Peppers says he wants to explore free agency

[44ever]

Originally Posted by 44Deezel

We'll pay him way more than he ever made in Carolina and he'll never deliver the same production. Haven't we learned our lesson?

Ravens, Patriots, Steelers, Ravens, Titans, Giants, Rascal - teams that draft well, develop talent and know when to let players go. These teams find good free agents and get great production out of them. The Skins get great free agents and get average production out of them.

Going after Peppers would be a bad move.

Agree 100000% 44Dez. Seems like everyone comes here to retire. It's kind of like the NFL equivalent of moving to Florida

[53Fan]

Originally Posted by 44ever

Agree 100000% 44Dez. Seems like everyone comes here to retire. It's kind of like the NFL equivalent of moving to Florida

Sometimes it seems that way. Too funny 44.

[steveo395]

Originally Posted by Paintrain

Assuming Taylor doesn't return, which at $8 million is a virtual certainty, Peppers is a perfect compliment to Carter. He already plays the opposite end, is strong against the run and can drop down to DT in a pinch.

Peppers is not strong against the run and there is no way he can drop down to defensive tackle. He wants to become an outside linebacker in a 3-4.

[Skinny Tee]

ProFootballTalk.com - PEPPERS WANTS TO PLAY IN A 3-4 DEFENSE

This should dash some hopes of the Peppers fans.

[53Fan]

Originally Posted by MiraclesHappen07

got a point, i mean we all hate the thought o maybe bringing in Jenkins cuz he was washed up, no good, but look at the year he had. Im probaly completely wrong on this and do tell me if i am, but he really has a good year, helped stablize the Jets Deffense some. So i ask you why not?

I could be wrong but I thought when Mangenius was fired some were saying it was as much fault as players like Jenkins who laid down toward the end of the year as it was the coaches that the Jets fell off. Heard it somewhere, can't remember where.

[89moss89]

I feel like there is no way that Carolina will let him go without getting something in return for him. They will franchise him in the hopes of getting draft choices for him, so if the Redskins would want to sign him they will have to give up at least there #1 pick this year.

[The Goat]

Originally Posted by 89moss89

I feel like there is no way that Carolina will let him go without getting something in return for him. They will franchise him in the hopes of getting draft choices for him, so if the Redskins would want to sign him they will have to give up at least there #1 pick this year.

Man don't even say it or it might happen!

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by RedskinMike

no way would i take the risk with haynesworth. the money is way to high with a lot of character issues, though i feel d tackle is our biggest need on defense

What stepping on a guys head in football was the norm and atleast we know he has a mean streak.

[Ruhskins]

Originally Posted by Skinny Tee

ProFootballTalk.com - PEPPERS WANTS TO PLAY IN A 3-4 DEFENSE

This should dash some hopes of the Peppers fans.

Hmm...I wonder where he'd end up...Browns? NE? (ugh, I hope not) a lot of teams run the 3-4 now, no?

[TheSmurfs22]

He is a great player but not worth the price tag. The Skins need to stick to the draft and build that way.

[Trample the Elderly]

He'd be way to expensive.

[SFREDSKIN]

Peppers should take notes from Adrian Wilson from the Cards.

[Ruhskins]

Originally Posted by TheSmurfs22

He is a great player but not worth the price tag. The Skins need to stick to the draft and build that way.

Once again, a rookie player may or may not have an impact on the defense. Signing or not signing peppers has nothing to do with "building through the draft" (unless we were trading for Peppers, and that's not the case).

The Redskins have some decisions to make on the defensive side of the ball. One would be to sign one of these big time free agents in hopes that they would make immediate impact, which a lot of us agree would not be a good decision.

An alternative to this would be to sign less expensive players (i.e. Bernard from Seattle and/or Karlos Dansby...although with AZ going to the SB he may not be that inexpensive) as well as drafting a young d-lineman. Hope that those inexpensive players contribute while any defensive rookie(s) develop.

Otherwise you are stuck with the same players and you can sign rookies. But once again, rookies may or may not contribute. Yes, I would hope that we can sign a DE or DT that can contribute right away (a la Horton) but it may not happen.

So please don't say: "let's not sign Peppers and build through the draft." Unless you want for our defense to be the same next year or however many years it takes for those rookies you pick up to contribute. Last draft the Redskins were building through the draft by picking up Kelly, Thomas, and Davis. But building through the draft doesn't mean that they contributed right away, many times it means that you pick up rookies to develop over a season or two so they can contribute later on.

[A10sROCK]

Stubblefield
Big Daddy Wilkenson
Bruce Smith
Jason Taylor

All DL players who we paid MASSIVE DOLLARS to bring here - with huge fan enthusiasm over the last decade. Then they came here and underperformed. They all were tremendous failures.

Draft for the DL and OL and build that way, like the best teams in the NFL. Otherwise we'll be adding another $1-3 million per sack player to this list above.

[A10sROCK]

We have the lowest number of draft picks toward the DL in the last decade. I wonder if our low win percentage has ANYTHING to do with that neglect.

We choose flash players (mostly WR) over the trenches every year.