Scouting Report on Peppers (Pro Football Weekly)

[J-Vic]

Kris Jenkins was "fat and lazy" according to all the Panther fans. Now he's back to being one of the most dominant NTs in the league. It will be no coincidence when Peppers is more dominant on his next team than he was here.

[Brandon]

Kris Jenkins was "fat and lazy" according to all the Panther fans. Now he's back to being one of the most dominant NTs in the league. It will be no coincidence when Peppers is more dominant on his next team than he was here.

We never questioned whether or not Jenkins had the fire or want to play hard, he just didn't get along with our FO and that created a lot of the friction between him and the fans. Not to mention jumping offsides at least once, maybe twice a game (much like he does now with the Jets).

Peppers just doesn't care, he doesn't understand that until he can learn to get himself fired up that he won't ever reach his full potential. He needs to play angry, with a chip on his shoulder. Instead he's a bit too passive and that leads to him being a non-factor on a lot of plays. With such tremendous physical ability it's no wonder he falls back on it a lot but he's really never developed the skills necessary to consistently shed blockers. There's a reason why most teams had success running right at him.

[Kurb]

Kris Jenkins was "fat and lazy" according to all the Panther fans. Now he's back to being one of the most dominant NTs in the league. It will be no coincidence when Peppers is more dominant on his next team than he was here.

Half way throught the season he had fallen off the face of the earth.

[J-Vic]

We never questioned whether or not Jenkins had the fire or want to play hard, he just didn't get along with our FO and that created a lot of the friction between him and the fans. Not to mention jumping offsides at least once, maybe twice a game (much like he does now with the Jets).

Peppers just doesn't care, he doesn't understand that until he can learn to get himself fired up that he won't ever reach his full potential. He needs to play angry, with a chip on his shoulder. Instead he's a bit too passive and that leads to him being a non-factor on a lot of plays. With such tremendous physical ability it's no wonder he falls back on it a lot but he's really never developed the skills necessary to consistently shed blockers. There's a reason why most teams had success running right at him.

Peppers has merely taken on the attitude most of our fans, coaches, and front office employees have. Indifference. I have a feeling he'll end up somewhere that exudes intensity and you'll see a different Julius Peppers.

Just odd a defensive minded coach would lose two all-pro caliber talents on that side of the ball in consecutive seasons over both suddenly being tired of the system. Something is wrong.

[Brandon]

Peppers has merely taken on the attitude most of our fans, coaches, and front office employees have. Indifference. I have a feeling he'll end up somewhere that exudes intensity and you'll see a different Julius Peppers.

Just odd a defensive minded coach would lose two all-pro caliber talents on that side of the ball in consecutive seasons over both suddenly being tired of the system. Something is wrong.

I'm sorry but have you met the rest of the defense? They play hard and with emotion, Peppers sticks out like a sore thumb compared to the rest. Sure the coaching staff isn't overly emotional but if you really think the onus is on them then you're sorely mistaken.

Jenkins didn't like the fact that our coaching staff and front office wanted him to slim down and participate with the rest of the team. It had nothing at all to do with our system. Peppers' excuse for wanting to leave is not the system, regardless of what he says. He wants out because he thinks we're holding him back when in fact we're trying our best to utilize a player who could care less about playing football.

Teams lose good players all the time, sometimes because they're unhappy or because they feel they're not being compensated well enough. Just because a player is good does not mean he'll fit in well with any team, hell just look at the Steelers.

[Fiz]

Kris Jenkins was "fat and lazy" according to all the Panther fans. Now he's back to being one of the most dominant NTs in the league.

he was for like nine games, then got fat and couldn't play anymore.

[Pumpkin Eater]

Half way throught the season he had fallen off the face of the earth.

Yep.

[Mr. Scot]

Jenkins seems to be oe of those guys who thinks his talent is so superior to everyone else's that he doesn't have to work as hard as 'lesser players' might.

Guys like that often don't respond well when coaches ask them to work just as hard as everyone else. Thus, they prefer places where they can just be 'stars'. Trouble is, when coaches let them just be 'stars', their quality of work suffers because, contrary to their beliefs, they do actually need to work hard to stay competitive.

Is that what happened to Jenkins with New York? Very possible. Jenkins didn't technically "choose" New York, but the previous defensive coaching staff may have been willing to take it easy on him. There's evidence of it in that he fell off during the year.

On the flipside, in the same city, it's clear the offensive coaching staff didn't have that philosophy. Brett Favre was the epitome of a guy who thinks he's too good to have to "work for it". In Green Bay, that was accepted. Not in New York, and it made him unhappy.

[mantal]

Jenkins main beef with being here was he didn't like the nightlife in Charlotte, IMO...