Can you stomach seeing Pep in a Cowboys jersey?

[pstall]

Get ready for the new server to go nuclear when it happens.

[Darth Biscuit]

We have no control over it... I won't like it, but what do you do?

[OneBadassCat]

Hell no.

[jbland]

I just threw up in my mouth.

[cookinwithgas]

He'd look pretty awful in that wretched looking helmet of fail.

[CatfanMO]

it is what it is

[g5jamz]

Will Carolina defensive end Julius Peppers be in play for the Saints or Vikings?

That is a major long shot. In a new rule that will try to keep the rich from getting richer, the teams that finished in the top four (New Orleans, Indianapolis, Minnesota, and the Jets) can't sign a free agent until one of their free agents signs with another team. They can only sign one free agent per player lost. Making things even more difficult, the Saints, Colts, Vikings and Jets couldn't sign a free agent to a first-year salary greater than that of the free agent they lost signs with his new team.

Peppers could command a salary that starts well into the double-digits of millions of dollars. If none of the top four teams' lost free agents signs for similar loot, then they're out of the process.

Couldn't one of those top four teams cut a player to create that void to sign somebody else?

No. A cut player will not be considered an unrestricted free agent. This rule applies to all teams who finished in the top eight (enter San Diego, Dallas, Arizona and Baltimore). Only a player with an expiring contract counts as an unrestricted free agent for those top eight teams.

So if the Chargers were to release Tomlinson, they couldn't re-sign a free agent in his spot?

No, because San Diego is a top eight team. Tomlinson would not qualify as an unrestricted free agent for the Chargers. He would be free to sign with any team, though. Whether he draws as much attention as free-agent running backs Chester Taylor (Minnesota), Larry Johnson (Cincinnati) or Willie Parker (Pittsburgh) remains to be seen. It is not a deep group as of now.

Are the additional four teams that round out the top eight as hamstrung as the top four?

They have a little more wiggle room. They can't sign an unrestricted free agent until one of their lost free agents signs with another team. However, they can pay one unrestricted free agent a first-year salary of $5.5 million or more in the first year of his contract. They also can pay any another unrestricted free agent $3.7 million or less in Year One of the deal. There are caps as to how large the annual raises can be.

In case anyone didn't know about the rules that will be in place for the 2010-2011 season...borrowing a miracle before March 5th.

So Dallas...as one of the top eight would have to manuever some to sign Pep.

[pantherfan81]

We have no control over it... I won't like it, but what do you do?

Whip their ass the next time we play them.

[Panther Boyd]

If they want to waste their money, let him wear whatever uniform he wants.

[X-Clown]

He's obviously not taking Ware's job and Anthony Spencer was coming on enough at the end of the season that Pep is not THAT much of an upgrade, especially with price tags/age considered. Of course this is Jerry Jones, so all bets are off.

[Delhommey]

[Epic Beard Man]

That movie sucked.

[theyhateme45]

EBM??? Really???

[pantherfan81]

That movie sucked.

Nice first post. Welcome, have some pie.