Redskins to Pursue Peppers?

[DelhommesTheMan]

According to PFT....Check it out...

[Squirrel]

They have bigger needs than a DE they need to fix their offensive line.

[John Fox]

[Jase]

Shocking!

[pantherfan81]

The sentiment that defensive end Julius Peppers will be paid more like Dwight Freeney, Jared Allen, and DeMarcus Ware and less like Albert Haynesworth omits the possibility that the same team that gave Haynesworth $40 million guaranteed might decide to take full advantage of the rules of the uncapped year by chasing Peppers, too.

Jason Reid of the Washington Post reports that the Redskins "are expected to pursue" Peppers, which means that he'll likely be signed by daybreak on Friday.

Similar rumors -- though much more rampant -- emerged last year regarding Haynesworth and the Redskins. At one point, our pal Lance Zierlein of KGOW in Houston reported that it would definitely occur. And occur it did; a $100 million deal was negotiated between midnight and 5:30 a.m. on the first morning of free agency.

If/when the Redskins land Peppers and switch to a 3-4 defense, the eight-year veteran would move to outside linebacker for the first time in his career. As Reid points out, the key player in all of this will be the aforementioned Haynesworth, who might be expected to man the line-clogging nose tackle position -- and thus yield the glory to Peppers.

So on the ten-year anniversary of the greatest collection of highly-paid individual players who couldn't function as a team, it's fitting that the man who wrote the checks for the 2000 Redskins could be getting ready to do it all over again.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/03/01/report-redskins-want-peppers/

Here's the story.

[Kurb]

Oh that would be perfect.

[MadHatter]

I hope they do land him. He deserves a dysfunctional franchise like the Redskins.

[The Saltman]

that would be hilarious

[necroplasm]

That was his favorite team growing up ..I believe. I hope it happens lol

[CosmoGirl]

Rumor on here two seasons ago was that was where Peppers wanted to go. He wanted to play there in honor of Sean Taylor. It may have been hearsay but I remember a guy posting it after being around a relative of Pepper's at a tailgate.

[Guest DrewBreesIsGod]

Peppers won't know what to do away from home. He played his college ball in NC, played all of his career in Charlotte. I seriously think this dude will have trouble adjusting.

[Guest DrewBreesIsGod]

to add to that; markets like Washington; New York and Dallas won't be so kind to him. They will eat his ass alive if he doesn't give 100% effort every game.

[The Saltman]

Peppers won't know what to do away from home. He played his college ball in NC, played all of his career in Charlotte. I seriously think this dude will have trouble adjusting.

Its funny how a team that needs most of its help on the offense just cant help itself but to just spend as much money as possible on the other side of the ball. Just because there is a high-priced, big named FA they have to pick the guy up. The Redskins are like the Anti-Panthers.

[Swarly]

Redskins pass rush will be scary good. Too bad their offense will still suck bawls lolz