Peppers says he wants to explore free agency

[GMScud]

Originally Posted by GTripp0012

And Eric Barton is a free agent, so that might not be quite as plausible as I thought :P

Actually, on a serious note, he may be able to help us. He's 31 so we wouldn't be getting younger, but he's a solid player and a local guy (Alexandria, VA / Univ. of MD), and lord knows we need help at LB.

[GTripp0012]

Originally Posted by GMScud

Actually, on a serious note, he may be able to help us. He's 31 so we wouldn't be getting younger, but he's a solid player and a local guy (Alexandria, VA / Univ. of MD), and lord knows we need help at LB.

Hey, dude, this is a Peppers thread!

I'd be in favor of Barton here, but his 2009 cap number would have to be 950k or less.

[SmootSmack]

Guys, guys, seriously, all kidding aside...how do we get Jesse Lumsden from the Ti-Cats?

Here's what I'm thinking

Redskins Trade: Any posts by Offiss on "official message boards"

Falcons Get: Any posts by Offiss on "official message boards" (immediately dumped)
Falcons Trade: Vick memorabilia to the Mavericks (Cuban sells it online at a marked-up price)

Mavericks Trade: Jerry Stackhouse to the Edmonton Oilers

Oilers Trade: Any gameday program from 1983-1988 featuring Mark Messier on the cover to the Toronto Argonauts

Argos Trade: Raghib "Rocket" Ismail's rookie jersey to the Ti-Cats

And viola! we get Lumsden

I should be a freaking GM!

[SmootSmack]

Isn't Barton an inside backer? I want outside help

Cushing looking impressive at Senior Bowl Week today, supposedly

[firstdown]

Even if we wanted Peppers he would not come here and play for Snyder and his disfunctional front office. Peppers wants a SB and he knows Dannyboy has his hands on trying to run this team and his little puppet Vinny cannot draft worth a crap.

[Hog1]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Can we also send Vince Young to the Chiefs who send a pick to the Cardinals who send Leinart to the Vikings and we get Steve Hutchinson?

Sooo....a....you been talking to somebody? This is....gonna' happen?

[tryfuhl]

Originally Posted by Paintrain

EXACTLY! I can't see him sustaining his level once he gets paid. He was average prior to '07 and made more headlines for head stomping Gurode than his play until he was in a contract year.

It can be argued that in 06 he only played 11 games and prior to that were his first few years in the game. So maybe he's looking to get paid or maybe he just found out how to be dominant. I'm sure that a true fan of the Titans would have a better indication, maybe we should ask them.

[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

[tryfuhl]

Originally Posted by MdBluefinCrab

29 year old Peppers? No thanks. 1 or 2 years is all that you might get out of him and to do that, The Little Danny would have to pay him a ton of money.
For once, let's try and build through the draft and get some young players that can contribute for the next 4 -8 years instead of these high priced 1 year flops we keep getting.

it's DE not RB, a lot of ends stay on longer than 30

how many drafts do you want to build through? last I checked we only have 4 picks and a few more needs

[Ruhskins]

Originally Posted by tryfuhl

it's DE not RB, a lot of ends stay on longer than 30

how many drafts do you want to build through? last I checked we only have 4 picks and a few more needs

I swear, we need to add "build through the draft" to the list of overused phrases that people post without thinking about what it actually means.