Greg Hardy
According to TMZ Sports, former Panthers and Cowboys DE Greg Hardy has signed with the Richmond Roughriders of the American Arena League.
Hardyโs first game for the Roughriders is scheduled for March 17th.
Bears
Bears G Kyle Long confirmed during an interview with ESPN 1000 that heโs scheduled to undergo left shoulder surgery in addition to his neck operation.
โThereโs going to be some work done with that for sure,โ Long said of his shoulder issues, via Dan Wiederer of the Chicago Tribune. โIโve got some minor standard-operating-procedure offseason stuff but nothing major.โ
Long has dealt with a number of injuries the past few years and has missed 14 games as a result. He explained that he always felt it was going to catch up to him at some point.
โYou know what, I was so blessed early on to come out clean from so many hundreds and thousands of piles that I was in that it was going to catch up to me eventually,โ Long said. โEvery player goes through it. I just happened to have it all clumped together.โ
Bengals
Despite reports that the Bengals and long-time HC Marvin Lewis were likely headed towards a split this offseason, Cincinnati ultimately re-signed Lewis to a new two-year deal and have been reshaping their coaching staff.
Lewis tells Jim Owczarski of the Cincinnati Enquirer that theyโve got โa lot of workโ ahead of them and everyone is well aware of this.
โWe have to make it better. We have to be a better football team. I mean, we have to,โ Lewis said. โWeโve got a lot work ahead and players know that and understand that. They look forward to that. Itโs that group of guys thatโs going to lead them forward but they know whatโs ahead.โ
According to Lewis, the changes being made in Cincinnati will hopefully be a โgood sparkโ for the players.
โItโs going to be new; itโs going to be different,โ Lewis said, โso weโre going to have the [playersโ] attention, which is good. Itโll be a good spark for them to have. But we donโt have to reinvent the wheel. But we can certainly make it different, better.โ
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