I'd trade him for a 7th round draft pick and Wolf :))
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The soon-to-be 37-year-old Peppers is heading into the final month of his contract with the Packers, and admitted he’s been giving thought to playing again next year.“I’m not saying that I don’t want to play next year,” Peppers said, via Ryan Wood of the Green Bay Press-Gazette. “I’m not saying that I do. I’m just saying that right now, I don’t know. And I’ll figure it out at some point.
I think his time is up on this team.
Of course not. Wasn't meaning to suggest that he has earned another contract as big as the last. Just agreeing with you that he still can play. The trick is fitting what he can contribute into a teams roster structure and salary cap limitations. A lot of older guys continue playing for quite a few years at a couple million per year. Spot/situational duty seems to work best for DL and LB types. If he wants to play, there are probably a few teams that will be interested. He could end up with 8-10 sacks again this year, and could even lead the Packers in that category by the end of the season. He should be at least their second most productive pass rusher.
The ONLY way they should bring the old man back is if it were an extreme bargain. Like a million a season.
Since it's "random thoughts" is there any random interest in bring BJ Raji back next year on a vet minimum, if he's interested?
Maybe 5 mil for peppers..... one year deal.
The NE Patriots @ $500 M$ and the Dallas Cowboys @ $523 M$.
The Green Bay Packers @ $583 M$.
http://www.spotrac.com/nfl/green-bay-packers/cap/
CAP Hits:
Aaron Rodgers @ 19.25 M
Clay Matthews @ 13.75 M
Julius Peppers @ 10.5 M
Randall Cobb @ 9.15 M
Jordy Nelson @ 8.3 M
Mike Daniels @ 7.4 M
T. J. Lang @ 6.18 M
Morgan Burnett @ 5.96 M
Bryan Bulaga @ 5.46 M
Nick Perry @ 4.875 M.
CAP Money spent on Top Ten = 90.825 M or 58.79 % of the Total CAP Money Spent.
CAP Money spent 154.5 M.
CAP Space 8.959 M.
Sam Shields should be on your list. He is counting $12M against the CAP in 2016 ($12.1M in 2017 if he is still on the team).