Mecole Hardman joins Dawgs' NFL Championship Sunday party
Mecole Hardman just joined the Dawgs’ NFL championship Sunday party. It’s been a minute, but Elberton’s finest is back for the Chiefs.
Hardman was a limited participant in practice all week, and carried a ‘questionable’ status into Kansas City’s home AFC Championship game against the Cincinnati Bengals.
Hardman hasn’t played for the Chiefs since November, when he joined the injured reserve with an abdominal injury.
The Chiefs put Mecole Hardman back on the active list on January 4th. Tonight marks his first return back to game action, however.
One more note on Hardman’s return – Chiefs reporters observed him returning punts at practice this week. That, too, is reportedly a first since he returned from the IR.
Hardman shared a cryptic preview on Twitter… then played dumb about it
What’s a dramatic return without a cryptic announcement?
Mecole Hardman shared a ‘shhh’ picture on Friday that got a lot of attention. It led many to believe that Hardman was trying to tell everyone something.
Maybe, just maybe, he will actually play this weekend. Well, the detectives were on to something alright.
Here it is:
All of the attention put Hardman on the spot. The cat was out of the bag. Or was it?
Hardman sidestepped the attention like a would-be tackler on a punt return. Good one, Mecole. This definitely threw everyone off of your trail:
Georgia football players in the NFL already had a guaranteed path to the Super Bowl
Mecole Hardman officially gets to throw his hat in the ring now, too.
The streak stayed alive with the Eagles’ Jordan Davis and Nakobe Dean, and the San Francisco 49ers’ Charlie Woerner, making the NFC Championship game.
On the AFC side, Hardman and Malik Herring represent the Dawgs for Kansas City.
Trey Hill is a backup center for the Bengals.
Georgia remains tied with LSU in the impressive streak of 22 years.
Either Clyde Edwards-Helaire‘s Chiefs, or Joe Burrow / Ja’Marr Chase‘s Bengals will play in the big game.
These two SEC powers know a thing or two about conference championship weekends.
They just met in the last one, and Brian Kelly’s Tigers will be a fierce competitor out of the SEC West until conference expansion makes them a fierce competitor down the road – and you better believe Georgia will be, too.
