Cowboys DE Greg Hardy losing support from team

"He is aware that everything he does-his personality, his style, his enthusiasm-it's all going to be interpreted negatively", said Jones regarding his star defensive end. "I really did a lot of research and counseling, whatever I had to do". "We had a heart-to-heart-I know he feels like the world's against him". "He understands it, and he has agreed to really work on it". I was at a point where I didn't know how to live. He had 27 sacks in his final 32 games with the Panthers, but last season he missed 15 games because of a domestic-violence arrest that led to him being placed on the commissioner's exempt list and suspended for the first four games this season. This might endear the owner to the public a bit, because pretty much everyone who isn't a Cowboys fan - and many who are - would love to see Hardy out.

Hardy has been late to multiple meetings since the release of pictures from his domestic violence incident. "He a highly scrutinized guy, and what we're trying to do is create an environment for him where he can be his best".

The Cowboys will look to snap their current seven-game skid against the Miami Dolphins on Sunday. Losing so many football games, he said, breeds a negative atmosphere.

Hardy has been strongly criticized nationally and locally.

But there are also signs that Jones is growing exhausted of the distraction Hardy is causing for Dallas and that support for Hardy is running out within the organization, according to Ian Rapaport. Deadspin recently released police photographs of Holder's injuries, but the Cowboys said that they are giving the DE a second chance.

"You have to be honest in your actions", Rice said as he discussed Hardy.

He's been a source of consternation for Cowboys fans, former greats of the team and state and local politicians who spoke out against Hardy because of a high-profile domestic violence incident in North Carolina.

Information from ESPN's Todd Archer was used in this report.