Peppers was "willing to stay"

[PantherBoy95]

I Really hope that no one believes this bull. One minute he says he does not care for the money and it's about winning. The next thing you know it's about a "1.5 million dollar" per year difference!!! WTF!?! Be serious; we tried to make him the highest paid player that year, if he hadn't said the money didn't matter the situation would be different. THAT'S THE DEFINITION OF CONTRADICTORY... I wanted him to stay but ever since he did that public BS last year I have considered him a 1/2 Panther...I didn't know whether he cared to be here or not. I'm just glad it's finally over...Now what do I do with this Authentic Alternate Julius Peppers Jersey?!?! SMH

[Swarly]

J Stewie will use Peppers like a basketball.

[Saint J]

the panthers are the ones who didn't offer peppers a contract this offseason, not the other way around where he would have spurned you.

[necroplasm]

You think The Panthers won't be motivated as well? I'd be willing to bet he doesn't get more than one sack.

Smitty will take care of him if he's out in the open.

Example:

[Swarly]

the panthers are the ones who didn't offer peppers a contract this offseason, not the other way around where he would have spurned you.

uhhh they offered him a contract that would have paid him 14 million a year about 3 weeks ago.

[AceMan]

Honestly, I don't know what to say about Peppers anymore...

[Dpantherman]

how did will smith do in week eight vs. gross? while he's a very good DE he's nowhere near as talented as peppers. when peppers is motivated there isn't one tackle in the league that can stop him, and you can bank on it that he will be motivated when the bears roll into charlotte.

who the hell can't get to the QB when he can't find the open man. Jake held the ball for 30 seconds a snap . don't kid yourself

[Jangler]

Silly reasoning. This about the last two seasons.

[Saint J]

uhhh they offered him a contract that would have paid him 14 million a year about 3 weeks ago.

link?

[Swarly]

link?

http://espn.go.com/blog/nfcsouth/post/_/id/8541/panthers-made-last-ditch-run-at-peppers

We’ve heard multiple times that the Carolina Panthers made at least two strong attempts to lock up Julius Peppers for the long term. But now we know there were at least three attempts, with the final one coming sometime in the past few weeks.

According to several sources, the Panthers made a last-ditch offer to their defensive end sometime shortly before they announced they would let him walk into unrestricted free agency. The offer was for somewhere close to $14 million a year, the sources said.

[Saint J]

who the hell can't get to the QB when he can't find the open man. Jake held the ball for 30 seconds a snap . don't kid yourself

on one of those plays jake literally had the ball 2 seconds after a botched handoff

[Saint J]

well i guess the panthers do have some sort of motivation, from what i had read it sounded like they had made up their minds a while back that they would not give him an offer.

[House]

how did will smith do in week eight vs. gross? while he's a very good DE he's nowhere near as talented as peppers. when peppers is motivated there isn't one tackle in the league that can stop him, and you can bank on it that he will be motivated when the bears roll into charlotte.

Honestly, even though I am a Panther die hard, I would LOVE to see Pep come to BoA next year and give 100% and absolutely dominate. I woud love to see him influence the game and become an absolute beast tearing off heads and shitting down throats.

Because I have waited for him to show how good his ass actually is for the last 9 years and he still hasn't done it. To actually see how good he could be for once would probably be special. Unfortunately his ass will put forth about a 60-80% effort, at best.

[Dpantherman]

on one of those plays jake literally had the ball 2 seconds after a botched handoff

are you making my case? one of the reasons he was so easy to sack. See the O-line with Matt Moore in as starter. completely different