Franchise Tag

[TerriblePizza]

The Franchise tag can be applied starting tomorrow until the 25th. How long do you think we wait to tag Peppers or do we even tag him at all?

[scpanther22]

I hope we can do this fast and get it out the way.But knowing Hurney he will drag his feet.

[TerriblePizza]

I hope we can do this fast and get it out the way.But knowing Hurney he will drag his feet.

You're right. It'll probably be the 25th at 11:50pm before he does it.

[Swarly]

they franchise tagged him Feb 19th last time. It wouldn't surprise me to see them wait until the very last second to do it because of this CBA bullshit. How happy would you guys be to wake up tomorrow and see the headline "Panthers tag Julius Peppers for 2nd straight year"

Gonna be a long few weeks I'll tell ya that much..

[FelineFANatic]

:iagree:

You're right. It'll probably be the 25th at 11:50pm before he does it.

:iagree:

[grateflday]

The Panthers definately have to tag Peppers. One thing I am not sure on is can a team remove the tag at any time?? I think they can up to some point and if so it makes even more sense to do it. Then if Pep is so worried about signing the tender and getting traded anywhere maybe his agent/friend can do HIS job and go out there, find a team or two and work out a deal that makes everybody happy.

[panthers55]

I am thinking it is 60%-40% they don't tag him. The problem with the tag is the 20 million tender price and 2 first rounders which no one wanted to pay. If Peppers doesn't sign the tender we are stuck like last year.

Last year I knew we would tag him and agreed with it. Now I am hearing we won't.

I think we are moving on......

[Cpanthers5851]

I hope we can do this fast and get it out the way.But knowing Hurney he will drag his feet.

agreed.

it would be to good to be true to get it done early.

[DaCityKats]

well if they were going to let him walk than they should have last year instead of tagging him. hopefully they can come to an agreement, or some sort of trade.

[Boltergeist]

I am thinking it is 60%-40% they don't tag him. The problem with the tag is the 20 million tender price and 2 first rounders which no one wanted to pay. If Peppers doesn't sign the tender we are stuck like last year.

Last year I knew we would tag him and agreed with it. Now I am hearing we won't.

I think we are moving on......

If they tag him again, Peppers would be wise to sign it as fast as he can. Without a signature, he can't talk to anyone else. I'm sure if he were to come to some agreement with a team, that team would go to Carolina to try and work a deal. I highly doubt that the Panthers would be hardassed to say you want him - 2 firsts (unless it were Atlanta calling) ... another little perk.

[panthers55]

well if they were going to let him walk than they should have last year instead of tagging him. hopefully they can come to an agreement, or some sort of trade.

Didn't have anyone to take his place. This year brown has a year of experience under his belt who was drafted to take his place. They might still tag him since there isn't a cap and they can remove the tag before the season starts. Plus they felt they could reach an agreement, now it looks like they can't. Totally different situations between last year and this IMO.

[Mr. Scot]

Last year they had to wait to see what happened with Jordan Gross. Had he not signed a deal, they might have had to use the tag on him.

This year, Peppers is the only real option, so if they're going to tag him it could happen much quicker.

[SorthNarolina]

Last year they had to wait to see what happened with Jordan Gross. Had he not signed a deal, they might have had to use the tag on him.

This year, Peppers is the only real option, so if they're going to tag him it could happen much quicker.

Yeah if I remember correctly gross didn't sign until the last minute so they couldn't tag peppers. They would have kept gross if they had to choose.

[Sandy Claws]

they franchise tagged him Feb 19th last time. It wouldn't surprise me to see them wait until the very last second to do it because of this CBA bullshit. How happy would you guys be to wake up tomorrow and see the headline "Panthers tag Julius Peppers for 2nd straight year"

Gonna be a long few weeks I'll tell ya that much..

They had to wait last year. They also were dealing with Gross. The speculation was that if they had not locked up Gross, he would have been tagged, not Peppers.