When the Packers signed him to a three-year, $26 million deal in 2014, many doubted whether he would play beyond that first year. In the end, Peppers’ three-year run in Green Bay will be a mere footnote in a storied career. I don't want them to get caught up in trying to do it for me, because we all should want to do it for ourselves.' There's only a few of us in here who have them, so we all should be playing for ourselves and each other. I want these guys to play for themselves more than anything, because that's the goal for all of us. 'I really don't know what to say about it. 'That's good locker room talk and things of that sort, but at the end of the day, we're all playing for each other,' Peppers said during the playoff run. That he was elected a playoff captain by his teammates all three years in Green Bay spoke to the respect they had for him. Peppers didn’t want last season's playoff run to be about him, but there was plenty of sentiment in the Packers' locker room to get him that ring. Peppers added another sack in the playoffs, giving him 4 1/2 in seven postseason games with the Packers. That ranked second on the team to Nick Perry, who was re-signed on Thursday to a five-year, $60 million deal. On the way to moving into fifth on the NFL's career sack list with 143 1/2, Peppers recorded 7 1/2 sacks during the 2016 regular season. But late in the season, Peppers looked fresh and began to make a bigger impact. The Packers turned him into a part-time player. Just four days earlier, Carey made it known in an interview with that Peppers intended to play a 16 th NFL season.Įarly last season, it seemed like Peppers' time in Green Bay - and perhaps in the NFL - might be nearing an end. It didn’t take long for Peppers to find a team that wanted him. His agent, Carl Carey, announced Friday that Peppers will return to Carolina and play for the team that drafted him in 2002. Now, he’ll make another run at one with Carolina, his original team and the one he lost a Super Bowl with in his second NFL season. A pair of NFC Championship Game losses - the crushing overtime loss in Seattle following the 2014 season and the blowout in Atlanta this year - was the best Peppers could do. He viewed it as his best chance to get back to the Super Bowl. That’s why Peppers came to Green Bay after Chicago cut him in 2014. The only thing Peppers didn’t get was the Super Bowl ring he covets to cap what should be a Hall of Fame career. It’s safe to say the Green Bay Packers got more from Julius Peppers than they could have imagined when they signed him three years ago. Julius Peppers did everything but win Super Bowl with Packers The two teams will play at Soldier Field this Sunday before meeting in Week 10 at Lambeau Field on Sunday Night Football.You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.įor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browser In four years with the Bears, Peppers amassed 37.5 sacks, including seven in 2013. Through three games this season, Peppers has one sack and a forced fumble for the Packers. But now it's like the best thing that could've happened.' It's kind of like one of those things, at the time it was the worst thing that could've happened. 'If I would've made the play, I probably wouldn't be here now. When asked by Dunne if Peppers believes a sack would have saved his career in Chicago, the future Hall-of-Fame defender has no doubt. Peppers remembers fullback John Kuhn getting just enough of him to halt his pass rush. In Week 17 of last year, as Chicago and Green Bay battled for the NFC North title, Peppers narrowly missed a sack of Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers on fourth-and-8 before Rodgers uncorked a 48-yard touchdown pass to Randall Cobb, eliminating the Bears. On Thursday, Peppers told Tyler Dunne of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel that one play is likely the reason for his change in venue. Julius Peppers is playing as the pass rushing bookend to Clay Matthews on the Green Bay Packers this year, one season after trying to beat the Packers with the Chicago Bears.

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