IRVING — A tasteless reference to the Sept. 11 attacks has landed Cowboys defensive end Greg Hardy back in the headlines. It all started Friday when a fan of Carolina, Hardy’s former team, tweeted a picture of Panthers receiver Kelvin Benjamin alongside another photo of the club’s draft pick, Devin Funchess. Above the image, he wrote the caption, “The Twin Towers.”
Hardy responded, “didn’t the twin towers get blowN up lol.”
Owner Jerry Jones said that he was aware of the tweet, and Hardy has apologized on his Twitter account since.
“We will address that,” Jones said.