Panthers deny Peppers trade rumors

by jctsai12 on Mar 17, 2009 9:12 AM EDT Comment 14 comments

From ESPN.com: http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3988198

Apparently the Carolina Panthers have gone on record saying Peppers trade talks have not yet occurred with the Patriots or any other NFL team. Because Peppers has not yet signed his one-year franchise tender or gotten an official offer from another team, the Panthers are technically prohibited from shopping him by the rules of the existing collective bargaining agreement.

Peppers himself (with his agent) is allowed to negotiate with other teams, but Carolina may not do so.

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heh

no, we’re not shopping him…. -wink wink-

"These players, a lot of other people didn't believe in them, but they believe in themselves. And that is all that matters."- Bill Belichick

by Mainiac on Mar 17, 2009 12:11 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Yea I believe that like I believe the Patriots negotiated in good faith with Cassel before franchising him.

by BigRedDog42 on Mar 17, 2009 1:33 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Peppers agent leaked the story to stoke a competitive bid

They know they will have to take more than a #34 to the Panthers to get them to bite. But the Panthers do want to move Peppers but they aren’t going to give him away.

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by Jaxon on Mar 17, 2009 9:47 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

more than a 34?

you gotta be kidding me. you’ll be lucky to get that.

"These players, a lot of other people didn't believe in them, but they believe in themselves. And that is all that matters."- Bill Belichick

by Mainiac on Mar 17, 2009 11:31 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Bingo, Jaxon.

Even in this market, they’ll be able to get a first rounder for Peppers.

by Danno11 on Mar 17, 2009 2:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I have to disagree

The Panthers are tight against the cap, and Peppers has made it clear he wants out. Unless there’s a lot of competition for Peppers (which there very well could be, but we haven’t heard anything), the Panthers don’t have a lot of leverage.

That’s a lesson we learned dealing away Matt Cassel. I think a high second rounder sounds about right for Peppers.

by NESilver on Mar 17, 2009 3:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Maybe I spoke too soon

I should’ve read bartHML’s post first! Looks like there’s interest from four teams =P

by NESilver on Mar 17, 2009 3:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, that's what I was thinking NESilver

As for QB’s…a lot of teams are committed financially or see a cheaper solution on the horizon. There weren’t that many potential homes. Peppers is a slightly different story.

by Danno11 on Mar 17, 2009 5:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Read arlow's post too

That’s four teams that Peppers is interested in. There’s no guarantee that all four are interested in him. I think there is ample reason to believe the Pats, one of the four teams mentioned, aren’t interested in Peppers at the salary he would get this year and would demand in a long-term deal.

And in any case, you can bet there were more than four teams with an interest in Cassel, but it’s likely that not all of them felt that would be able to make competitive offers. I’m reasonably certain, for instance, that Detroit would have offered the #20 pick if they thought that would be all it would take to get Cassel, but no one considered it was even remotely possible that the Pats would accept an early second rounder and even throw in Vrabel as part of the deal. We know Denver was interested, but it seems like they didn’t make a bid until after Belichick and Pioli had agreed on a deal. We know Tampa and Minnesota were interested too, and possibly Houston. And I’d bet the Jets were interested, all protests to the contrary, but they had to know the Pats would rather trade with anyone else.

by RSNexile on Mar 17, 2009 6:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

All these reports

Dealing with Peppers make my head spin. I’m gonna defer to you on that one, as the reports on him are all contradictory and I don’t want to read yet another one.

As for Cassel, Minnesota’s interest died early and they seemed to have an eye out for Rosenfels anyway (the same way they did last season). I’m also not entirely sure you can include Tampa Bay into that mix, as they seemed to be interested in acquiring Cutler with that three-way trade, not Cassel. I don’t think I ever read anything on Houston.

As for the Lions, I still think they were foolish not to offer their #20 pick right from the start (what was it they offered after the Cassel-Vrabel trade to the Chiefs went through, their #33?).

by NESilver on Mar 18, 2009 7:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs