http://www.yardbarker.com/rss/player/3078 Recent articles about Julius Peppers en-us More photos » by Chuck Burton - AP Matt Moore can take the rain, but can he stand the torrent of expectation placed on him on Sunday? (AP Photo/Chuck Burton) Browse more photos »   Happy hump day Panther faithful! I like Wednesdays, I always have. For a football fan the day is particularly forgiving. I don't know the intimate details of how grieving works, but I do know that my disappointment fro... Wed, 02 Dec 2009 09:49:30 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/article_external/Carolina_Panthers_Hump_Day_Prognostication_Tampa_Bay_Buccaneers_edition/1666774 http://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/article_external/Carolina_Panthers_Hump_Day_Prognostication_Tampa_Bay_Buccaneers_edition/1666774 http://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/article_external/Carolina_Panthers_Hump_Day_Prognostication_Tampa_Bay_Buccaneers_edition/1666774 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/c/5/c580dd76b907380d5a38e7b86d7307b4b7fa0752/small/Seattle_Seahawks_vs_2db7.jpg More photos » by Seth Wenig - AP Browse more photos » 'm starting to get a little excited about seeing QB Matt Moore get the start this weekend. I would have preferred HC John Fox to have simply faced reality and benched Delhomme thereby giving Moore a shot of confidence. As it stands he might feel like he'll be back on the bench once Delhomme is healed, unless of course Moore shines in Delhomme absence. This ed... Wed, 02 Dec 2009 09:38:22 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/article_external/Panther_Paw_Prints_Gimme_Moore_Edition/1666775 http://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/article_external/Panther_Paw_Prints_Gimme_Moore_Edition/1666775 http://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/article_external/Panther_Paw_Prints_Gimme_Moore_Edition/1666775 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/3/3/33e77e951e2264adf032da022028a2a6682559d1/small/Seattle_Seahawks_v_8ebf.jpg -- Defensive end Julius Peppers, bothered by an injured right hand in recent weeks, looked to be nearly at full strength in Sunday's loss against the Jets. Peppers, who had a half-sack and now has 7.5 for the season, had... Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:52:36 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/article_external/Peppers_Hand_is_39better_39/1656015 http://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/article_external/Peppers_Hand_is_39better_39/1656015 http://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/article_external/Peppers_Hand_is_39better_39/1656015 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/f/4/f4031536a4720784d48d80b19c26cd347697b48a/small/Chicago_Bears_v_116d.jpg More photos » by Seth Wenig - AP about 4 hours ago: Carolina Panthers quarterback Jake Delhomme (17) is sacked by New York Jets linebacker David Harris (52) in the first quarter during an NFL football game Sunday, Nov. 29, 2009, in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) Browse more photos » This story line is getting old: The Panther defense plays well enough for the win but the offense turns th... Sun, 29 Nov 2009 17:31:42 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/article_external/Jets_Ground_the_Panthers_17_6/1650640 http://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/article_external/Jets_Ground_the_Panthers_17_6/1650640 http://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/article_external/Jets_Ground_the_Panthers_17_6/1650640 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/4/d/4d0dd8fc74ab3ff86bf085d0612f8383eed7da10/small/Carolina_Panthers_v_bc92.jpg Typically in the NFL when a player gets hurt the specifics of the injury are detailed within a few days using such descriptors as sprain, strain, pull, aggravated, slight tear or even the dreaded broken. Usually I say, because sometimes a team just decides to not give details. We know Panthers DE Julius Peppers left the Falcons game with an injured hand and returned sparingly. He played the following week against the Dolphins with his hand bandaged. Still no word on what specifically is ... Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:31:18 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/article_external/Panthers_Peppers_Has_Super_Secret_Hand_Injury/1610530 http://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/article_external/Panthers_Peppers_Has_Super_Secret_Hand_Injury/1610530 http://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/article_external/Panthers_Peppers_Has_Super_Secret_Hand_Injury/1610530 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/e/d/eda28606c8d4b8f620e7730deb960e06365722ac/small/Chicago_Bears_v_9683.jpg Panthers coach John Fox isn’t letting on about what the nature of defensive end Julius Peppers’ hand injury is, or how severe it might be. “I could say,” Fox said Friday after Peppers played mostly on passing downs in a... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:27:25 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/article_external/Fox_still_circumspect_about_Peppers_39_hand_injury/1604177 http://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/article_external/Fox_still_circumspect_about_Peppers_39_hand_injury/1604177 http://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/article_external/Fox_still_circumspect_about_Peppers_39_hand_injury/1604177 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/a/f/af52f8eb6a9ef5399dc73cba68481e1553d154d8/small/Carolina_Panthers_2009_dcc0.jpg More photos » by Rick Havner - AP about 10 hours ago: Miami Dolphins' Ricky Williams (34) runs past Carolina Panthers' Richard Marshall (31) and Julius Peppers (90) on a 46-yard touchdown in the second half of an NFL football game in Charlotte, N.C., Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009. (AP Photo/Rick Havner) Browse more photos » Ricky Williams scored three TD's and Panthers QB Jake Delhomme threw a key red zone INT as the Panthe... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:59:47 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/article_external/Dolphins_Run_Past_Panthers_24_17/1600548 http://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/article_external/Dolphins_Run_Past_Panthers_24_17/1600548 http://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/article_external/Dolphins_Run_Past_Panthers_24_17/1600548 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/d/e/de6de0f3ad21184ab61a6b3ae55d0db881a64bf9/small/Cleveland_Browns_v_5297.jpg Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; ... Sun, 08 Nov 2009 12:06:51 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Homers_vs_Haters_Peppers_Report_Week_8/1523847 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Homers_vs_Haters_Peppers_Report_Week_8/1523847 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Homers_vs_Haters_Peppers_Report_Week_8/1523847 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/e/d/eda28606c8d4b8f620e7730deb960e06365722ac/small/Chicago_Bears_v_9683.jpg -- Panthers defensive end Julius Peppers is the NFC's defensive player of the week. He had an interception, which he returned for a touchdown, as well as a sack and forced fumble last week in a 34-21 victory against the... Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:29:08 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Panthers_39_Peppers_wins_NFC_defensive_award/1499361 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Panthers_39_Peppers_wins_NFC_defensive_award/1499361 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Panthers_39_Peppers_wins_NFC_defensive_award/1499361 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/7/d/7d3a0cd3a8993bcc18ce34763da8048a93b9dbfd/small/GettyImageProxy.ashx_requestUrl_http_3a_2f_2fcache.gettyimages.com_2fxc_2f83024522.jpg_3fv_3d1_26c_3dEWSAsset_26k_3d2_26d_3d17A4AD9FDB9CF193589ACFE00AF940544B307213586F6867.jpg Seems that Julius Peppers has seen enough of the losing, and stood up and gave a speech to his teammates about it: Julius Peppers doesn’t say much and he’ll never be misconstrued as a rah-rah type of guy. So when he does talk, people listen. Such was the case before Carolina’s game against Tampa Bay on [...] Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:27:14 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/article_external/Peppers_Stands_Up_and_Speaks_Up_to_Teammates/1457359 http://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/article_external/Peppers_Stands_Up_and_Speaks_Up_to_Teammates/1457359 http://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/article_external/Peppers_Stands_Up_and_Speaks_Up_to_Teammates/1457359 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/d/8/d8cdbeceb86b5763087e2d04d7af1c975a6a8e7c/small/Chicago_Bears_v_5505.jpg Peppers apologizes for a lack of effort Julius Peppers stunned the team recently by giving a five-minute, written-out speech to his teammates. Centered around his own self accountability, Peppers realized it was time to look at the man in the mirror and take responsibility for his actions on the field. He told the team he went home, put in tape of every game they've played thus far and was extremely disappointed in the man he saw on film. He admitted he needed to make a change im... Tue, 27 Oct 2009 08:49:18 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/article_external/Peppers_apologizes_for_a_lack_of_effort/1445393 http://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/article_external/Peppers_apologizes_for_a_lack_of_effort/1445393 http://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/article_external/Peppers_apologizes_for_a_lack_of_effort/1445393 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/5/0/5042f312405e7beece63778517cbc739d7b2d793/small/Chicago_Bears_v_35b2.jpg With all the anti-Julius Peppers talk going on these days, here's a striking statistic from this week's NFL news release: He has 17 1/2 sacks in the Panthers' past 18 games. -- Charles Chandler Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:04:31 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/article_external/A_Peppers_statistic_worth_noting/1381337 http://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/article_external/A_Peppers_statistic_worth_noting/1381337 http://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/article_external/A_Peppers_statistic_worth_noting/1381337 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/7/a/7ad1603afe0af3e927147840507f19ceb3186c2a/small/GettyImageProxy.ashx_requestUrl_http_3a_2f_2fcache.gettyimages.com_2fxc_2f89615577.jpg_3fv_3d1_26c_3dEWSAsset_26k_3d2_26d_3d17A4AD9FDB9CF1937481C04F04AA2143EED6A7DB298B0A3F.jpg Apparently not much if you are Julius Peppers.  After watching the first three games of the season I wondered how effective Peppers has been on the field.  I looked at this numbers on NFL.com and suddenly realized that the Panthers are getting ripped off.  The numbers speak for themselves.  Get this…in three games Peppers only [...] Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:16:58 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/article_external/What_Does_a_Million_Dollars_Per_Game_Get_Ya/1286945 http://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/article_external/What_Does_a_Million_Dollars_Per_Game_Get_Ya/1286945 http://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/article_external/What_Does_a_Million_Dollars_Per_Game_Get_Ya/1286945 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/d/8/d8cdbeceb86b5763087e2d04d7af1c975a6a8e7c/small/Chicago_Bears_v_5505.jpg Cat Crave Radio is back with Episode 67! nbsp;This past week saw the end to the Julius Peppers saga for the Carolina Panthers - finally! nbsp;And there was news other than that, believe it or not. We tried something different this week. nbsp;We invited bloggers for rival teams to join us for some smack talk. nbsp;Two of them took the bait. nbsp;Dustin Staggers of The Pewter Plank representing the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Sean McNally of Blogging Dirty representing the Atlanta Falcons joine... Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:04:57 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/article_external/CCR_67_Rivals_Smack_Talk_Edition/762301 http://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/article_external/CCR_67_Rivals_Smack_Talk_Edition/762301 http://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/article_external/CCR_67_Rivals_Smack_Talk_Edition/762301 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/d/6/d6c6437b4496deab4fd82e885c7ff40a4b2e5bd5/small/PicImg_Tampa_Bay_Buccaneers_67f2.jpg NFL.com’s Vic Carucci reports the Carolina Panthers and New England Patriots are hammering out a deal that would send DE Julius Peppers to New England in return for the 34th pick in the draft, which the Patriots got from the Chiefs in the Matt Cassel trade. Carolina is willing to move... Mon, 16 Mar 2009 16:06:41 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/article_external/Julius_Peppers_to_the_Patriots/550049 http://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/article_external/Julius_Peppers_to_the_Patriots/550049 http://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/article_external/Julius_Peppers_to_the_Patriots/550049 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/e/2/e2a520ba4eff6c93c984ee68e5d0e44ac126518d/small/84240003.jpg