If we head into a uncapped year, would we Franchise Peppers again?

[charlottenian]

If there is no cap, would the big cat give Hurney the go ahead to franchise Julius again?

[jasonluckydog]

Yes.

[sml1950]

Cap or no cap, let him go to FA and either sign to a long term contract or let him go. Enough of this pussy footin' around crap. Either he wants to be here or he doesn't and we ONLY need players who want to be here.

[House]

A lot of it depends on what he does this year. With the way he is playing right now he is earning himself his last BIG payday. There is a good chance that they will Franchise him just for trade value, if he keeps playing at this level someone is going to jump at the chance to get him.

He is getting a little age on him but he is in great shape and there is no reason he could not play another 5 years, easy. I wouldn't be suprised to see them tag him again regardless of the cap situation. With another 14-15 sack season someone would be willing to give up a first + for him. The only thing that kept him around this year was his 2.5 sack '07 and the way he went about trying to get out of here.

[Kevin Greene]

I would hope not, no single player warrants a 20 million dollar contract.

Now, biting the bullet and paying off Jakes' contract to go in another direction...........

[R0CKnR0LLA]

That's the plan.

[rippadonn]

We might not but they will. Truthfully I think they should. Too many teams would pay out the ars for someone of his talent level. Why shouldn't we. We need a good defense too.

[DaCityKats]

We might not but they will. Truthfully I think they should. Too many teams would pay out the ars for someone of his talent level. Why shouldn't we. We need a good defense too.

yep...pay him.

[Sandy Claws]

If there is no cap, would the big cat give Hurney the go ahead to franchise Julius again?

2010 - little doubt

2011 - IF we get a new CBA that includes the same rules as the current one in regards to tagging players, Peppers will cost 30 million. That would probably be well over the top.

[Squirrel]

Let him walk.

[jbland]

Tag him. If he doesnt want to sign a long term contract with the panthers trade him.

[bleys]

This is not an easy decision to make. There are so many variables that play into this.

1) How does Peppers play this year?

2).Does he sign a new contract and make this question not relevant?

3) Knowing now that Pep apologized for his past play, this warrants a new perspective on Pep overall, this affects both points 1 and 2. If he steps his game up, you definitely want an all-pro player on your team. This also could dismiss the idea that Pep doesn't want to play in Carolina, and takes up a new contract.

Mostly, my point falls in with #3.

[stankowalski]

I believe that Peppers is our best defensive player...yeah over Beason, over Davis, whoever. With that said, if he doesn't want to be here, I hope we let him go. Of course I'd rather sign him and then trade him.

If he wants to stay though, I'd be very happy if we keep him.