The more I read into the story about the Patriots trading for one of my favorite players, the more I notice that this deal is very unlikely to happen. Here is why...
- Peppers would cost 16.8 million against the cap for 2009. The Patriots were 18 million under the cap after the Cassel and Vrabel deal, but after the signings of Shawn Springs, James Sanders, Leigh Bodden, and Mike Wright (along with others) the Patriots are only like 8 million under the cap. That would mean the Pats would have to give him a new contract, which leads me to....
- The Patriots have almost no chance of resigning this guy since he is looking for about 13 million a year. The Pats have a lot of guys they need to resign (Wilfork, Seymour, Mankins, Hobbs, ect), and I just don't see Peppers taking under 10 million. Plus if the Patriots did sign him you would think that Wilfork is going to be pissed off. Belichick called Wilfork "the best player he has ever coached", so you would think he would want to avoid that.
- On top of all of that the Patriots would be giving all this money to a guy who has never played OLB. There is no guarantee that he could do it (though I think he can), and that is a awful lot to banking on.
It was nice to dream, but I just don't think there is anyway they can get it done, unless Peppers wants to take a huge pay cut to make a run at a championship. A lot of writers still seem to think he is coming here, but the facts seem to be against them.
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