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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.With both TBC's and Alexander's cap numbers increasing, and Galloway chewing up dead cap space, I'm curious how we're fitting in the roughly $11M worth of salary that Julius Peppers is owed.
So why cant we agree to a trade ONLY if Peppers agrees to an extension?
I know I'm quoting myself, but can we not do something like this?
I know I'm quoting myself, but can we not do something like this?
I think that would technically be tampering. You are talking to a player and his agent prior to having his rights. Even if you have permission...
Kind of like what Jets did with Crabtree
The Panthers could give them permission to talk to Peppers. Trades contingent upon extensions are common.
The Jets even talking with Crabtree was tampering.
I know I'm quoting myself, but can we not do something like this?
I thougth once peppers signed the papers that he had to play for panthers?
IE he couldn't be traded.
Did peppers pick the pickled papers for the panthers?
No, because a team cannot sign a player to a deal until he is traded to them and Carolina can no longer negotiate a long term deal with the player in order to facilitate a trade which means he comes to any team under the franchise tag which means you have to fit him in under your present cap until you get an extension done.
Just stop people. We've made a bunch of moves today that have decreased our cap space while extending low salary players into 2010 or 11. Nobody is coming unless it's a replacement for what Galloway was envisioned to be. Nobody looking for a lot of money is getting extended. Bill will leave a couple of million available for (god forbid) later season injury replacements. That's it.
If Bill says to Fox, "Look, you tell your boy we'll give him this. He agrees to it, than you trade him"
Than when he comes here, you have a deal that is immediately done. Or would they not even be able to do that with their current cap space? It's hardly tampering if Bill asks Fox to talk to his own guy. I mean, why wouldn't he? Dont you think that franchise wants something for a guy who is as good as gone? I'm just sayin.
If Bill says to Fox, "Look, you tell your boy we'll give him this. He agrees to it, than you trade him"
Than when he comes here, you have a deal that is immediately done. Or would they not even be able to do that with their current cap space? It's hardly tampering if Bill asks Fox to talk to his own guy. I mean, why wouldn't he? Dont you think that franchise wants something for a guy who is as good as gone? I'm just sayin.
Fox can't sign him to a new deal. We couldn't sign him until after we traded for him. Talk is cheap.
You cannot circumvent the cap.
Under that scenario that is not tampering as the pats have asked, and been granted permission to talk to Peppers.
The problem is that the Pats NEED to clear the cap space first, then re-do Pepper's contract or Peppers re-does his cap deal which would fit into the Pats currrent cap structure...
Some trades and deals are fun to think about and this is one of them. The reality is there is just no way this can happen. No way.
OK, again this is what I'm saying. Bill tells Fox he will trade for Peppers ONLY IF PEPPERS AGREES TO A CERTAIN DEAL ONCE HE ARRIVES IN NE
That's not tampering, it's not Peppers being re-signed by the Panthers. It's an agreement that would help get the deal done. All I'm saying is you have an enormous talent like Peppers that's about to walk for absolutely nothing. I think they'd do something, anything, to get something for him.
I'm not saying I expect this, I'm just wondering if it can happen.