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Julius Peppers will be Back

Monty McMahon by Monty McMahon
February 19, 2015
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Julius Peppers

There has been some speculation that the Green Bay Packers would part with outside linebacker Julius Peppers after his first season with the team.

That argument is two-pronged. Peppers is 35 years old and after having a Packers-friendly $3.5 million cap number in year one of his contract, that numbers escalates to $12 million in 2015.

If the Packers cut Peppers, they’d eat $5 million in dead money, but they’d still get $7 million in cap space back.

On the other hand, the argument for keeping Peppers is pretty obvious. He was still productive in 2014, with 54 tackles, 7 sacks, 2 INTs, 6 forced fumbles and 3 recoveries. He also led the Packers in QB pressures and was a leader in the locker room, as evidenced by him being elected a defensive captain for the playoffs.

In our minds, the positives of Peppers returning always outweighed the negatives and coach Mike McCarthy obviously feels the same.

“I must be the only who doesn’t know why this question comes up,” McCarthy told reporters at the combine. “He had a great year. Had an impact on the field and in the locker room. I think he looks great in green and gold.”

We’re going to assume general manager Ted Thompson agrees. We’re doing that not only because McCarthy and Thompson are seemingly always on the same page, but because Thompson has a history of sticking with veteran players who are under contract for multiple seasons, as Peppers is.

Look at A.J. Hawk, Tramon Williams, Donald Driver, Chad Clifton, etc. The Packers stuck with those guys until at least the final year of their contracts, even in light of declining returns. Thus far, Peppers hasn’t even started to decline.

The exception to this trend is Charles Woodson, who the Packers released after the 2012 season with two years left on his deal. The difference there is Woodson’s contract had no dead money. At that point it was based entirely on a substantial base salary and yearly roster bonuses, so the Packers suffered no salary cap consequences.

At any rate, Julie does look good in green and gold, so we’re glad that’s been cleared up.

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Comments 4

  1. Avatar for Bob E Bob E says:
    9 years ago

    Peppers performed well. He’s a real plus to the Packers and he needs to stick around.

  2. Avatar for Vijay Vijay says:
    9 years ago

    I thought he was really hit or miss from game to game and seemed to wear down a bit at the end (which is probably a reason why he was getting subbed more often). He’s got another OK season left in the tank but we better keep stocking the pass rush cupboard lest it run bare.

  3. Avatar for Tucson Packer Tucson Packer says:
    9 years ago

    Thanks again Chicago!

  4. Avatar for Shawn Neuser Shawn Neuser says:
    9 years ago

    I am concerned that the dropoff could be pretty abrupt with Peppers, but the dead money is too much to part with.
    Let’s hope he can give us one more good season. I anticipate that we will be subbing more for him to keep him fresh for the playoffs. Plus, let Neal and Perry play.

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