Carucci: Peppers close to going to NE for #34 [mergedx3]

I rock at breaking news ! First Cassel, now this...

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Anymore details as to what they were saying? Who was reporting it?

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Patriots appear primed to make move for Peppers

Haven't watched it yet.

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http://www.nfl.com/news/story?id=09000d5d80f48fa8&template=without-video-with-comments&confirm=true

Wow is all i have to say.

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If true, this comes as a surprise since Jason Taylor seemed the cheaper option. Peppers will cost some major dough.

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Still "iffy"... just an "NFL source" saying #34 could be moved to Carolina at the NFL meetings later this month. Maybe my enthousiasm premature... maybe not : stay tuned.

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Holy crap. The Patriots defense would be downright scary if this move happened.

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I think it's BS, but you never know.

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Fine with me. How do we afford him? What is our cap space?

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Blast your hot pics ! Must focus on Peppers... must ignore hot babes.

But yes, I agree, the D could be making major moves towards... something, something hot pics...

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Wow - good thing Adalius has the versatility he does... though what will be most interesting is seeing what the contract terms are - and how this impacts them this year, and doesn't in a potential uncapped year.

I somewhat scoffed when I saw the "19-0" thread yesterday and no one certainly should expect that, but this move would reaffirm that BB, when he's able to, is in a "take no prisoners" mentality.

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How the hell would we fit him under the cap?

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farn said:

Blast your hot pics ! Must focus on Peppers... must ignore hot babes.

But yes, I agree, the D could be making major moves towards... something, something hot pics...

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Right now, I'd say the odds are better that the hot babe will leave #12 for me than that the Pats can afford Peppers.

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NEGoldenAge said:

I think it's BS, but you never know.

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Could be BS... but it was still reported on NFL network - and I have a tendancy to believe their reporting more than some other unnamed "sports" channels.

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farn said:

Still "iffy"... just an "NFL source" saying #34 could be moved to Carolina at the NFL meetings later this month. Maybe my enthousiasm premature... maybe not : stay tuned.

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I appreciate the heads up, but I'm not 100% sold on this yet. This "NFL source" thing is only as reliable as the reporter who wrote the story.

If you trust the reporter, then you probably believer there really is an "NFL source" and the story is reliable.

If you don't trust the reporter, then you can pretty much assume that the "NFL source" is the writer himself who pulled the crap out of their hind quarters so they could write a sensational article.

Vic Carucci is usually reliable in my opinion. It's hard to believe he just made this up.

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if they get peppers and keep the stars they have already without making a cut, then this team simply can not be beat.

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I'm not ready to call it BS, but I'm with everyone else. Show me the logistics of how this fits under our cap and I'll be more open to it.

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And if it happens then there was more to that Cassel deal...

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farn said:

Could be BS... but it was still reported on NFL network - and I have a tendancy to believe their reporting more than some other unnamed "sports" channels.

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I just "think" it's BS. I don't know, but my gut tells me no.

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Hey, I was part of the St Paddy's Day parade in Newport Saturday and I fit a bottle of Irish Mist under MY cap...anything is possible...(OK, so it was a three foot tall green cap, who's complaining?)