Is Peppers burning his bridges?

[Jangler]

http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2009/sep/22/peppers-feels-some-heat-after-panthers-latest-loss/sports-professional-football/

Jake Delhomme, move over. Julius Peppers has taken your spot as scapegoat for Carolina's dismal play.

While Delhomme recovered from a two-game, 11-turnover stretch to throw for over 300 yards on Sunday in Atlanta, the defense reverted to its late-season form of 2008 to keep the Panthers winless. There was no pass rush, poor run defense, shoddy tackling -- and another nearly invisible performance by Peppers.

A day after Carolina's 28-20 defeat, the defense had such a long film session yesterday that players said that there was a "halftime" break. Then Peppers -- who managed two tackles and no sacks against the Falcons -- left the stadium without speaking to reporters.

Through two games Peppers has one of Carolina's two sacks and the defending NFC South champions are stuck at the bottom of the division.

[AKPantherFan]

:woot:

Go Peppers!

Earn that money ****** lol

IMO- Keeping Pep has screwed us this season. We had to pay soo much money to keep him we were not able to fill the hole at DT, add depth, or improve the team.

Its like 2004 all over. Going in with the "same team" and players dropping like flies.

I do like Peppers, but his price is kicking our asses when he doesnt change the game like a 16,000,000.00 dollar player should.

I am not dumb enough to think he should be making a play on every down, but he should be the biggest impact on defense.

Right now thats Thomas Davis...

Davis, 2 games= 24 tackles w/ 4 assist

[N1kkadeemuz]

but but he has no elite dt to shore up the middle to help him make sacks

17 mil hahaha

[rayzor]

does he to talk to them? i heard most left without talking to them afterwards.

no big deal.

[Jangler]

You don't think he might be becoming a Kris Jenkins in the locker room?

[rayzor]

no.

it didn't say he left early.

it said they had a film session that was so long that it required a half time break.

when the session was over, he left without talking to reporters.

that's the way i read it, anyway. i didn't hear anyone saying that he cut out early.

[N1kkadeemuz]

You don't think he might be becoming a Kris Jenkins in the locker room?

If he does it'll be the first time the fool ever shown any damn emotion.

[spartan_pantherfan]

how do you get burning bridges and Kris Jenkins from that???

[OneBadassCat]

I wonder if anyone on the team ever breaks Peppers balls. I understand that Peppers doesn't have the help he used to have but at the same time there is no excuse for him to disappear like he does. Especially when we need to make a play. We really need E. Brown to step it up.

And what are everyone's thoughts on a 5 man d-line?

Like maybe have Brown, Lewis, Harris, Charles Johnson, and then have Peppers as the joker LB/DE.

I'm just thinking of ways we can get pressure because obviously we aren't blitzing well, Lewis is a back up player and our only other pass rushing DT(Irvin) is on IR. And all we can really do is wait for E. Brown.

[Urrymonster]

No, no, no. This clearly reads that they had a long film watching session that required a half time break, then at the end of it he left without talking to reporters, as per usual.

Nothing to do with skipping out early, nothing to do with leaving team mates without talking to them, nothing bad whatsoever.

Just the media making a point that he didn't talk to them, as per usual, like virtually every other player on the team.

[Jangler]

Yeah, as usual the media try and make things worse than they really are. But I thought I would post it and see if a straight answer could be had.

[SMACKDAB]

The media has nothing to do with him disappearing during games.

[Jangler]

yeah yeah we get it E. But I posted this about the article making it sound like he left early.

[SMACKDAB]

I just really think Pep needs a Calgon moment

:party: