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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.From what Dale...Holley others have said today..the Panthers are against the cap pretty tight..meaning they do need to unload him..OR basically stay putI'm just wondering how much of a detriment having to carry Peppers' almost $17 million cap charge is on them?
I'm wondering how motivated they would be to rid themselves of Peppers. Would they rescind the tag for example?
Thanks fellas.
So we have established that the Panthers aren't in ideal position to wait this out. At least not if they wish to field a competitive team this year.
One other question. Who are the 4 teams Peppers is rumoured to only be willing to sign a long term deal with?
NE
Dallas
?
?
Thanks fellas.
So we have established that the Panthers aren't in ideal position to wait this out. At least not if they wish to field a competitive team this year.
One other question. Who are the 4 teams Peppers is rumoured to only be willing to sign a long term deal with?
NE
Dallas
?
?
An equally important question is where the Patriots come up with
17 million to accomplish the first stage of the signing? Later this
figure would diminish if a long term signing followed.
So, does anyone think the Panthers would rescind Peppers tag and free up some very much needed cap room should interest level in trading for him wane?
That would be dumb of them. By rescinding the tender they get nothing - not even a comp pick. In that senario, why not just take what you can get? Even if it is just a 2nd rounder.
Either way, Peppers is in the drivers seat. Sure, he is limited to teams that can offer compensation to Carolina. But he is still in control.
I agree that it seems as though Peppers is in the drivers seat. As such, what if he isn't accommodating to teams contract offerings and is willing to wait the Panthers out so that they have no choice but to let him walk?
Who says the Panthers have "no choice" but to let him walk?
I could just as easily flip it around and ask: who says the Panthers aren't willing to deny a trade so that Peppers has "no choice" but to return to Carolina for 2009.
Isn't that what Asante did in 2007? He held out. The Pats called his bluff. He came back for the year.
That's not how it would work. The Panthers would sign Peppers to a contract that the Pats agreed upon with Peppers agent. Peppers - now under contract - would be traded to NE.
That would be dumb of them. By rescinding the tender they get nothing - not even a comp pick. In that senario, why not just take what you can get? Even if it is just a 2nd rounder.
Either way, Peppers is in the drivers seat. Sure, he is limited to teams that can offer compensation to Carolina. But he is still in control.
I'm still wondering who is with me that thinks the Panthers might well end up having to rescind the tag when all is said and done?
I just wonder how many teams realistically have a shot at meeting not just the Panthers trade demands but also Peppers preferred team and salary demands? Yes, I know that Carolina could trade Peppers to any team for any pick so long as that team is willing/able to absorb the tag amount of $17M but how many teams will want to pay that amount of money and give up a pick for what would be an obviously disgruntled Julius Peppers? It's not like the Cassel case where he was tickled pink just to have hit the lottery. I would think not many teams would be interested so the longer this plays out the worse it'll be on the cap strapped Panthers who can't even go about assembling a team next year because they are carrying almost $17M of cap charge for a player that they aren't even planning on having on the team next year!
I think Peppers and his agent might well be working towards waiting the Panthers out on this one believing that the Panthers will have no choice (if they wish to be active signing needed players) but to remove the tag.
At least if Carrucci's info is correct, the Pats and Peppers' have mutual interest in each other and have presumably talked numbers such that they can quickly swoop in should it happen as such.