Peppers contract Situation Discussion Thread (Dpanthers started it (^-^))

[AKPantherFan]

its easy for the panthers- like i said; they have the ball in their court now!

With the top 8 teams not able to sign Pep anyways, we have more trading power because of it.

(franchis pep and he will sign the tender EARLY because he knows the only chance of him getting with one of those big teams is if we trade him because they wouldnt be able to sign him anyways)

Its an uncapped year so who cares about the $$$ if JR is willing to pay it!

Sign him to a 1 year tender, trade him if we can, and if not we drop the huge contract after next season in a year that has a chance to be a lock out anyways!!!

win- win 4 us!

[davos]

Just to note: They will be discussing Peppers on ESPN within the next 30 minutes. They probably won't have anything new, but I was just throwing it out there.

[Dpantherman]

Richardson has been telling other owners we won't keep him. per Chris Mortensen. Screw him!

[davos]

Ok, so Chris Mortenson reported that Jerry Richardson has been telling other owners of the league that we will not even try to resign/tag/whatever Julius Peppers and simply let him become an UFA.

[err456]

Seen the banking CEO's pay?

Exactly, seen what their stock is doing because of it.

[Dpantherman]

watch. jerry jones will ****** him up. and ill hate the cowboys even more than i already do

[Proudiddy]

If they don't even ask what Peppers wants before letting him walk, I will completely lose any respect I have for the FO, JR included.

I don't care if he's trying to set an example or not, Pep did everything he was asked and treated the organization with class, respect, and a sense of duty when it was decided that he would come back.

He said he would be interested in coming back. The FO bent over backwards to get him to come back. Now, a year later, he's even more willing to sign than before and hopeful about the team future and you turn your nose up at him? It just doesn't make any sense, the guy is in the prime of his career and you don't even call to see what the asking price is?

He could've been willing to give a hometown discount... He won't now. Horrible.

[PantherDude]

Charles Johnson has earned the opportunity to be the tentative starter if Peppers is gone.

Yep. He has really gotten better & if he play more than he ever did with us next season, he could be even better.

really??? i can give charles johnson, but everette brown hasnt proved he is a every down de. is the best we can do tyler and hilee?

would be interestes in seeing how they perform w/o pep for a while.

Brown haven't proved he is a every down DE? I disagree with that. He just hasn't gotten much playtime yet compare to other who been around longer than him. When he start bulking up some more & play more like a starter, I think he will be great. Brown will get there with experience soon.

[Snake]

The Panthers are prob driving up the market. Seeing how many teams will bite then they will tag him.

[PantherBrew]

The Panthers are prob driving up the market. Seeing how many teams will bite then they will tag him.

Man, I hope you are right.:confused:

[Mr. Scot]

watch. jerry jones will ****** him up. and ill hate the cowboys even more than i already do

He can't (see the "Rule of Eight").

Good point, so in-effect they traded Seymour for Peppers... not a bad trade. They're also looking to replace Adailus Thomas, seems like a perfect situation for both teams.

This time, let's hope Peppers and his agent understand that he needs to sign the tender early if he really wants to be traded. He's got nothing to lose by signing the tender. If the Panthers tried to pull a 180 on him and trade him to the Chiefs, he could simply refuse to do a long term deal with the Chiefs and he would sabotage the trade and go back to making 20 mill for one season with the prospect of being a FA the next.

The highlighted phrase is one that, sadly, does not inspire confidence

[Kakarot]

If they don't even ask what Peppers wants before letting him walk, I will completely lose any respect I have for the FO, JR included.

I don't care if he's trying to set an example or not, Pep did everything he was asked and treated the organization with class, respect, and a sense of duty when it was decided that he would come back.

He said he would be interested in coming back. The FO bent over backwards to get him to come back. Now, a year later, he's even more willing to sign than before and hopeful about the team future and you turn your nose up at him? It just doesn't make any sense, the guy is in the prime of his career and you don't even call to see what the asking price is?

He could've been willing to give a hometown discount... He won't now. Horrible.

Yep, I agree with all of this. @ the bolded; yea I doubt he gives us any kind of discount now. They could've at least talked to him.

I just hope Samuel Jackson is right about Pep being a career Panther.

[davos]

If we tag him and then trade him, what would we be required to pay / or what would we lose? Because from our FO's current strategy, it seems they are either bluffing by saying they won't sign him to increase demand (or) it would be too costly to tag him then trade him.

[monstercat]

I'm sorry, but I just don't have a lot of confidence in Mortenson anymore...especially when he's talking about Jerry Richardson. I seriously doubt that Richardson actually talked to him, so there is probably a strong chance that this nugget also came from Cary.

ESPN cares more about sensationalist headlines than they care about truth anyway, so I'm weary of almost everything they report anymore.