[Cooley1]

I don’t think the Panthers feel they will be able to afford his salary, that they will have to get done next off-season, especially after the inflated salary numbers we have seen this off-season. So, instead of loosing him next year without getting anything in return they figure they should at least attempt to shop him discreetly this off-season, shortly after everyone else is gone, (notice their trickery). That’s my answer to several people saying, why do you think Carolina doesn’t want him. Its not that they don’t think he isn’t serviceable, or somehow not a superstar anymore, because that statement is purely idiotic, its that they either worry about what he will demand next year while being capable of testing the market and shopping his services.

Maybe…… just……. maybe he isn’t happy there???? and they know they will lose him to free agency next year. Just my two cents.

Also, let me state again that I will be fine if they draft a DE with the first pick in the draft as I think you may have a slim chance of finding someone with the skills of pepper, a risk I feel is worth taking. I don’t have a man crush on JP, I just think that at the end of the day we would all be upset if the Panthers deal him for something stupid like several late picks....