No long-term deal likely for Peppers

[Jbro]

It appears the Carolina Panthers and defensive end Julius Peppers will not agree to a long-term deal before Wednesday's 4 p.m. deadline, meaning the two sides could be headed to another offseason standoff next January.

NFL teams have until Wednesday's deadline to sign players upon whom they placed their franchise tag earlier this year. Teams who don't get a contract deal done by the deadline aren't permitted to negotiate with those players again until after the 2009 season.

Kansas City beat the deadline today by completing a deal with quarterback Matt Cassell, who was New England's franchise player and was traded to the Chiefs after signing his one-year tender.

Indications strongly point to no new contract between Peppers and the Panthers. Hopes for a new deal were raised last month when Peppers said through his agent that he was open to considering a long-term extension after signing the one-year contract tender of $16.683 million.

rest.....http://blogs.charlotte.com/panthers/2009/07/no-longterm-deal-likely-for-peppers.html

[WildBill559]

Gollum just said the same thing on ESPN.

[Westblvd_n_Alabama]

Not Happy with it......

[Jangler]

meaning the two sides could be headed to another offseason standoff next January.

If he has a good year, hopefully his best. He will stay and take care of a new contract quickly.

[Kyle82]

Does this mean that we'll have to tag him again next year??!! (providing he performs.)

What's Baltimore doing with Suggs? :confused:

[Squirrel]

If he has a good year, hopefully his best. He will stay and take care of a new contract quickly.

Dont count on it. If he has a great year somone will offer him insane money.

[Kyle82]

Dont count on it. If he has a great year somone will offer him insane money.

Like a mill + per game is not insane????

[Jangler]

I just think his value went down in the eyes of most NFL teams, and the only team that will pay him what he wants are going to be the Panthers, even in an uncapped year.

[hank pimple butt]

god i hope we win the sb this year (well..every year) cuz if we dont, we are in for another boring offseason:(

[bleys]

This was my expected outcome with such short time to work out a deal... Anyone expecting a deal to be done either knows something no one else does, or more likely, had extremely too high of expectations..

A piece of advice for those that are going to read too much into this... just sit back and get ready for a great season. Speculation at this stage about next year is pointless.

[Kurb]

IT'S not 4pm yet.

[Darth Biscuit]

Gollum just said the same thing on ESPN.

SLJ says the deal will get done... I believe him...

[bleys]

SLJ says the deal will get done... I believe him...

no reason not to believe him up until this point....

[R0CKnR0LLA]

I love how these guys always say crap like...

Indications strongly point to no new contract between Peppers and the Panthers.

and then fill the rest of the story with a bunch of fluff. Ummm... OK, what indications? Do you have a real reason to think this won't happen or are you just talking out of your ass?

Personally, I think it'll happen but it's less than 24 hours before the deadline so no need to jump to any conclusions. I'll just wait and see.