Peppers wants Haynsworth money

[Grizzafted]

At first I wanted him here in NE but with some time and some other things comming out, I think he would fit in better somewhere eles, a great player but not worth that kind of money......well now I think about it no one is worth that much : /

not in this system they aren't. this is the year to strike gold in the draft. i mean you could literally just keep the picks we have and wind up with a larry english and a conor barwin, and still be able to pick up a cheap, decent project mid-round safety or offensive lineman.

 

[SHOWTIME15]

not in this system they aren't. this is the year to strike gold in the draft. i mean you could literally just keep the picks we have and wind up with a larry english and a conor barwin, and still be able to pick up a cheap, decent project mid-round safety or offensive lineman.

i concur. I think with the 23 and 34 picks we can get players who will impact this team for much longer than peppers.

Larry English + William Moore > Julius Peppers

 

[billdog3484]

At this point, I feel as if the Panthers have no choice but to keep him. They handcuffed themselves by keeping him so long, unable to make any big moves in free agency. if they trade him now, theres nobody to pick up

 

[PatsDparty]

At this point, I feel as if the Panthers have no choice but to keep him. They handcuffed themselves by keeping him so long, unable to make any big moves in free agency. if they trade him now, theres nobody to pick up

The panthers may want to try to sign the guys that they end up drafting, as well as not pay out $17mm to one player (who doesnt want to be there). This is part of the reason why I think the pats have all the leverage if they want to make a deal for peppers.

 

[billdog3484]

The panthers may want to try to sign the guys that they end up drafting, as well as not pay out $17mm to one player (who doesnt want to be there). This is part of the reason why I think the pats have all the leverage if they want to make a deal for peppers.

we cant afford it. i dont think hes coming to us. how could we pay a guy $15M when (1) we have 6M in cap space, and (2) the guy has never played a single down as a 3/4 OLB.

i think i would love to have him on my team to play OLB but at closer to 7-8M. and I think this is unlikely based on the way Peppers is perceived around the league

 

[Grizzafted]

at this point i bet if he does come, it's next year. maybe ellis hobbs and richard seymour walk, and in an uncapped year we can re-sign wilfork and mankins and pick peppers up. but yeah i don't think he's coming this year.

and i bet two years from now, when the kid we pick up at 34 is a staple part of our defense or offensive line, we look back on this offseason and breathe a sigh of relief.

 

[shmessy]

Screw it............

Let's keep our CAP space and precious 4 day one picks, draft Maybin, English, Matthews or Barwin as well as our future SS and WR and let Peppers go and clog up someone else's CAP.

Don't mean to be picky (pun intended), but we have 6 first day picks. One 1st, three 2nds and one 3rd (about to be two 3rds, once the Samuel comp is announced next week).

 

[Box_O_Rocks]

Don't mean to be picky (pun intended), but we have 6 first day picks. One 1st, three 2nds and one 3rd (about to be two 3rds, once the Samuel comp is announced next week).

Don't mean to be picky :idontgetit:, but Day One is now two rounds. :snob:

 

[Rhodey]

Honestly, I didn't think it was even possible, once I read what he's now getting. The Peppers/Brady figures were around $31.33m. Perhaps, all the stimulus money figures have made some fans delirious?

Perhaps, the best bet is to use the draft wisely? Methinks. Another Mato-caliber player would have Pats fans forgetting the early off-season Peppers entertainment. The bottom line: the Pats cannot sacrifice the rest of the team to acquire this guy. We all know this.

 

[eom]

they wouldn't be sacrificing the rest of the team --- it'd no doubt be a tough fit, but not so horribly impossible as people say.
let's say they were to throw in green and give up that 34th, they'd then need to clear, maybe, 3-5m, I think.
of course, that'd be assuming everybody's agreeable on the other side, and they'd still have future payroll ramifictions, but who knows what will be going on w/the nfl in 2011.
what happens if they let seymour walk after this year, like a lot of people talk about?
that's 9m(?) in future savings, and maybe pep can convert to 3-4 end.

I'm not at all saying I want to lose seymour in favor of pep, but I'm saying signing pep doesn't instantly wreck the franchise.

 

[Brady_to_Moss]

Unless congress is going to bail out the Pats if we sign Peppers...i dont want him.

 

[The_Riddler]

i concur. I think with the 23 and 34 picks we can get players who will impact this team for much longer than peppers.

Larry English + William Moore > Julius Peppers

At 1/10 of the price also............I agree