Why and how the Panthers should draft Ndamukong Suh

[jpniner]

Eric Berry = #1 Safety in draft coming out of Tennessee. Should be a Top 5 pick

[Lout]

Can we get some realistic threads in here? We don't have a 1st round pick, and we surely don't have a Top 10. It's fun to dream and all, but I am a realist.

[unicar15]

You people realize that Julius Peppers is NO LONGER UNDER CONTRACT after this season. He is a free agent and unless someone is willing to pay him his contract tender (20 million bucks) then he isn't getting traded.

Teams wouldn't trade for him last year when he was coming off one of his best seasons and had a lower price tag by about 4 million dollars. Do you really think they are going to jump at the chance to pay him 20 million bucks this year when he is a year older??

The only shot in hell we have at a sign/trade with Pep is if some team really wants him badly (not likely) and he agrees to re-negotiate his contract so he doesn't make 20 million dollars in 2010 (even less likely).

[Lout]

Actually unicar, part of what you said in incorrect. If we tag Peppers at $20 million, and another team offers him a contract.. they would only have to pay him whatever the new contract states.. they would not owe him that $20million franchise tag. However, they would owe us compensation in the form of draft picks (2 1st rounders, unless negotiated otherwise).