Comments on: Bears can pull the plug on Peppers after one year

By: rchyrch187

rchyrch187 — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:47:09 +0000

Way to go Cliff Stein, Now that is earning your money… For those of you that don’t know Cliff Stein, is the Chicago Bears contract Negociator. So this falls under the brillance of Cliff Stein not Jerry Angelo!!! Who should be fired by the way, he has not had a solid first round pick in 8 years, well I will give him Tommie Harris but that’s it.

By: paul

paul — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:13:25 +0000

That’s actually not bad because this guy has a history of showing up when he feels like it.

By: FireJerryJones

FireJerryJones — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:43:52 +0000

If they don’t like him… they can…
…Pull the Plug on Pickled Peppers

By: The Troof

The Troof — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:37:17 +0000

Interesting….
So on January 10, 2011 Lovie, Martz, Martinelli, Angelo, Phillips ANNDDDDD Julius Peppers will be unemployed.
Sweet!

By: bugslayer

bugslayer — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:39:24 +0000

It’s a great deal for both the team and the player…20 Million is a big chunk for one year, but then it doesn’t count against any future salary cap. The contract insures Pepper plays hard for at least the first 3 years of the contract or he’s gone and the “takes plays off” tag will be even larger (which Coach Fox said was untrue). For the Bears it keeps thier liability lower and doesn’t stick them long term if he doesn’t work out. THIS is exactly what contracts for over 30 players should look like.

By: JoeyJoeJoeJr.Shabadoooo

JoeyJoeJoeJr.Shabadoooo — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:39:22 +0000

oh great. we get to hear speculation where he will be next year then too already?

By: Eric Q

Eric Q — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:01:20 +0000

It would be poetic justice if Pep underperforms and is out on his ass in 2011.

By: Ditka0185

Ditka0185 — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:59:08 +0000

@ sullijo
As usual someone needs to slam cutler whenever talking about the bears.
You’re a G damn retard. If you think the bears would have cut cutler after a year, then you are even stupider then you sound. Too bad profootballtalk couldn’t cut you after a year.

By: FireJerryJones

FireJerryJones — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:45:19 +0000

Pretty much guarantees a soft tissue injury in late December… so he’ll be guaranteed his 2011 contract.

By: Florio-is-a-tool

Florio-is-a-tool — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:32:25 +0000

That’s incredible and barely believable. Of course I mean the part about Peter King actually providing any real information. Did he do it so he can ram “coffee flavored water” across SI until the draft?

By: useyourfeet

useyourfeet — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:51:17 +0000

EVERY year EVERY player is injured. That is the NFL. I see a lawsuit on the horizon.

By: afiresnake

afiresnake — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:48:20 +0000

Was put in for the new CBA. If the salary cap comes back, this gives them at least a tiny bit of leverage to renegotiate the deal after 2010

By: AcidSoda

AcidSoda — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:37:08 +0000

If only such deals could be made for first round draft selections.

By: Adam

Adam — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:33:28 +0000

So this year is still sort of a contract year for him, giving incentive to play hard? Wacky.

By: AbeFreshly

AbeFreshly — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:12:16 +0000

Wow! I don’t believe that. Translation: “We don’t really trust you to play hard enough to earn the back end of this contract, sooo..sign here to verify that you understand this: We are telling you, our fans, your fans, & PFT (who will, in turn, tell everyone else) that we suspect you might pull a ‘JaMarcus’ on us, & we don’t have to pay you if you do. Please sign here in front of all the aforementioned witnesses (courtesy of PFT) if you agree”

By: TheGoldsmith

TheGoldsmith — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 01:33:03 +0000

While I do agree this is a good deal for the Bears, this could be viewed as a good deal for Peppers as well. If Peppers were cut for performance related reasons it would be likely several other NFL teams would be waiting to open their check books again to take a crack at a perennially premiere pass rusher in their system (Patriots, Eagles). With back to back years entering the free agency market a player can cash out on guaranteed money up front increasing in value each off-season. Gibril Wilson and his agent Alvin Keels, of the Andre Smith debacle hosed both Oakland and Miami for $24 million of under performance, precedent for a player to cash in twice. With a new CBA likely in place before the signing of another contract by Peppers if he were dropped, he would once again be a premiere free agent and receive a max deal barring any off-the-field incidents.

By: djruetune

djruetune — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 01:29:41 +0000

Good call Chicago. As a Skins fan, I admire that approach. If only Albert Butterworth had such a deal.

By: evilmajortom

evilmajortom — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:30:05 +0000

So let me get this straight. A guy who many criticized for being “lazy” or “disinterested in playing football” got a front loaded deal; and this is supposed to be a good thing for the Bears?

By: snnyjcbs

snnyjcbs — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:25:05 +0000

Yes. sounds like a great deal. If he does not pan out after one year he only cost the club 20,000,000 for the one year of play. Under those conditions I would say the Bears got by on the cheap lol.

By: J.Cannon

J.Cannon — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:04:40 +0000

Smart move by the Bear’s. Maybe this will force Peppers to play hard… maybe.

By: JP

JP — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:59:44 +0000

Wow. Very interesting. Maybe the Bears didn’t “waste” as much money in this deal as some of the pundits would say.

By: Opie

Opie — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:49:48 +0000

@ Florio says: “Still, only $19.9 million of the money is guaranteed for skill. If the new coach and G.M. decide that Peppers doesn’t have enough of it to justify the remaining money, Peppers could be out of more than $22 million that supposedly is destined to land in his bank account.”
So, he’ll make $20M for one season……..did you just use “still” and “only” in the same sentence as $20,000,000?!?

By: sullijo

sullijo — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:43:49 +0000

I bet they wish they had this clause in the Cutler deal.

By: SonOfNOLA

SonOfNOLA — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:34:35 +0000

What was the point of signing him then??…Well, he’ll be in New Orleans in 2011 if Chicago fails to make the postseason again.

By: mzezulak

mzezulak — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:32:13 +0000

Hmmm. Could this be an exceptionally shrewd move by the Bears? Hypothetically they could use Peppers for a Super Bowl run and cut him in the event of a lockout thus avoiding his 2011 guarenteed salary

By: bugslayer

bugslayer — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:28:25 +0000

waiting to hear from all the “how big a joke is the Bears” people who have been spouting crap for 3 days about how bad of a deal it is…..but yet when the facts come out it seems they didn’t know squat to begin with. Nice job, now see if you can get the crap back in the horse so you guys don’t look like complete dolts

By: mzezulak

mzezulak — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:27:04 +0000

Not to worry after facing the rival NFC North Turnstile OT’s and posting team record sacks Da Bears will gladly keep Peppers

By: SmackMyVickUp.com

SmackMyVickUp.com — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:21:38 +0000

Did Angelo finally manage to do something right?

By: JaggedMark

JaggedMark — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:14:57 +0000

That’s all very interesting if you believe that, which I don’t.
There has to be “some” misinformation there.
It wouldn’t be King’s first mistake.