julius peppers to the patriots ? holy shit

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Patriots appear primed to make a deal with Panthers for Peppers
Vic Carucci By Vic Carucci | NFL.com
Senior Columnist

The trade that sent Matt Cassel and Mike Vrabel to the Kansas City Chiefs appears to be only the first phase of some major wheeling and dealing by the New England Patriots this offseason.

The second phase, NFL sources say, is likely to involve a trade that would send Carolina Panthers defensive end Julius Peppers to the Patriots in exchange for the second-round pick (34th overall) they received from the Chiefs on Feb. 28.
Patriots' offseason moves
Acquired:
TE Chris Baker
LB Tully Banta-Cain
CB Leigh Bodden
WR Joey Galloway
LS Nathan Hodel
C Al Johnson
WR Greg Lewis
CB Shawn Springs
RB Fred Taylor

Retained:
LB Eric Alexander
OT Wesley Britt
P Chris Hanson
G Russ Hochstein
S James Sanders
S Ray Ventrone
S Tank Williams
DL Mike Wright

Departed:
QB Matt Cassel
FB Heath Evans
WR Jabar Gaffney
LB Larry Izzo
WR C.J. Jones
RB LaMont Jordan
LS Lonie Paxton
LB Darrell Robertson
LB Mike Vrabel

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According to league sources, the Patriots and Panthers are hoping to complete the deal at some point between the March 22-25 NFL owners meetings and the start of the draft on April 25. However, a deal must be brokered by Peppers' agent, not Carolina, because the player hasn't signed the $16.68 million franchise tender the team gave him last month.

Peppers would be converted to outside linebacker in New England's 3-4 defense.

The Patriots already were looking ahead to the possibility of acquiring Peppers when they shipped Cassel and Vrabel to Kansas City, NFL sources say, because they wanted to clear the salary-cap space necessary to sign Peppers to a new contract that would put him among the higher-paid defensive players in the league. After signing Cassel to a one-year, franchise-tag tender contract worth $14.65 million, New England had nearly $30 million in cap money devoted to two quarterbacks (including $14.62 million for Tom Brady).
 
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HURNEY DENIES REPORT OF PEPPERS TRADE
Posted by Mike Florio on March 16, 2009, 9:18 p.m.

In response to an report from NFL.com regarding a possible trade of defensive end Julius Peppers from the Panthers to the Patriots, Carolina G.M. Marty Hurney denies that any such discussions are occurring.

“By the rules of the [Collective Bargaining Agreement], we cannot and have not had any conversations with other teams about Julius,” Hurney said in a team-issued statement. “Under the non-exclusive franchise tag, Julius and his agent, Carl Carey, are within their rights to talk to other teams about a potential contract. However, at this point, we are not aware of any such conversations.”

Maybe we’re missing something, but it’s our recollection that teams routinely talk about trades involving franchise players, with the franchise players being part of the three-way discussion resulting in the player signing the franchise tender, then signing a new deal, and then being traded to a new team.
 
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DAMN THEY ALREADY GOT TALOR & GALLOWAY... DAMN IF THEY DO GET PEPPERS..THE AFC IS LOCKED BY THE PATRIOTS IT WOULD BE A WRAP...THEY PROLLY GO UNDEFEATED AGAIN....ALL BAD
 
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ILLER THAN ILL said:
seriously, is he going to play defensive end or outside linebacker in a 3-4 scheme? because their defensive line is solid...
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Peppers is a beast no matter where they put him. He is a "smaller" DE so I can see the Pats trying to use him as a linebacker like Adalius Thomas.
 
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