BrycePaup4ever Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 Turn back the clock moment. Did he attack a family member? I cant remember why we let him go. I still remember him making a very nice td catch in jacksonville in his rookie year and thought he would be decent. He had the height the team needed at WR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rafter Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 He wasn't good at football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrycePaup4ever Posted December 31, 2014 Author Share Posted December 31, 2014 wow hes in a mental hospital now. prayers with you James. i still remember you and the joy you brought me in a win at jacksonville. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Formerly_of_Roch Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 He attacked someone or did something crazy long after he was out of football from what I recall. I also do recall that catch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rafter Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 wow hes in a mental hospital now. prayers with you James. i still remember you and the joy you brought me in a win at jacksonville. Hopefully he gets the help he needs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sodbuster Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 I am the proud owner of a James Hardy jersey, thanks to the Volunteers of America Thrift Store. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelly the Dog Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 Turn back the clock moment. Did he attack a family member? I cant remember why we let him go. I still remember him making a very nice td catch in jacksonville in his rookie year and thought he would be decent. He had the height the team needed at WR. I think he pulled a gun on his dad but that had nothing to do with why he was cut. He couldn't run patterns or hang onto the football very well. He did, however, set the stage and precedent for the Marrone/Hackett strategy still used to this day. We drafted Hardy because he was tall and was a red zone threat in college, and could jump up and catch fade patterns in the redzone/endzone. In his first game, against the Jaguars, late in the fourth quarter we did just that, he leapt up high, caught the ball, got both feet in bounds and won the game on a great catch in the corner of the endzone. So we promptly never threw it to him like that again the rest of his career. "Why should they call that play again?" claimed Doug and Nate, "It worked. Other teams will be expecting it." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrycePaup4ever Posted December 31, 2014 Author Share Posted December 31, 2014 in retrospect has anyone come out of Indiana for football that was any good or made the pros? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 (edited) in retrospect has anyone come out of Indiana for football that was any good or made the pros? antwan randle-elCody latimer That's it I think They do have a pretty good RB right now. Edited December 31, 2014 by YoloinOhio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billsfan89 Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 Hardy didn't have the fluidity and agility of movement as well as the mental capacity to play in the NFL, throw in a chronic hamstring injury and it just wasn't meant to be. The guy was big and had decent speed. But he just couldn't run routes very well and his hands were average at best. After the Bills released him in 2010 the Ravens picked him up for a camp but he got cut. Seems like he has had a lot of issues post NFL life hope he gets the help he needs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrycePaup4ever Posted December 31, 2014 Author Share Posted December 31, 2014 Thanks Kelly for the post. That brought back some nice memories. I really loved that td catch. i cant explain why i remember it. it was just a great play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie Nails Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 Pretty sure DeSean and Jordy went right before or right after our Hardy pick. I was shocked that Hardy slipped to us at that point in time. Yet another reason why I'm not our GM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heitz Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 BP4E, you are definitely setting the record for "most random threads posted in first 50 posts". I look forward to tomorrow's threads "Author that penned odes to Kamil Loud", or "Tolliver, Hobert, or Armstrong - YOUR favorite Billy Joe" Re. Hardy: http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2014/05/05/former-nfl-player-james-hardy-arrested/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrycePaup4ever Posted December 31, 2014 Author Share Posted December 31, 2014 lol Thanks Heitz stay tuned! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4merper4mer Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 or "Tolliver, Hobert, or Armstrong - YOUR favorite Billy Joe" McAllister? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve O Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 (edited) Pretty sure DeSean and Jordy went right before or right after our Hardy pick. I was shocked that Hardy slipped to us at that point in time. Yet another reason why I'm not our GM. He went to jail for a couple days in college for domestic abuse on his girlfriend, he slipped a bit because of that. Then the thing with his father his rookie season, both outlined here http://thevikingnati...mes-hardy-pullsNeither of those incidents were the reason we released him, those things didn't scare teams back then. He was released because he wasn't a very good player. Edited December 31, 2014 by Steve O Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrycePaup4ever Posted December 31, 2014 Author Share Posted December 31, 2014 thanks Steve O great read Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie Nails Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 If it's any consolation, we have 3 of the top 15 picks from the 2008 draft on our roster: http://www.nfl.com/draft/history/fulldraft?season=2008 Not to mention, virtually every player from the 2nd round, baring a few Wrs, was/is more productive and contributing than sir Hardy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miyagi-Do Karate Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 antwan randle-el Cody latimer That's it I think They do have a pretty good RB right now. Randel-El was the only guy I could think of. And he basically broke every record there; a really unique talent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enlightener Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 I think he pulled a gun on his dad but that had nothing to do with why he was cut. He couldn't run patterns or hang onto the football very well. He did, however, set the stage and precedent for the Marrone/Hackett strategy still used to this day. We drafted Hardy because he was tall and was a red zone threat in college, and could jump up and catch fade patterns in the redzone/endzone. In his first game, against the Jaguars, late in the fourth quarter we did just that, he leapt up high, caught the ball, got both feet in bounds and won the game on a great catch in the corner of the endzone. So we promptly never threw it to him like that again the rest of his career. "Why should they call that play again?" claimed Doug and Nate, "It worked. Other teams will be expecting it." we threw about 10 more jump balls to him throughout that season. he would fight them all off as best he could until they hit the ground, he caught one more in garbage time and then we all realized he just plain couldnt catch. the Jville catch was also laboured if you watch the replay, he almost dropped that one too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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