Carolina Panthers' decision on Julius Peppers due this week

[Rod Butsecks]

(By Charles Chandler and Darin Gantt, [email protected] and [email protected]) The Carolina Panthers' long-awaited decision on defensive end span class=boldJulius Peppers /spanis due this week and, barring a surprise, his eight-year tenure with the team may be nearing an end.p/NFL teams must decide by Thursday whether to use their franchise or transition tags on their potential unrestricted free agents.

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[CatfanMO]

A story about the obvious. There are a couple of ways to take "due". 1. The deadline is up. 2. Expecting something to come. We know the franchise tag deadline is this week.

[CarolinaPride5]

Bye bye Pep. You've done great things while being a Panther!

[Hairless Cat]

I think they have been hoping for some sort of interest in Pep before they need to tag him.

He wont be walking without some sort of compensation IMO. Expect some sort of deal before the end of the week or he will be tagged.

[atljbo]

I think they have been hoping for some sort of interest in Pep before they need to tag him.

He wont be walking without some sort of compensation IMO. Expect some sort of deal before the end of the week or he will be tagged.

you cant trade a player until march 5th also.

Peppers will walk