Source: Peppers has a list of 4 teams he'd play for, 2 in the NFC South

[Sam Mills Fan]

2 NFC South teams

NFC team without a first-round draft pick (Dallas)

AFC team

That's from Darin Gantt.

[Biggs934]

I think this leak is from Peppers. All he is trying to do is keep the Panthers from placing the tag on him. That way he can choose where he goes and get all the teams that are interested in signing him in a bidding war for more money.

[Panthro]

Why'd the pause Buck???? lol

[whtSTI]

tag his ass..then send trade him to the Lions or some other losing team

[carolinarolls]

He’s worth whatever another team is willing to give to acquire him. We would be foolish not to figure out what that is.

You’re speaking out of emotion, talking about what he is worth to us.

That doesn’t matter one bit.

I can assure you that I am not EVER speaking out of emotion.

It takes up too much resources to fit a primo player. You have his list versus your list and his value questions, and negotiations that get strained and eventually break and media coverage attention that nobody wants and unknownd about cap space when other deals are being made and then a deadline in which you have to eventually try to break your own original standards to get max value because some other deals you could not make while handicapped in these negotiations have come and gone and you have OUT OF BLIND GREED backed yourself in a corner over ONE player who really hs a strong possibility of being on the downslope anyway.

Let it ride people. We are above this. Greed is bad. Yes he has value but to who and how much? How long is it going to take to find out? What do yoiu miss out on in the meantime? What brides do you burn?

[Fiz]

oh hey carolinarolls darin gantt just said they could absorb the temporary cap hit after signing gross looks like you're wrong on all fronts congratulations

[unicar15]

I would just love to let him go for nothing!!!!111 that would show him what we think of him!! then he'd be free to sign with the falcons and get 20 sacks a year, 10 against us wow that'd be cool!!!1111ONEONE

Yeah! That'll show him!

[manwithcake]

What brides do you burn?

Geez dude, we're not burning any brides.

Trade him to the AFC team and take what they give you. Be done with it already.

[carolinarolls]

oh hey carolinarolls darin gantt just said they could absorb the temporary cap hit after signing gross looks like you're wrong on all fronts congratulations

Darrin Gant told you that if you Tag Julius Peppers and he stays on your roster that you do not have to pay him anything or take any hit to the cap.

Right. I believe ya.

[Fiz]

Darrin Gant told you that if you Tag Julius Peppers and he stays on your roster that you do not have to pay him anything or take any hit to the cap.

Right. I believe ya.

of course he didn't.

he said they could absorb the temporary cap hit, which is exactly what you quoted and somehow weren't able to read.

[prowler2k8]

Was going to respond with this...

just to prove a point? that's stupid. Get whatever you can for the guy and don't make it personal...

but looks like Fiz said it better. lol

That would be the most ridiculous thing I could picture to happen. It's one thing that he walks because we have to franchise Gross. It's another to just let him walk. But it's asinine to let him walk just to send a message....

WTF does that prove to anyone? That our franchise is f*cking retarded? lol shiiiit.

Something is better than nothing. If the Panthers were to just let Pep walk w/o compensation just to prove a point, we'd be the laughingstock of the entire NFL and Hurney would lose his shirt (and justifiably so).

[carolinarolls]

Oh and to the dude who said getting a 5th rounder is better than nothing.

yeah you are right there. thanks for stating the obvious.

the problem is that you are not going to take that. You are goig to wait for better and better and waste lots of TIME focussing on who will be on your upcoming roster giving you max effort.

I will be disappointed if they tag him.

[carolinarolls]

of course he didn't.

he said they could absorb the temporary cap hit, which is exactly what you quoted and somehow weren't able to read.

define "absorb temporary cap hit" and tell me how it relates to anything i stated

please

[Fiz]

define "absorb temporary cap hit" and tell me how it relates to anything i stated

please

actually going back through the thread i really don't think you understand how the process even works, how the franchise works, how the proposed franchise and trade works, or anything pertinent to the matter at hand.

i mean what in the world does this even mean

If we tag him we are gonna waste money this year. Let him and his cap space (if tagged) walk.