Peppers is ranked as the 2nd best DE available in FA?

[carpanfan96]

Not quoting combine numbers. If that is how you look at it. so be it. I am stating a fact that he is a freak of nature and is just as good as anyone out there. Now, do I want a guy on the team that doesn't want to be here? No. Suggs is great too. I was just folllowing up that comment about him not being that great.

I hope we tag him and trade him for something new

We'll just to state how much of a freak of nature peppers is, at unc he did his team workouts with the db's and wr's doing their drills. Completed everyone one of them like running 8 300 yard sprints in under 55 seconds with 30 second breaks. Even won some of the sprints. ran a 4.55 on turf and a 4.68 at his pro day with a 38 inch vert. This at 6-7 283-290 before he was drafted. That's pretty freaky athletics, if only he had the mindset to be great......

[Gscottnc5]

What you quoted were the same as combine numbers and just because he's a freak of nature doesn't make him a great football player. Don't get me wrong I do think he is a great football player but not everyone thinks he is as great as many on here think he is or at least used to think he is.

You can tell me all the numbers you want but that won't change the fact that someone at scouts.com thinks Suggs is a better DE and not the best DE in the NFL as some have said. So using numbers won't prove a thing.

I never said anywhere that Peppers was better than Suggs. I was being a sarcastic ass in my previous post. Peppers is a top 3 DE. Suggs plays more of a hybrid position, OLB/DE. So comparing the two isn't fair to either player. Would I take suggs over Peppers yes if we ran a 3-4 D, but we don't so I'll take peppers. But I do think we need to trade Peppers if he doesn't want to be here. I think Peppers is a great guy but change of scenary for both would be nice

[mountainpantherfan]

I never said anywhere that Peppers was better than Suggs. I was being a sarcastic ass in my previous post. Peppers is a top 3 DE. Suggs plays more of a hybrid position, OLB/DE. So comparing the two isn't fair to either player. Would I take suggs over Peppers yes if we ran a 3-4 D, but we don't so I'll take peppers. But I do think we need to trade Peppers if he doesn't want to be here. I think Peppers is a great guy but change of scenary for both would be nice

I reread our posts and realized that both of us misunderstood each other. I think you thought I was saying Peppers wasn't a great player and I thought you were trying to say he is the best.

The main point of my post was to just point out that Pep isn't as coveted as some around has him being. I was also trying to make the point that Pep might not see the same offers in FA that he got from Carolina.

So if that happens do we/the team welcome him back with open arms if comes back wanting to sign with the Panthers? I have a feeling this could be a real possibility.