JULIUS PEPPERS RUMORS
Bears could take a Long shot in free agency
You wouldn’t think the Chicago Bears have much money to spend in the 2013 free agency cycle, and you’d be right. The franchise tag on Henry Melton has the Bears with only 3.5 million dollars in available cap space for 2013. That isn’t enough to sign rookies and it isn’t enough to go out into free agency to get the players the Bears will need to keep Jay Cutler up right... Read more
Bears Could Approach DE Julius Peppers About Restructuring His Contract
Brad Biggs of the Chicago Tribune writes that the Chicago Bears could approach DE Julius Peppers about restructuring his current contract that will pay him a sizable base salary of $12.9 million for the 2013 season.
Peppers currently counts $16.3 million against the team’s salary cap and is under contract for another three season with base salaries of $13.9 million and...
Chicago Bears Roster Cut Considerations: Julius Peppers
Roster moves are starting to come hot and heavy as teams begin to cut players to clear cap room and adjust their rosters from underperforming or troublesome players. The Bears have yet to make a move, but there are players the Bears should consider cutting for various reasons, some are obvious cuts, some are not so obvious.
This is a very delicate situation because the Bears...
Julius Peppers A Cap Casualty?
Dan Pompei mentions that although DE Julius Peppers will count $16.3 million against the Bears’ salary cap next season, it “seems like a stretch” that they would cut him during the offseason.
Peppers, 32, has base salary of $12.9 million coming his way next season, but according to Pompei, Chicago would still lose $9.5 million of their cap space if they release him before...
Peppers donates 250,000 to UNC
Former North Carolina standout football and basketball player Julius Peppers has donated 250,000 to the university's Light on the Hill Society Scholarship fund that supports African-American students, UNC announced in a release Monday.
Peppers, who has been in the news recently because an old transcript of his academic standing at UNC surfaced on the Internet, causing further...
Via Fox Sports Carolinas
August 21, 2012
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Peppers confirms transcript was posted online
CHAPEL HILL, N.C.-- Former North Carolina football star Julius Peppers confirmed it was his academic transcript that was posted on the university's website and insists there was "no academic fraud" with it.
The Chicago Bears' defensive end released a statement through his agent Saturday, nearly a week after a link to the transcript surfaced.
"This week has...
Via Fox Sports Carolinas
August 20, 2012
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UNC reviewing possible post of Peppers' transcript
North Carolina says it is investigating how what appears to be a transcript for former football star Julius Peppers surfaced on the university's website.
In a statement, the school says it has removed the link and that it wouldn't discuss confidential student information covered by federal privacy laws. The school didn't confirm the authenticity of the transcript, which...
Via Fox Sports Carolinas
August 13, 2012
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THE CHICAGO WAY
Bears the favorite for Mario Williams?
The Chicago Bears have money to burn and may be adding Mario Williams to play opposite their current stud DE, Julius Peppers.
Bears seeking bookend for Peppers?
The latest in a series reviewing the Chicago Bears position group-by position group. Today, a look at the defensive line. A key principle of the Cover-2 defense the Bears employ as their base structure is the ability to generate a consistent pass rush from their front four. Although Julius Peppers enjoyed another solid season (winding up going to the Pro Bowl [...]
Chicago Bears Stun Philadelphia Eagles
The equally matched Bears and Eagles duked it out on Monday night in Philadelphia. The Bears clearly controlled the first half, until the last two minutes. In a nail-biting end to the first half, it was a grueling scramble to catch smoke. Neither team could keep a grip on the ball, and, at any given time, it was almost impossible to tell who had control.
When Julius Peppers returned...
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