Peterson to play sunday...maybe Hardy next

[Jmac]

Per J.Jones.Very confusing this whole affair.Vikings send out a press release saying that he will play.Would this also influence Hardys status? We will see.Impossible to predict what the team will do with him..now, tomorrow or next month...who the hell cares anymore.

[CRA]

If they bench Hardy until his court date.....that would mean he misses more games than he would face if the new outlined punishment was enforced.

So Hardy will be back at some point soon I would imagine. NFLPA will flex some of their muscle in all this too.

Teams probably need that to come to light too

[Jeremy Igo]

The Panthers just put up one of the best defensive performances they have had in several years without Hardy.

I don't care if he plays or not.

I'm firmly aboard the A-Train... addison that is.

[Jmac]

Agreed...Mario may be a beast in the making.2.5 sacks and 4 QB hurries is excellent no matter if it's 1st qtr or 4th.

[Matthias]

Release him.

[rscott94]

How are the Panthers going to explain Hardy starting now.. You can't say due process because that's why he started against Tampa. The Panthers are gonna have to come up with something creative if they want Hardy back on the field. 

 

Darin Gantt ‏@daringantt  6m

Vikings say Adrian Peterson will play this week. Now the Panthers are on deck to stick finger in the air to see which way wind's blowing.

[Cary Kollins]

The Panthers FO would have to do some serious PR work this week if they expect to play Hardy on Sunday.

 

 

I personally think there is no chance he plays, especially in the biggest primetime game of the week.

 

As I've said elsewhere, I would like to see a six game suspension (including yesterday) and then he comes back.

 

As Florio points out though, Hardyand the NFLPA would have a case against that.

 

It's all fugged up right about now.

[CRA]

But if Carolina sat him under media/national pressure....

I don't see him playing in our PRIMETIME game Sunday. So week 4 I think he returns

[CharlottePanther]

Wow, Hardy HAS to play now! Between Mcdonald and now AP, its time. Fug the media

[Jangler]

If the Jury trail goes against Hardy, could the Panthers try and get some of the 13m back? detrimental to the team 

[Matthias]

Listen, even Adrian Peterson has more sympathy than Greg Hardy.  This guy won't see the field until he is found not guilty by a jury.  Go ahead and get rid of the distraction because it's been proven that the organization can't handle it.

[h0llywood]

Albert Breer says Hardy will report to work today. Don't know if that means he will play though.

[ctrcat]

Play him. We are spending $13.1 million on him and dominating performance or not, we are playing Super Bowl winning QBs in 5 of our next 7 games. Think about that for a minute. It was stupid to sit him to start with. We are still a better D with him.

[Salvo]

We don't face a formidable OLine until the Bengals (week 6). Don't really need him until then and we should have Alexander back as well.

 

But wasting 13 mil is kinda annoying...