Was Peppers in his rookie contract?

[posthumecaver]

Or he was already extended?

[nosuchthingasapanther]

it was his rookie contract.

[2jakefansinva]

I guess it could still be his rookie contract but, I could swear he restructured or something a couple years ago.

[Fireball77]

Yeah I remember thinking it was a freaking LOOONG rookie deal. Restructuring doesn't make the contract longer though, only an extension does.

[rayzor]

i found this about his rookie contract...

Julius Peppers signed a 7-year contract with the Carolina Panthers in July 2002. He received a signing bonus of $9.1 million in 2002 and $4.05 million in 2003. His first-year base salary will be $3 million, but will drop to $350,000 in 2003. In the following five years, the base salary will rise by $250,000 per year. His contract includes escalator clauses worth $11 million if Peppers is chosen to participate in the Pro Bowl in each of the seven years. Other incentive clauses raise the total value of the contract to about $50 million over the seven years, with the possibility of as much as $62 million if all incentive and escalator clauses are met.

[Fireball77]

Lulz...his agent let him sign a 7 year deal...that should have been the first clue that he had no idea what he was doing.