fox defend staff use of peppers.

[carpanfan96]

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here we go, bout to get even uglier.

[Cyberjag]

Peppers has heard too much about how great he should be and has decided to blame his lack of production on the coaches.

[Kevin Greene]

The link:

Coach John Fox said today the Panthers will do what’s best for their team regarding Julius Peppers and defended his staff’s use of the four-time Pro Bowl defensive end in its defensive scheme.

When asked to respond to statements by Peppers’ agent, Carl Carey, that Peppers wants to move on to another team and believes he must do so to reach his full potential as a player, Fox told the Observer:

“All I can say is we’ve got other options and we’re going to do what’s best for our football team. I haven’t heard that from Julius’ mouth, so I’m figuring it’s all speculation. I can’t say it isn’t true. … But we have other options.”

The Panthers have the option of placing their franchise tag on Peppers to either trade him or try to force him to play under a one-year tender offer, which is required to be around $17 million.

Carey said he told Panthers general manager Marty Hurney of Peppers’ position on Thursday in Housto, where Carey lives. Hurney was in town attending practices for the East-West Shrine all-star game.

Carey told the Observer Saturday that Peppers is intrigued by the possibility of playing in a 3-4 defense and that Peppers believes he’s maximized what he can do with Carolina and wants to play in a different defensive system.

Fox’s response to that?

“I’ll just say this,” he said. “We’ve never held players back.”

Peppers had a career high 14 ½ sacks this and holds the team career record with 70 ½ sacks.

[Fox007]

Peppers has heard too much about how great he should be and has decided to blame his lack of production on the coaches.

HAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Good one.

I guess you would have ran the same defense that we ran vs AZ.

ROFL

[AKPantherFan]

Hold on-- BEFORE I read it, I am gonna take a crack at what Fox says;

Q- How do you feel about Peppers comments out not reaching his potential?"

Fox- "well, we have had Julius here for my whole tenure, he has made four pro bowls, Defensive player of the year and has been an all pro. I would say that we have done something right"

Q- What do you say about the scheme"

Fox- I have full confidence in my coaching staff. Our defense has ranked in the upper tier of the league, and my staff does an excellent job of putting our guys in position to make plays.

Q- "what do you say about Julius wanting our of Carolina"

Fox- Peppers i his own man, he has played very hard for us and has excelled here.

Ok- I have to go read now.

[Samuel L. Jackson]

Tell DeAngelo Williams, Matt Moore, Dwayne Jarrett, Jovan Haye, and Tony Brown that we have never held anyone back...

[Cyberjag]

HAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Good one.

I guess you would have ran the same defense that we ran vs AZ.

ROFL

You mean the one where Peppers was invisible and single-teamed all night by a journeyman tackle?

Of course I would have run a different scheme. The question is, would Peppers have been any better at execution?

[Snake]

This is about as fired up as I've seen Fox. I still think Trgo might be gone.

[AKPantherFan]

tell deangelo williams, matt moore, dwayne jarrett, jovan haye, and tony brown that we have never held anyone back...

bingo-- bingo--bingo !!!!

We have a winner

[rodeo]

You mean the one where Peppers was invisible and single-teamed all night by a journeyman tackle?

Of course I would have run a different scheme. The question is, would Peppers have been any better at execution?

it's impossible to pressure a qb when his #1 wr is wide open. a cyborg reggie white would've had the same game.

[Rock_Steady]

Good, he's feeling some heat. I sometimes wonder if that man is oblivious to any second opinions on his coaching. Glad to see he has to defend himself.

[Fox007]

You mean the one where Peppers was invisible and single-teamed all night by a journeyman tackle?

Of course I would have run a different scheme. The question is, would Peppers have been any better at execution?

The answer is yes, other coaches get more out of worse players than Peppers because they know how to put them in positions to succeed.

Even if you drop Peppers from the whole argument, would our other players be better in a different scheme?

It is obvious our scheme sucks, so I really don't even care who is on the defense, coaches should be able to do something that works with their personnel.

You can't just assume Peppers is going to make every play just because he is a beast. And if you see him getting handled, do some other poo, confuse the offense, DO SOMETHING. Not just drop back in a soft zone and hope our only player makes something happen.

[TheJza]

You mean the one where Peppers was invisible and single-teamed all night by a journeyman tackle?

Of course I would have run a different scheme. The question is, would Peppers have been any better at execution?

We are talking about Peppers and his lack of pressure, when the only man who needed to be defended was a WR, who was never covered. It didn't take Warner 5 seconds to locate Fitz. Fitz was open within a 3 step drop.

Peppers is now a scapegoat in the Arizona debacle. You have to be kidding me. We are all entitled to our opinions, and clearly you opine Peppers to be very overrated. Clearly we disagree, and that's fine. But, Peppers didn't throw 5 INTs and fumble once, (4 times within a given Red Zone). Nor did Peppers allow Fitz to go off for 180 yards. Nor did it matter that he didn't sack Warner as many of their plays were off on 3 step drops.

To the thread title...of course Fox is going to defend their use of a player. Who wouldn't.

[monstercat]

I think Peppers is making a mistake. He is not built to play OLBer...he's built to be a DE in a 4-3.

Either way, the Panthers tried lining him up in just about every possible position in the last couple of years except for MLBer, corner, and safety. There were even times when it looked like Peppers was allowed to free lance...that second Saints game comes to mind.