Julius Peppers asks to seek employment elsewhere *Merge*

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TheCount;2582478 said:
lol, you guys think we can Afford Ware and Peppers? Peppers has already said he doesn't like playing end in the 3-4, so he would want to play OLB. He'd have to lose about 20 lbs to even be able to do that.

If he breaks free, I don't think there's much chance he lands here. There are probably 30 other teams with the exact same thread right now.

No kidding. We aren't getting him or Haynesworth. They'll be too expensive after all the big contracts we've given out the last couple of years.
 

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jobberone;2583154 said:
Now Haynesworth would be worth it IMO but we can't afford him.

Could you imagine him and Gurode going at eachother all summer? :laugh2:
 

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Everyone here needs to recognize something.

I am happy to see that Rose Colored glasses Cowboys homers who live in this site realize that simply assembling the best talent doesn't mean jack. There is clearly more to the winning formula than just assembling a Madden team.

But having said that...and just because we have in fact learned our lesson on that, does NOT mean that you stop trying to sign talented players. To use a a justification for not going after a great player in FA, the excuse that "well it has to be about more than talent" is ridiculous. The implication there is that you should NOT sign talented players b/c the grand Jerry Pro Bowler at every position experiment has not in and of itself led to the winning formula.

Sure there has to be more to it than that, but that doesnt mean you still dont need really good individual players. This is the NFL...talent DOES have a lot to do with it. (ask Det coach) You gotta have the horses PLUS all the intangible stuff (like discipline, coach with a backbone, etc.)

So when a stud like Peppers hits the market, sure you wanna grab him We have got NOTHING out of our 3-4 DE's. NOTHING. Imagine having to worry about Peppers at DE and Ware on the same side as OLB. Not sure if we could do it $-wise...but the uncapped yr coming up intrigues me.
 

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skinsscalper;2583168 said:
Could you imagine him and Gurode going at eachother all summer? :laugh2:

They're supposedly over that. But it would be good for both of them esp Gurode.

I don't see it unless the cap is byebye next year.
 

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I am not a Carolina fan, or a Peppers fan for that matter. But with Peppers coming out and saying this, even through his agent, doesn't sound like they will part ways on good terms. Now that it is out, it would seem like a sign and trade is out of the window, which would give Carolina zilch.
 

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cowboyfan4life_mark;2583231 said:
I am not a Carolina fan, or a Peppers fan for that matter. But with Peppers coming out and saying this, even through his agent, doesn't sound like they will part ways on good terms. Now that it is out, it would seem like a sign and trade is out of the window, which would give Carolina zilch.

Isn't his contract up? They'd have to franchise him, and if they can't trade him, they'd be stuck paying him 17 mil for one year. Ouch.
 

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Pepper's, Haynesworth, and Ware... Get'er done Jerry...

Oh yeah.. per reports, Polamalu wants out of Pittsburhg, because he has always been a Cowboys fan... Get that done to Jerry....
 

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I'd rather have Suggs than Peppers

Trade Ellis..5.5 mil off the books

Suggs,Spencer and Ware...

DISGUSTING!
 

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If not for the flurry of huge contracts given to players vastly inferior to Peppers last offseason, we might've been able to afford him. As it is, I seriously doubt we have a prayer.
 

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if they want him he will be there. Jerry does ways around the cap and most likely there will be no cap in 2010 so why can't they afford whoever they want.
 
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