What do/did these players have, that Peppers doesn't?

[Jangler]

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[Jangler]

peppers is actually a lot smarter than you'd think, he just has a severe social anxiety problem.

it goes into how his personality doesn't compare to the people in the OP. It's not intelligence, it's just he doesn't have that same kind of insanity that makes Steve Smith so good.

Speaking of Steve, if we want to talk about stupid players...

That's what I'm talking about. A lot of the players I listed were very laid back off the field. But turn it on on the field. Just think if Peppers had that kind of intensity on the field.

[PantherDude]

That easy: Pep has no heart. He's like the Tin Man. And he sometime lack motor most of the time too.

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He also has freakish athletic ability, more so then anyone on that list. Yea he isnt a vocal presence, but ask any offense we have played if Peppers is an average end. QB's sure dont like to play against him. I wonder why????

[Snake]

Peppers just dose not have a drive to be the greatest. The Min game showed you that he can take over any game he want too. He just dose not care to do it on a regular basis. Really all the way back to his Tar Heel days he never cared about being the best.

[KBRed]

You watch him at all this season? He was more animated this year than he's normally been.

Agree with you here. He actually made me excited about the next season, b/c I think he wants to be here.

Also, to the other posters that think he is not too smart...to get into UNC you have to be semi-smart, even as an athlete. If you actually listen to the interview or any other interview that he has, he just seems nervous, or as someone else noted...socially anxious.

He is a dominate player that noone else can compare to. I wouldn't go overboard with pay though.

[Fiz]

Also, to the other posters that think he is not too smart...to get into UNC you have to be semi-smart, even as an athlete.

are you fuging kidding me

[Fiz]

like Kris Lang might have been a chernobyl baby

[Fiz]

if you ever want to stare into the abyss, see if you can drag up a ronald curry interview

[KBRed]

are you f**king kidding me

Nope. I had a friend almost get denied from a full scholarship to Wake, b/c his grades/SAT weren't up to par. UNC is no different.

[Yaboychris28]

are you f**king kidding me

trust me my uncle is a head coach and one of his players was a 4 star recruit, got recruited to unc and he only had a 2.3 gpa and like a 950 sat. aslong as u have a pulse and ur a great player they will find a way to get u

[Fiz]

Nope. I had a friend almost get denied from a full scholarship to Wake, b/c his grades/SAT weren't up to par. UNC is no different.

a kid i went to Catholic with got a full ride to Wake.

he failed freshman geometry every single year and only progressed because his dad helped build that ugly ass chapel.

for his senior prank he decided to take a poo on the floor.

don't tell me about academic standards for athletes outside of the ivy leagues.

[KBRed]

trust me my uncle is a head coach and one of his players was a 4 star recruit, got recruited to unc and he only had a 2.3 gpa and like a 950 sat. aslong as u have a pulse and ur a great player they will find a way to get u

Well, at least I thought players were held to an intellectual standard...:conf:

[Kevin Greene]

Mike Singletary

Jack Youngblood

Micheal Strahan

Lawrence Taylor

Kevin Greene

Ray Lewis

Reggie White

Jack Lambert

Deacon Jones

Larry Csonka

Dick Butkus

Attitude!

Oh sure, JP will have the stats when it's all said and done. But he doesn't have an attitude on the field. He does have an attitude that the Panthers owe him something and that will be his down fall and why he will never really be considered one of the great Defensive players in the NFL.

Passion, intensity, and a true love for the game.