Peppers Situation UPDATE —Voth chimes in

[trucpfan]

3 minutes ago, mjligon said:

Pretty sad life to create an alt account just to troll a message board.

You've hit a real low if that's whatcha upto you need more hobbies.

3 minutes ago, Jon Snow said:

Didn't say it was to another team.  But you never heard anything about the Jags and Norwell either, so? If the Patriots don't sign him he will retire.  He ain't signing on with Hurney at the helm.  You guys need to accept that.

Huh why not what has hurn dog done to make Pep not want yo end it here NC his roots.

Just now, OneBadCat said:

If Peppers is only playing one season I highly doubt he gives a sht that Hurney is the GM.

Yea I think he's sitting back contemplating if he's really in on another year and does he see us in contention.

[KillerKat]

The reason he left the first time was cause of Hurney. He returned because he saw the Panthers were heading in the right direction, then Hurney returns. He was the first one I thought of when we brought Hurney back. Don't blame him for leaving.

[TheSpecialJuan]

6 minutes ago, JustAQuestion said:

It's March. The season doesn't start until September. He has plenty of time to make up his mind.

Not sure we can wait for him to do so. Hurney will have to approach free agency/draft as if Pep is not coming back. 

[Mage]

2 minutes ago, stbugs said:

A DE rotation of Peppers, Addison, Horton, Hall and Cox is more than good enough.

Is it?  Peppers was good last season. but it was on a limited snap-count.  Horton and Cox haven't shown nearly enough to rely on them as starters, especially if someone gets hurt (in particular, Addison; we'd be screwed). 

Hall is going to be key and I wasn't a big fan of his as a prospect.  The first season was going to be important for him for technique and filling out his frame and obviously he missed that opportunity.

DE, with or without Peppers, is still a massive need.  

[heel31ok]

15 minutes ago, thomas96 said:

It's really curiously quiet on the Peppers front right now, now a day into the "legal" tampering period, and even before that. It's kind of fascinating to me that not a single report has come out about Pep other than "he's deciding on his future" from our own reporters. No other teams have had any connection whatsoever to Pep. Not the Pats, Bucs, Raiders, or whoever else was "linked" to him... I wonder if this means that the only thing up in the air is whether he'll play or not and that it is true that he'd only play here if he decides to come back. But he may just be leaning towards retirement coming off a serious surgery... Do you think the lack of chatter completely across the league points towards the likelihood that Pep either retires or stays here? Really interesting situation.

 Us or nobody...

[imminent rogaine]

Aging vets don't want to do camp. Agree that he will play. ACtually bring him in late into camp. 

[The Lobo]

4 minutes ago, heel31ok said:

 Us or nobody...

I’m starting to think that too. If you look at all his comments last year, especially his playoff video, he’s either here or retired.

[uncfan888]

4 minutes ago, JustAQuestion said:

Wonder if they're trying to get him to chip in on the offensive line too for a little bit more money.

Shut up, igor

[Panthers8969]

23 minutes ago, TheRed said:

It sounds like it's a decision that goes beyond just money. If that's the case, with all the factors in play right now....he gone.

You can be mad at him if you want, but we basically all but packed his bags for him when he and the rest of the players were handcuffed from protesting last year.

Lmao you know the teams getting bought by a new owner right? As in someone that didn’t make that decision? I’m sure peppers is thinking to himself “fug that new owner for not letting me protest” 

[Oldschool Leroy]

I'm hoping that no news is good news. I tend to think if he was trying to decide which new team to go to, that news would be out there. The Panthers have always been tight lipped about their stuff. So hopefully, Peppers and the Panthers already know what they are going to do and both are making plans with that knowledge. So, maybe if the team does not sign a rental replacement; we can expect him back. Well, it's what I hope anyway.

[*FreeFua*]

I’m sure he wants a shot at a SB and that’s obviously not happening here.

He came back and gave us a chance last year and played great. Can’t be mad at him for wanting to win if he only has one more season in him.

[Porn Shop Clerk]

He might just skip out on training camp and sign next August.

[Snake]

48 minutes ago, chknwing said:

it's actually pretty shitty.  Not knowing what Pep will do means Carolina may have to pick up a DE in free agency just in case.

We need to pick up one regardless because CJ isn't coming back. 

[bigdog10]

He’s going to New England isn’t he?