Hardy recorded 1.5 sacks, but neither time occurred when facing Williams, at least not directly. His full sack came when he started against Williams, but then ran a stunt inside and center Will Montgomery did not pick him up. The half-sack came when he lined up inside against left guard Kory Lichtensteiger. But Hardy didn’t exactly whip Lichtensteiger; rather, he benefited from end Charles Johnson's pressure on the other side and the play was extended enough for Hardy to eventually get past Lichtentsteiger to help.
The Rams coach admitted Wednesday morning what seemed apparent, that the Browns were a team trying to trade for his former quarterback, though Kelly wouldn’t confirm that the Browns were the mystery team who offered a first-rounder for Bradford.
Via Mary Kay Cabot of the Cleveland Plain Dealer, Fisher said the Browns didn’t offer the 12th overall pick for Bradford (meaning it must have been the 19th), and that other offers were made before he ultimately sent Bradford to the Eagles for Nick Foles and a second-rounder.
“There were discussions [with the Browns] late in the process,” Fisher said. “There were never really any concrete offers per se. The misconception is that it started at the combine. It didn’t. I stood up at the combine and said that Sam was our quarterback. This came well after that, several days before we initiated the trade with Nick, but there was a pick involved. There were numerous things that were discussed, different options. The compensation looked different over a period of a couple of days. I’m not going to go onto what it was, but it didn’t involve a player.”
Fisher said he wanted an experienced quarterback, which is why the 12th pick might not have done it.
Kelly, however, said only “I’m never going to discuss who we talk to in trade situations.”