Steelers DL Coach Agrees With Pep

[Montsta]

he has not lost stock from anitcs..what antics are you talking about anyway?

he has lost stock because his production is not consistent, he wants to play a new position in a new scheme, he wants to learn all this at 29, and he is known NOT to be a leader.

Plus he is gonna cost a ton and on a team that already has a good defense, a veteran making primo money who is learning a new position but portrays the strong silent type is gonna disrupt chemistry. Just take a moment and imagine Julius walking into the steelers locker room and asking about the three-four with his new contract and his 30 year old body.

No good defense will get him. The patriots are trying to steal him according to us but they have assessed his value pretty accurately if not genorously with offereing the 34th.

Where they publicly request a trade, instead of handling it professionally with the organization in private. A trade request made right after a lopsided Panthers defeat to end the season. Where he says he doesn't want to hurt the organization but has done that with pretty much every decision he has made. Where he blames everyone (not in so many words) but himself for not becoming the elite player he feels he should be. For that jackoff Tiki Barber interview at the Pro Bowl. For those antics...

[carolinanimal]

yes. of course! why try to put yourself in a better position! you should do everything to please the fo! who can cut you at the drop of a dime!

[GRWatcher]

Maybe he should've gone with basketball. Then it could be him & Kobe squaring off. And me not caring less.

[panthers55]

Article was actually pretty lame in my opinion. It didn't tell me anything I haven't heard before and actually omitted more than it included.

As for Peppers being worth more no than a second round pick, sure he is to us. Once he finds out he isn't worth much in a 3-4 he will agree to play in a 4-3 where he is more valuable and we will get better value or he will be here for another year. Hurney doesn't have to trade him.

[dexterpyro]

Peppers is an idea, a freak athlete defensive end. Problem is, while actually on the field in games he doesn't live up to his potential and often times is very Average.

anyone that gives up alot for him, is hoping they can make him live up to his potential.

If he was worth what he wants, he would hold a NFL Defensive MVP award by now

Well said...

btw i live in wilson and get the rocky mount telegram....the only thing grillo does is reiterate something everyone else has said...this is auctually a good article from him...if it wasnt for the internet i wouldnt know they still played football

[rayzor]

yes. of course! why try to put yourself in a better position! you should do everything to please the fo! who can cut you at the drop of a dime!

cause that is exactly what they were getting ready to do with pep.

[Pantherman]

Well I just want to say that I have loved peppers since the tar heels days. But this crap that is going with peppers and the panthers is got to end now and not 4 are 5 months down the road. If peppers don't sigh with the panther one year deal then the panthers can't not talk with other teams to trade him. ?? Peppers has whines about wanting out of carolina since the probowl. I say peppers sign the one deal so you can get your wish. I wheather the panthers take 34th overall from the pats and be done with and have 17 million under the cap instead of continuing hear stories about peppers hold out. This just remind me of the kevin greene hold years ago the panther finally traded him to the 49ers and that was it. But if peppers was to stay. Pepper will become another TO drama story sort of theme for the panthers. Peppers will totally screw up the panthers this season by holding mssing mini camp, off season workouts and other stuff. It is time for the panthers to sit down with pepper and his agent and rither sign the one deal and get traded are sign a long term deal to free up some cap room and just be happy with carolina and finish his football carrier with the panthers. If peppers would just stop whining sign a long term contract then the fans would happy and respect him once again. but until then he is pretty much screwed.

[SKULL]

Ok, to all of those out there that think Fox couldn't get everything out of Pep, I have two words that will shatter any and all arguments that you have and they are "Michael Strahan" why is this important, because Strahan broke the NFL sack record with Fox as the DC for the Giants, if Fox can get Strahan to break the NFL sack record you could say that if anything he's one of the most qualified people out there to get the maximum out of Peppers.

And I agree with Buckner on is if Peppers hasn't reached his potential after being in the NFL as long as he has, he has no one to blame but himself.

So Fox is the H C here,not the DC .

So why would Fassal not get the credit in N Y instead of Fox ?

[MadHatter]

So Fox is the H C here,not the DC .

So why would Fassal not get the credit in N Y instead of Fox ?

I think you are missing the point. His point was that Fox does have a clue on how to get maximum performance out of his defensive linemen. It is not who gets credit (Fox vs Fassal). Alot of people are blaming Fox and his defensive scheme for Pepper's inability to dominate the game.....where, most of the blame shoudl lie squarely on the shoulders of Peppers.

[rayzor]

I think you are missing the point. His point was that Fox does have a clue on how to get maximum performance out of his defensive linemen. It is not who gets credit (Fox vs Fassal). Alot of people are blaming Fox and his defensive scheme for Pepper's inability to dominate the game.....where, most of the blame shoudl lie squarely on the shoulders of Peppers.

true.

[Fireball77]

I absolutely do not blame Fox even 1% for Pep's feeling he isn't being used correctly.

[Mr. Scot]

As others have mentioned, the primary selling point for Peppers isn't so much what he's done as it is what people believe he could do. With the athleticism he has, if you could get the right mindset in his head he could be nigh unstoppable.

The question is, can anyone get into his head and accomplish that.

My vote right now is no, and his complaints about how he's been used are a big reason why.

What the whole "just can't reach my potential here" thing makes very clear is that Peppers is externalizing the reasons for his underachievement. He apparently thinks going to a different scheme will be the magic bullet that turns him into a superstar.

It's likely closer to reality to say that a change in attitude, i.e. going all out on every play and in every practice like Steve Smith does, is the real magic bullet.

But someone who's blaming outside forces is never going to see that, are they?

[PantherExpress]

As others have mentioned, the primary selling point for Peppers isn't so much what he's done as it is what people believe he could do. With the athleticism he has, if you could get the right mindset in his head he could be nigh unstoppable.

The question is, can anyone get into his head and accomplish that.

My vote right now is no, and his complaints about how he's been used are a big reason why.

What the whole "just can't reach my potential here" thing makes very clear is that Peppers is externalizing the reasons for his underachievement. He apparently thinks going to a different scheme will be the magic bullet that turns him into a superstar.

It's likely closer to reality to say that a change in attitude, i.e. going all out on every play and in every practice like Steve Smith does, is the real magic bullet.

But someone who's blaming outside forces is never going to see that, are they?

I love the Mystery Science sig.

[Fireball77]

The thing I find so odd about Pep's feeling that way is that he has never that I know of not taken public responsibility for how he plays. I remember how much it impressed me when he was suspended for taking ephedra as a rookie and he took the responsibility on his own shoulders unlike a lot of other players who try to rationalize it.