Patriots Player Departure Jabrill Peppers Released (Update: Signs w/Steelers)

[UGAPatsfan]

Also hard to believe someone wouldn’t have given a late pick for him…something smells.

 

[Kdo5]

Maybe more details involving that case.

Or Vrabs determined that he doesn’t fit the culture?

Strike against Vrabel if that is the case. For a team will depth problems you don’t get rid of your best safety unless he did something off the field.

 

[Love The Drake]

What safety is out there we see as a upgrade?

Is there a better coverage safety out there we like?

 

[203Pat]

Whyyyyyyyy??

Maybe he is trying Bill's Lawyer Milloy method.

Cut starting safety and team leader a week before a game.
Win back to back super bowls.

 

[TheRainMaker]

There's our WTF move of the off-season. So who's the starting Safeties? Hawkins and Woodson? Dugger after all?

 

[Thunderhead]

5-12 at best. The **** is this team doing?

 

[signbabybrady]

That's every captain gone now right

 

[Huckleberry1]

I want Bill back

Not me, I’m tired of losing.

 

[Thunderhead]

What on earth is going on. Very odd roster management to say the least. Starting safety released a week before game 1 but AFTER cutdowns and a whole training camp?

Also…are we sure this is real?

A nice way to say trash.

 

[Ross12]

Also hard to believe someone wouldn’t have given a late pick for him…something smells.

Might explain why he made the roster for a few days - trying to finagle a trade. Didn't happen so they dump him before they get too deep into defensive installs for the Raiders.

 

[Horace's Ivories]

Maybe the oversized helmet was off-putting..

 

[reflexblue]

What the.

WTF

 

[TheRainMaker]

Maybe he is trying Bill's Lawyer Milloy method.

Cut starting safety and team leader a week before a game.
Win back to back super bowls.

Milloy was a popular player. I never found Peppers to be like that. Or Dugger.

 

[Ras-IR Dowling]

huh. not a move i was expecting. especially after they stood by him through "the troubles" last year.

Vrabel and co. didn’t.

 

[TheRainMaker]

Maybe the oversized helmet was off-putting..

I was just about to joke about how Vrabel doesn't want ****ies wearing that on the team. The guardian cap is a really bad look though.

 

[UGAPatsfan]

5-12 at best. The **** is this team doing?

Def beginning to feel like a “we suck so let’s just embrace the suck but play young guys” vibe.

I mean…they like Dell Pettus that much?

 

[Lagaffe_07]

I have to think there’s something in his personal life that’s a factor here.

Safety is getting damn thin. Better hope Dugger can revive himself.

My guess is they will play more cover 2 or cover 4 in the back end and they want SF that cover grounds and they have no use for those box safeties that BB loved

 

[Ross12]

I do find it a little odd that they cut Marcus Epps but then also cut Jabrill Peppers, and were shopping Dugger, who was only kept due to the high guaranteed salary. So what safeties do they actually have confidence in... Hawkins? The rookie Woodson? Pettus?

 

[DoubleDeluxe]

I will defer before slamming Vrabs cause this makes no sense. Good player, tone setter, very manageable salary. So something is up and I need to give it sometime to see what's at the heart of this, because at face value it really makes no sense.

 

[Joey007]

Kyles can be a sunshine pumper, but worth considering. Possible Peppers was losing his starting role and requested a release?