Greg Hardy shows elite speed...

[MHS831]

As much as I thought Peppers was underachieving to a point he was rediculously overpaid, he was still very good. I don't see us replacing him with people, but we can with relentless hustle and intelligence. Brayton and Brown fit that mold, and Johnson is pumped for this season (said it was his turn). Hardy won't take the beating he took in college, but he better show that speed on the field.

Get this: at OTAs on Tuesday, both Leonard and Tyler were on the sideline stairmaster. Leonard said it was an ankle. I told him that we need him in the middle not in a cast.

[SorthNarolina]

I haven't seen any questions about his motivation outside of the fringe scouting message boards, where those kinds of things just get thrown around to see if they'll stick. He has durability issues, and could use a little more upper body strength, but if he had motivation issues I doubt he would be blowing anyone away at the end of practice.

Keep him healthy and we got a steal.

I'm pretty sure he was benched at one point at Ole Miss for his poor performance and then he was suspended for two games for attitude problems.

[Saint J]

he didn't play as much last year because a.) his injuries b.) Kentrell Lockett is a better DE. Other than that, he is a pretty good end but he won't be an all pro or anything like that

[CatMan72]

I gotta say, I watched the post-practice "sprints" Steve is referring to and very few guys looked like they were actually sprinting. I even captured a little video of it and on further review I stand by that statement. In the video I have, Jon Beason is well out infront of the rest of the team and is nowhere near doing a full sprint.

On top of that, others referred to it as a "conditioning test". Maybe I didn't see what Steve Reed saw, but I didn't see anyone that was truly "sprinting". If guys really were sprinting, I don't think Jon Beason would blow away the whole field.

[OneBadassCat]

I remember when we all thought McClover was going to be big poo too.

[monstercat]

I remember when we all thought McClover was going to be big sh*t too.

At least Hardy has the potential to be good though. McClover was never even close to being the athlete that Hardy is.

[OneBadassCat]

At least Hardy has the potential to be good though. McClover was never even close to being the athlete that Hardy is.

Well that's true. But how often do we hear about guys that should have been 1st rounders and they end up going in the 6th-7th. All the time. We seem to be able to get some steals though. I hope he works out.

[Cyberjag]

I'm pretty sure he was benched at one point at Ole Miss for his poor performance and then he was suspended for two games for attitude problems.

The only place I saw mention of that anywhere was in a post on a message board somewhere (can't remember which one). If he had, don't you think it would have made a few analyst's notes?

Until I can see an actual news article about it (and they would be out there if it's true), I'm chalking it up to the random grumblings of an uninformed fan.

[rippadonn]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9yYACqaEwU&feature=related

Hmmmmmmm, looks pretty good to me, and as someone who has watched Pep for years, I'd say he does look Pep like. Look at Jonathan Stewart. Just because of turf toe we get a top 5 quality player.

[Saint J]

hardy will be a good player for you guys but he won't be like peppers. you don't go from being the 3rd best DL on your team to being an all-pro talent.

[SorthNarolina]

hardy will be a good player for you guys but he won't be like peppers. you don't go from being the 3rd best DL on your team to being an all-pro talent.

he's actually probably 4th right now. Brayton is a jack of all trades, master of none.

[SorthNarolina]

The only place I saw mention of that anywhere was in a post on a message board somewhere (can't remember which one). If he had, don't you think it would have made a few analyst's notes?

Until I can see an actual news article about it (and they would be out there if it's true), I'm chalking it up to the random grumblings of an uninformed fan.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=3085335

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=jc-inconsistenthardy040110

ta-da!

[Cyberjag]

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=3085335

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=jc-inconsistenthardy040110

ta-da!

Good stuff. I don't get motivational issues though, I get attitude and maybe a little immaturity. The guy clearly works his ass off, he just wants to do it on his own terms. Can it be fixed?

[rippadonn]

Good stuff. I don't get motivational issues though, I get attitude and maybe a little immaturity. The guy clearly works his ass off, he just wants to do it on his own terms. Can it be fixed?

:yesnod: He was supposed to be a high draft pick, this is a good thing. They all say if he came out in 09' he may have been top 5, so the not being drafted as high as Pep doesn't really fly. Look at Clausen and Stewart. We can draft our arses off.