Julius Peppers Wants Haynesworth Cash

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Julius Peppers Wants Haynesworth Cash
Topic Started: Mar 20 2009, 09:49 PM (23 Views)
Deb	Mar 20 2009, 09:49 PM Post #1
The resident Cowboys Chick Posts: 648 Group: SUPER MOD SQUAD Member #211 Joined: February 18, 2007	Julius Peppers Wants Haynesworth Cash Posted Mar 20th 2009 4:30PM by Ryan Wilson (RSS feed) Filed Under: Cowboys, Panthers, Patriots, NFL Coaching, NFL Free Agency, NFL Rumors Earlier this week, NFL Network's Adam Schefter put the chances of the Patriots landing Julius Peppers anytime in the near future at roughly 0.1 percent. Yesterday, in an interview with Boston radio station WEEI, New England head coach Bill Belichick, spoke in laudatory generalities about Peppers, which, ultimately, could mean nothing more than he really likes the Carolina defensive end. Belichick called Peppers a "great player and still a young player" and said the 29-year-old Peppers "has a great future in this league." He also left little doubt as to whether Peppers, a four-time Pro Bowl defensive end, would be able to make the switch to 3-4 linebacker, which is Peppers's wish. "Certainly, Julius Peppers is one of the better players in the league," Belichick told WEEI. "He brings a lot of skill, and he has had a lot of production. What exactly he would do and how he would do it would be different in any system that he'd play in, but I think that he would play in whatever system he was in." Belichick said he wouldn't be comfortable with having an agent broker a trade, which is usually how a sign-and-trade deal works. He seemed to suggest that before anything could happen, the Patriots would need Peppers to sign his franchise tender. Right. And that's what Brinson mentioned on Tuesday: the Panthers can't trade Peppers until he signs his tender, which he has yet to do. In the meantime, we're left to speculate on his future because, well, it's March and there's not much else to do. Today, Yahoo! Sports' Jason Cole points out that if Peppers is franchised for '09 and '10, he stands to make nearly $40 million, and that "figures to be the starting point for the guaranteed money in a long-term deal sought by Peppers' agent/close friend Carl Carey." But there's more: "Julius wants to be paid just like everybody else," a source close to Peppers said. "He thinks he's better than [Minnesota defensive end] Jared Allen or [Albert] Haynesworth or [Indianapolis defensive end Dwight] Freeney. Why shouldn't he want that? Heck, why shouldn't he say what he's already said. He wants to win." Just to clarify: "paid like everybody else" means "paid more than everybody else, including Albert Haynesworth." The problem, though, is that Peppers wants to play outside linebacker in a 3-4 defense, and will approve a trade to just five teams, the Pats and Cowboys apparently being two of them. But New England doesn't have the cap room -- not if they want to make a run at extending Richard Seymour or Vince Wilfork -- and Dallas could be in a similar situation after they back up the truck to DeMarcus Ware's house. Cole makes note of another issue that complicates matters: "...most 3-4 teams don't believe in overpaying for that outside linebacker spot if they can avoid it." The Pittsburgh Steelers are the most obvious example, and it's why Cole writes that Peppers will have to make a "sacrifice" if he wants to play for the Patriots or Cowboys. And while that sounds like a swell idea in theory, we're constantly reminded that the "NFL is a business." That makes me think that Peppers will follow the money, and I certainly won't begrudge him for that.



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