excuses get trotted out for Hardy I wouldn’t put money on it having been entirely her fault. Hardy likely did something illegal and he certainly did something stupid.

The reports we’ve read about the Mother’s Day incident don’t paint a flattering picture of Hardy either. While I haven’t heard Hardy say so (His apology seemed carefully worded to avoid any specifics.) everything I’ve seen about it claimed that he displayed a firearm in an arguement with his father. Again, that’s likely illegal (could be legal if his father was doing something extreme) and certainly stupid.

We don’t know much at all about his suspension. Hopefully the Bills checked that out with the coaching staff and got the full scoop. Once again, Hardy was suspended for something that was possibly illegal and certainly stupid.

If once is happenstance, twice is coincidence and three times is enemy action then what will the fourth time be? At the very least the team has to be worried about Hardy doing something stupid and thereby making himself unavailable to play on Sundays. My guess is that New York prosecutors won’t cut Hardy the sort of sweetheart no-jail-time deal that Irvin got in Dallas. Maybe Buffalo should invest in a security detail to follow him around and keep him from doing stupid things….

He put doubt in the fans perception of our braintrust at OBD. Think of it logically though, 2nd round picks dont make alot of money contractually, and he most definitely will have clauses in it about possession of firearms. Therefore, look at the “Risk” in taking this player. He is about 6’6” 220lbs, runs 4.51 40time. The bills will have language in his contract about his incidents. His agent has to mad because he knows with this latest “incident” Hardy has no leverage in negotiations. I see the positive in this incident. I’m not suggesting we are an Elite team in this league, but you cant have all choir boys on your team. You need some other types to add character to a team. A good team make-up can kept the “few” bad boys in check. Look at the patriots? if they can do it why cant we (aside from the SB rings)?
Lastly, have you ever heard a football player say he is not confident at his position? They all say they think they can be the best at what they do and Hardy is no exception to this. I would be upset if a guy we draft said “Well, I may not be the best but I do try my hardest”. I would rather the guy show some confidence and swagger, even if it is borderline arrogance.

I still will hold on to the fact that they had those three to pick one and they went with hardy. This means they believe that despite any character concerns, he would be the best WR. Until he plays, I will reserve judgment. Unfortunately, you’ve already passed it because of some over officious neighbor.