An Open Letter to Julius Peppers

I’m not calling Pep the crippler because of what he did to Daunte Culpepper’s career, but what he’s doing to his own career. Last year, with Peppers earning All-Pro honors, our defense was absolutely horrible for the last nine games. I think we went 6-2 in that stretch. We had games where we gave up almost 400 yards passing and 300 yards rushing. Without Peppers in those games, I don’t think much would’ve changed. It was on the offense to win it, and our only two losses in the last 8 regular season games came when we ONLY scored 4 TDs. So it’s not like we all of a sudden have a soft defense without him. The defense already sucked with him on it! Just ask Matt Ryan, Larry Fitzgerald and Derrick Ward. We still gotta get better in the secondary and against the run.

What’s really going on is that by not signing the tender, he’s ruining his own career. No one wants to deal with his agent because that is an automatic 2 1st dr picks. Pep ain’t worth all that. They want to deal with Fox and Hurney, but right now they can’t. So nothing is going on. I hope nothing happens and Pep just doesn’t play for a year. Screw that under sized power forward.

I used to respect Peppers, but I’m quickly losing it. Like everyone else stated, he’s not going about this in a smart way, and he’s totally being a HUGE Buddy F%#ker to the rest of his teammates. Hey Julius…sign your tender, and leave! Take Jake with you! Peppers is coming close to “Cutler” status with me. Thanks.

The Panthers have a cancer and his name is Julius Peppers.
 Dump the ungrateful m*ther f*cker .
If he doesn’t want to be here then get rid of him.
Take a couple of 2nd rounders and some cash and let’s get this show on the road.
He’s only going to be a cancer in the locker room and bring negative energy to the whole team.
A note to Julius:
You might want to consider getting rid of your agent.
I think I speak for all Carolina fans when I say we were staunchly in your corner when all of this started but now you’ve allowed him to turn you into in T.O., ocho-cinco, Plax and host of others you don’t want to be associated with.
And we no longer want to be associated with you.

Obviously Jaxon, both Peppers and his agent are smarter than any of us die-hard Panther fans gave them credit to be. You’re right, when you say that Peppers and the agent have “crippled” us. They have shown total control of this situation. Hell, even John Fox is out there now saying how great Peppers is and that no matter what the cost, he’s worth it. He compared him to Eli Manning and Tom Brady in terms of value to his team when he explained away the high cap number Pep carries. It is fun for us to go around and say things like Pep and his agent are idiots, hell, I even enjoy saying it. But the reality is that we’re sitting here screwed because they hold the cards. The worst thing that happens to Pep is that he makes $16.7 million next season (a million a game) and maybe listens to a few boos the first game. After that, people will move on and Pep and his agent will laugh all the way to the bank. Meanwhile we are strapped and just sitting here waiting for them to make a move or not make a move. They are keeping control by not signing the tender. I think Pep is content to take our money and our cap space and punish us for putting the franchise tag on him which we didn’t have to do. Remember, that was our choice. When he said he was only going to one of four teams, it looks like he meant it. We could have been rid of the guy back in February and played hard-ball with Gross. Instead, we gave Gross the keys to the bank and now have this mess with Peppers. Instead of firing Pep’s agent, I say fire Hurney for getting us in this mess. Just watch and see how crazy this looks when everyone is wearing #90 jerseys to games in a few months and Pep is cashing in.

Great Blog!

Now that Cutler has been traded, the Broncos have two 1st round picks this year (12th and now 18th as well).

They still need to upgrade their D- I think this is a real possibility. Cutler is out of the picture, but a mid round 1st rounder for Peppers sounds pretty decent at this point.

Pepper is tired. The Panthers is not using him right anyway. He will be better suited for a 3-4 defense, so he can roam the field. He’ll run any running back down. Get rid of Jake cause he chokes everytime since doing chicken commercials. Does anyone realize why we keep losing???

If we keep losing the big games then what’s the point? We need another QB.

It seems that only you, your agent and the Panthers know what is in your best interest. Signing the franchise tender is certainly not a route to realize your goals, Once signed, you are Panthers Property and can be shipped anywhere – Detroit, Oakland, Buffalo. It has nothing to do with which teams you believe will allow you to show your full abilities, and maybe leave your name hanging with some of the all time greats. It will be whoever offers the most draft picks. Period. The Panthers brass realize you have only a few good years ahead of you, but don’t care about your goals. All NFL players are assets, to be disposed of when the greatest return can be realized.
I know you have enough money to last 10 lifetimes, but my suggestion is simple. Avoid everyone in the Panthers organization. Don’t show up for training camp (you don’t have to..you are not under contract) until the Panthers offer to trade you to one of your teams, or guarantee not to franchise you next year. Otherwise, hold out until week 10, sign, play the last 6 games, collect $7 million, and start the game over. They won’t do it again at $20 million in 2010.