Peppers-to-Redskins rumors go to full boil

[Snake]

I really think Johnson is gonna step up this season. Also if we can get some good pressure with all those DTs we have then we def will be better. The down side could be Jon Fox for another 4 years.......

[Rented Mule]

Just like I said.....

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/03/04/peppers-to-redskins-rumors-go-to-full-boil/

Great. Look how much success all that free agency cash has bought them up until now.

Insanity is doing the same thing over and over while expecting different results.

[MadHatter]

Let him go to Washington....otherwise known as "The Place Free Agents Go to Die".

[CatMan72]

Well, Skins are the team I grew up with (I'm 37) so I guess this would be the next best thing to him staying...

[PantherDude]

Do the 'Skins even have enough money to even sign Pep? They pay Haynesworth a poo load of moolah, but how they can be able to have enough to get Pep too? Especially with how he is going to demanded a lot.

[Snake]

Lance Zierlein of KGOW in Houston reports that the Bears are intent on not letting free agent Julius Peppers get away.

Zierlein earlier reported that the Redskins were nearing a deal for Peppers. He now writes on Twitter that, "This feels like a gunfight," and points out that Bears DL coach "(Rod) Marinelli might end up being (a) big draw for Peppers." Meantime, Vaughn McClure of the Chicago Tribune reports that the Bears "are the front-runner" for Peppers. He's due to visit Friday.

[beastson]

Wow, automatic best front line if they stay healthy

[Boltergeist]

...according to Carey, Pep's visiting the Bears

[TylerDurden]

Well, for all the pundits that said he wouldn't get more than 14 mil/year on his new deal...

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/03/05/as-free-agency-opens-bears-plan-to-come-out-swinging-for-peppers/

Amid rumors that the Redskins are making a big push for defensive end Julius Peppers, we're now hearing that the Chicago Bears plan to "come out swinging" in the hopes of landing the consensus top free agent in the 2010 class.

A league source tells us that the numbers have gotten to the point where the Eagles have dropped out, and that the Seahawks were never serious players for Peppers.

Peppers' choice should be about more than money. In Chicago, he'd be operating in a 4-3 defense as an end. In Washington, he'll most likely move to outside linebacker in a 3-4.

So stay tuned. The market is open, and the shoppers are streaming into the store.

[Mesmer]

I feel so bad for Redskins fans. The team never learns...

[CatMan72]

Latest from PFT:

Not even 30 minutes into the launch of the free agency period, ESPN's Adam Schefter says that there's a "league-wide expectation" that defensive end Julius Peppers is heading to the Bears.

Vaughn McClure of the Chicago Tribune reports that a visit already has been arranged, and that Peppers has a "strong interest" in joining Brian Urlacher, Lance Briggs, and Tommie Harris on the Chicago defense.

Bryant McKinnie just peed a little.

Meanwhile, a league source tells us that the Redskins are out. For most of the first half hour of free agency, G.M. Bruce Allen was communicating with persons other than Peppers' agent, Bruce Carey.

We've spoken with Lance Zierlein of KGOW and the Houston Chronicle regarding the change, given that Zierlein was convinced Peppers was heading to D.C. -- and given that Zierlein had it nailed last year regarding the signing of Albert Haynesworth by the Redskins. Zierlein says that, even though everything was pointing to the Redskins and Peppers on Thursday night, "something happened" to put the Bears in the driver's seat. It could be that Peppers simply wants to play for Rod Marinelli, and that he wants to avoid a 3-4 defense.