Peppers says he wants to explore free agency

[SC Skins Fan]

Anyone watch Peppers get shut down by Mike Gandy in the Divisional Playoffs? The announcers kept talking about how great/wonderful/dangerous/god-like Peppers was and I kept watching Gandy handle him.

[SFREDSKIN]

Originally Posted by SC Skins Fan

Anyone watch Peppers get shut down by Mike Gandy in the Divisional Playoffs? The announcers kept talking about how great/wonderful/dangerous/god-like Peppers was and I kept watching Gandy handle him.

And Gandy is a 3rd round pick with an under achieving history as a LT tackle who's on his 3rd team in 8 years. Either Mr. Grimm did a hell of job coaching him (my opinion) or Peppers is just average.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by SFREDSKIN

And Gandy is a 3rd round pick with an under achieving history as a LT tackle who's on his 3rd team in 8 years. Either Mr. Grimm did a hell of job coaching him (my opinion) or Peppers is just average.

Everyone gets shut down now and then.

Peppers has posted double digit sacks in 5 of his 7 seasons. That's not average play.

[SFREDSKIN]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

Everyone gets shut down now and then.

Peppers has posted double digit sacks in 5 of his 7 seasons. That's not average play.

Are you going to risk giving him a Dana Stubblefield fat contract and risk watching him do nothing? Haven't we learned? I say pass no matter how talented he is, we have too may needs to blow our money on a player who is on the cusp of of maybe the down side of his career.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by SFREDSKIN

Are you going to risk giving him a Dana Stubblefield fat contract and risk watching him do nothing? Haven't we learned? I say pass no matter how talented he is, we have too may needs to blow our money on a player who is on the cusp of of maybe the down side of his career.

Not every stud d-lineman free agent is the next Dana Stubblefield.

For the record I'm not an advocate of signing him. But saying he's an average player because he got shut down in one game doesn't make any sense.

[SFREDSKIN]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

Not every stud d-lineman free agent is the next Dana Stubblefield.

For the record I'm not an advocate of signing him. But saying he's an average player because he got shut down in one game doesn't make any sense.

I didn't say he was average, I said "or maybe he's average"? I've seen lots of games were he disappears, especially the big ones and I've seem have some great games. It's a crapshoot.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by SFREDSKIN

I didn't say he was average, I said "or maybe he's average"? I've seen lots of games were he disappears, especially the big ones and I've seem have some great games. It's a crapshoot.

ok so you suggest that maybe he's average, semantics.

Either way the guy isn't average, or maybe average.

[tryfuhl]

Originally Posted by SFREDSKIN

Are you going to risk giving him a Dana Stubblefield fat contract and risk watching him do nothing? Haven't we learned? I say pass no matter how talented he is, we have too may needs to blow our money on a player who is on the cusp of of maybe the down side of his career.

Every single team has made a bust trade or signing.. if "learning" means never doing the same thing again we'd never acquire players in any method, that's trades, free agency and udfa, draft, etc

[GTripp0012]

Originally Posted by SC Skins Fan

Anyone watch Peppers get shut down by Mike Gandy in the Divisional Playoffs? The announcers kept talking about how great/wonderful/dangerous/god-like Peppers was and I kept watching Gandy handle him.

I think that might just be more the nature of line play than a flaw in Peppers game.

People around here act like if we had a talented DL, we'd never face a well thrown pass all season, but even a talented DL can go missing for weeks, sometimes months at a time.

So I would say buyer beware on Peppers, because he's not going to fix a bad defense by himself. He'll improve your pass rush for sure though.

[horse]

Originally Posted by GTripp0012

I think that might just be more the nature of line play than a flaw in Peppers game.

People around here act like if we had a talented DL, we'd never face a well thrown pass all season, but even a talented DL can go missing for weeks, sometimes months at a time.

So I would say buyer beware on Peppers, because he's not going to fix a bad defense by himself. He'll improve your pass rush for sure though.

Are you saying our top 5 defense is bad? With the kind of pass rush these guys (haynesworth peppers) could potentially bring our D would be the best in the leage. We probly have the best depth at corner in the league, Solid Linebackers and are maybe a player away from a real solid D-line. If these guy produce for us like they've done for their current teams we'd have the best D in the NFL.

[GTripp0012]

Originally Posted by horse

Are you saying our top 5 defense is bad? With the kind of pass rush these guys (haynesworth peppers) could potentially bring our D would be the best in the leage. We probly have the best depth at corner in the league, Solid Linebackers and are maybe a player away from a real solid D-line. If these guy produce for us like they've done for their current teams we'd have the best D in the NFL.

No, I'm not saying anything about our defense. Are you trying to claim that we're one of the five best?