Justin Hardee is one of those underdog players you love to root for. Maybe underdog is the wrong term. He’s just very blue collar. He was never the four star recruit, the first round draft pick or the starter. Everything he has as a professional football player, he’s scrapped for.
When your hear a guy like Justin Hardee just got signed to a new, one-year deal with the Saints, it’s celebratory. You want to see him come up. Even if it’s only $645,000. Far from the kind of money the elite cornerbacks in the NFL make.