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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.FWIW, Pat Kirwin just backed up Carucci in that Kirwin is convinced that by tomorrow afternoon that Peppers will be a Patriot. John Dennis did react that he is in a consensus of one. Kirwin argued that the Panthers have to trade Peppers even after the Delhomme deal and needs more high draft picks to fix their holes.
Unless he signs his tender by the close of the league office today, I don't think a trade is possible at all. You can't trade him unless he signs the tender, and I think that has to be filed with the NFL prior to the weekend. I think the office officially closes at 4 PM (EST).
At this point, it just seems like a logical impossibility. Leaving aside the concern fitting him under the cap or what it would do to the teams overall pay structure (ie. pissing off other players), working the logistics of a trade, agreeing on compensation and pulling it off seems a little too complex a transaction to take place in such a short time period.
Not at all. Borges makes perfect sense.
Not at all. Borges makes perfect sense.
On the other hand, the following quote is weird to say the least:
Patriots coach Bill Belichick is on record saying he is reluctant to negotiate trades with player agents rather than teams and would prefer the tender be signed first, another stumbling block that very likely dates back to the unhappy business dealing he had with Jason Chayut, agent for departed wide receiver Deion Branch. The only winner of that fiasco was Branch. Once burned - or once played - Belichick doesn’t want a repeat experience.
How did BB get burned? Last I remember, the team got a first round pick out of it. And Branch wasn't worth that at all.
Not at all. Borges makes perfect sense.
On the other hand, the following quote is weird to say the least:
Patriots coach Bill Belichick is on record saying he is reluctant to negotiate trades with player agents rather than teams and would prefer the tender be signed first, another stumbling block that very likely dates back to the unhappy business dealing he had with Jason Chayut, agent for departed wide receiver Deion Branch. The only winner of that fiasco was Branch. Once burned - or once played - Belichick doesn’t want a repeat experience.
How did BB get burned? Last I remember, the team got a first round pick out of it. And Branch wasn't worth that at all.
That isn't true. The league office is open this weekend due to the draft. If they weren't, no trade or draft pick would be official. Peppers' tender just needs to be signed at the time of the trade to make it go through.
How did BB get burned? Last I remember, the team got a first round pick out of it. And Branch wasn't worth that at all.
I have a feeling that when Belichick brought Peppers up voluntarily without being asked a while back and said that nothing could happen until he signed the Franchise Tender that he was talking to Peppers and his agent - but to no avail.Here's Vic Carucci's latest take on the Peppers situation, for whatever it's worth:
I have a feeling that when Belichick brought Peppers up voluntarily without being asked a while back and said that nothing could happen until he signed the Franchise Tender that he was talking to Peppers and his agent - but to no avail.
.......either he isn't interested in the Pats, or is pretty dense.
I have a feeling that when Belichick brought Peppers up voluntarily without being asked a while back and said that nothing could happen until he signed the Franchise Tender that he was talking to Peppers and his agent - but to no avail.
Here's Vic Carucci's latest take on the Peppers situation, for whatever it's worth:
Five surprising decisions that weren't made during draft weekend
"Peppers supposedly isn't any happier to be a Panther than he was a couple of months ago. The star defensive end supposedly wants to be traded, and there was at least one team anxious to get him: the New England Patriots. But Peppers gummed up the process by refusing to sign the one-year franchise tender offer the Panthers presented to him. If he did, the Panthers could have attempted to work a trade, although they have insisted all along that Peppers would remain with the team. Another team could have offered Peppers a contract, but then it would have owed the Panthers two first-round draft picks if Carolina didn't match it. Or Peppers' agent could have brokered a trade and taken it back to the Panthers, but that never happened. Peppers' refusal to sign the tender is bizarre, considering he stands to receive nearly $17 million for one season. If he's determined to receive a contract like the record-breaking, seven-year, $100 million package (including $41 million in guaranteed cash) that Albert Haynesworth got from the Washington Redskins, he probably isn't being realistic. Another team isn't likely to pay that to a defensive lineman, and the market for Peppers, whom the Patriots would convert from a 4-3 end to a 3-4 outside linebacker, is more along the lines of the six-year, $51.75 million contract (including $20 million in bonuses) that the Pittsburgh Steelers gave to standout outside linebacker James Harrison."
If Peppers were willing to play for a Harrison-like contract and wanted to make this work out, then it could be feasible. But pretty unlikely right now.