Then I found out just how much the Dallas defensive end got his punishment decimated and I was floored. How can an original punishment of 10 games be whittled down to four?
I realize Hardy was punished under the old set of rules, which has allowed more leniency to troublemakers. But 10 to four?
Somewhere Tom Brady should be popping a champagne cork. I don’t see any way that the Patriots All-Pro quarterback will have to serve all four of his games.
But this is NFL commissioner Roger Goodell’s time to make a stand. He put aside his feelings for Patriots owner Robert Kraft and still followed through with a four-game suspension that drew plenty of sticker shock.