Goodbye Pep...

[joemac]

He is making 16 million dollars next season....he may have went to Carolina, but no one would be that stupid.

[Squirrel]

Peppers has already said money doesnt matter to him.

[SmootsDaddy89]

Peppers would have to be a damn fool to do that.

Or be really stubborn. If he doesn't think Carolina will deal him to the teams he wants to go to because they can get better compensation from him from other teams, and he believes they will franchise him again after next season and this whole thing will play out once again, he might do it if he's THAT stubborn and wants to play for one of those teams THAT badly.

I don't think it will happen FTR but it is a possibility.

[Squirrel]

This is just like when Jenkins was here he wanted out the year before we traded him. We couldnt get anything for him but being a professional he went out and played. The next year we was able to get him traded and get some picks. Same thing with Peppers he might not be happy but when it comes time to play he will be out there. If he doesnt it will hurt his cjances to get traded next year.

[The Answer]

Another thought, maybe this move was made to make Pep happy? Maybe part of his want to leave was the lack of another good rusher on the other side since about '04 Rucker.

[PntherPryd]

Peppers and his agent refuse the concept of the player as a commodity. A lesser player may have gotten away with demanding a trade and gotten released...eventually. They really have acted naively, imo, throughout the entire process and I really don't expect that to change overnight.

By not signing the tender Peppers is telling the Panthers that he intends to sit out training camp and beyond, they would be a fool not to prepare and I think the FO is handling a difficult situation very well.

[PntherPryd]

Peppers and his agent refuse the concept of the player as a commodity. A lesser player may have gotten away with demanding a trade and gotten released...eventually. They really have acted naively, imo, throughout the entire process and I really don't expect that to change overnight.

By not signing the tender Peppers is telling the Panthers that he intends to sit out training camp and beyond, they would be a fool not to prepare and I think the FO is handling a difficult situation very well.

[monstercat]

Or be really stubborn. If he doesn't think Carolina will deal him to the teams he wants to go to because they can get better compensation from him from other teams, and he believes they will franchise him again after next season and this whole thing will play out once again, he might do it if he's THAT stubborn and wants to play for one of those teams THAT badly.

I don't think it will happen FTR but it is a possibility.

Yeah, but if he sits out, his stock with those teams that he covets so much goes straight into the crapper.

[SmootsDaddy89]

Yeah, but if he sits out, his stock with those teams that he covets so much goes straight into the crapper.

If it's truly not about the money with him though, as long as they'll sign him it may not be that big of a deal to him how much money he makes.

[Mr. Scot]

Kid isnt even a every down DE. He will come in only to releive Peppers once in awhile.

In a Mike Trgovac defense, perhaps.

In a Ron Meeks defense, I wouldn't be so sure.

[monstercat]

If it's truly not about the money with him though, as long as they'll sign him it may not be that big of a deal to him how much money he makes.

Yeah, but why would anybody be more inclined to sign him at any price next year if he sits out this year? He's already 29yrs old, so it's not like he has 10yrs left in him.

[Squirrel]

In a Mike Trgovac defense, perhaps.

In a Ron Meeks defense, I wouldn't be so sure.

Just reporting what I read. He is a one-two down DE.

[CharlotteBeer.com]

Just reporting what I read. He is a one-two down DE.

No one can say what he is just yet.

Let's assume the front office doesn't care about where the guy was projected to go. Let's assume they don't base their decisions on what they read. Let's just assume that they saw something they really liked in Everette Brown.

If this front office had a tendency to both early round picks, especially defensive ones, then I might be concerned. I just don't see why it's so difficult to imagine the front office might know more than we think they do.

[SmootsDaddy89]

Yeah, but why would anybody be more inclined to sign him at any price next year if he sits out this year? He's already 29yrs old, so it's not like he has 10yrs left in him.

I don't think he's going to fall off the face of the earth talent-wise regardless of whether he sits out a year or not. I'm sure at least ONE of those four teams he wanted to play for would sign him to maybe a 1-2 year deal that didn't cost a whole lot.