It all comes back to Peppers

[Speed]

I nominate this the dumbest thread ever on any message board. You got a coach that can't motivate a funkin dog to bark. You got a QB that is very, very consistent at being inconsistent. And you want to blame it all on a great player because he gets tired of the bull sh!t, Like many of their fans.

Dumbest thread ever,

[Fiz]

feels nice to rub it in huh :ihih:

but unlike you i actually went against popular opinion instead of making some poo up after the fact

[scpanther22]

Ken Lucas

G. Hangartner

Frank Omaley (sp?)

Maybe these guys were not 'great players', but 2 were 'great backups' and Lucas was a good CB. I don't think Marshall has proven to be better than Lucas....he is a better nickel.

With the way the bills Oline is looking Hangman could be coming back next year.

[Sandy Claws]

I agree that we should have let Pep walk although it would have set a really bad precedent with Jenkins walking the year before. To say that there were a bunch of stud FA out there that we could have gotten if we didn't re-sign him is ludicrous though.

The best we could have went after was Cutler and he was not a FA so we would have had to give up a poo ton for him like Chicago did. All that not taging Pep would have done would be to give us the money to absorb his contract.

I don't agree with simply letting him walk. IF the money could have been used to upgrade starting positions, I would be more for it. That kind of quality did not exist in free agency this year. Since we were going to spend the money anyway, why not hang onto Peppers and see if a deal can be made next year? If we had tied up that cap room by signing backups, there would have been a whole other round whining. That's alot of money tied up on players that you hope to never use.

Cutler was never a viable option. Without a 1st round pick this year (Otah) we couldn't come close to matching the Chicago offer if we had wanted to.

[Phillips86]

This is exactly why I have such a distaste for Peppers now. He essentialy crippled us by refusing to sign his tender this offseason. I am still trying to figure out how he is a captain after the way this offseason played out and how he pretty much quit on our team after the arizona game last season. I mean does our team even vote like everyone else. Or does Foxy just pick?

[scpanther22]

Another thing the article talks about is Special teams...I know people dont like Crossman here..but what do you expect from him?...He is going to be made the scapegoat..but its a bigger problem that goes back to peppers

[Guild]

This is exactly why I have such a distaste for Peppers now. He essentialy crippled us by refusing to sign his tender this offseason. I am still trying to figure out how he is a captain after the way this offseason played out and how he pretty much quit on our team after the arizona game last season. I mean does our team even vote like everyone else. Or does Foxy just pick?

Yes they vote.

[Mr. Scot]

Watching last night, really hated that we dropped Tim Shaw

[MadHatter]

Can't believe that anyone with a functioning brain will blame the KO and Punt Return issues on Peppers. Our Special Teams have sucked for 4-5 seasons now. And, that is due to one and only one reason....Danny Crossman.

[Samuel L. Jackson]

It's all about a witch hunt, and people with blinders are the first to pick up the pitchforks and torches...

[scpanther22]

Can't believe that anyone with a functioning brain will blame the KO and Punt Return issues on Peppers. Our Special Teams have sucked for 4-5 seasons now. And, that is due to one and only one reason....Danny Crossman.

So all the cap space had nothing to do with Special teams?

[carolinanimal]

you guys act like this is madden. Just because you have cap space doesnt mean you can just get whatever guys you want. you still have to outbid other teams who had way more cap space than us, then you also have to convince other fa's to come here.

you guys always say who we could have had with that money. but who? the fa market was way overrated $100 mil for albert haynesworth!!!

[Butterflyj30]

They should leave Pep alone he's not the only one on the team

[MadHatter]

So all the cap space had nothing to do with Special teams?

Not really.

Pep was not being paid $18M for the past 3-4 seasons and our special teams SUCKED. The reason is Crossman....plain and simple.

Danny Crossman took over one of the best ST units in the league. Int the matter of a few seasons, he has turned them into a laughing stock. The blame is his and his alone.