The future for Panthers DE Julius Peppers is once again going to be up in the air at the end of the year, this after he and the Panthers could not reach a long-term deal by the 4pm deadline today.
The Charlotte Observer reports that the two sides did try to get a deal done, but [...]

Julius Peppers and the Panthers are likely not going to get a long-term deal done. It’s that stalemate that according to the Gaston Gazette is holding the team back from trying to get other deals done:
The deadline for the Carolina Panthers to sign franchise player Julius Peppers to a long-term contract is fast approaching. [...]

The National Football Post reports that Panthers DE Julius Peppers will continue to look for a long-term deal from the Cats or another team, which will lead to a big season:
Carolina fans shouldn’t worry about the production of defensive end Julius Peppers this season because, despite the monster tender he signed that will pay [...]

Now that Julius Peppers has signed his franchise tender, the question is if the team can get him signed long term. As the Charlotte Observer reports today, the team has a three-week window to get him signed:
The Panthers have a three-week window to discuss a contract extension with Julius Peppers because of the NFL’s [...]

Panthers DE Julius Peppers was (as expected) a no-show at the teams mini-camp today, but that didn’t stop head coach John Fox from proclaiming that he thinks the franchised player will be with the team and will show up for training camp in July.
“I don’t think this will keep him from training camp,” Fox said. [...]

The Panthers will start a three-day mini-camp on Friday, their first since their playoff loss to the Cardinals. One player though that likely won’t be on the practice field is franchised player Julius Peppers.
CarolinaGrowl.com reports that two league sources have told them that the defensive end will be a no-show for the [...]

There has not been much movement on the Julius Peppers front lately for the Panthers, and now general manager Marty Hurney says he thinks that the teams franchise player will be back in 2009. This despite Peppers wanting to move elsewhere.
Hurney says he thinks that if a deal can’t be worked out to move [...]

Despite the recent talk of a move to the Pats or elsewhere, there seems to be a thought that the Panthers may keep DE Julius Peppers. ProFootballWeekly talks about it:
Although a recent report suggested the Panthers were discussing a trade of DE Julius Peppers to the Patriots for the 34th overall pick in the [...]

Depending on who you listen too, Panthers franchised DE Julius Peppers is either not going anywhere, or is going to be in New England in the not to distant future. Peppers, who has said for awhile that he wants out of the Panthers organization, says he’d like to play for the Pats, but the [...]

There is still a lot of talk about DE Julius Peppers and what the Panthers are going to do with the franchised player. Many still think that Peppers is going to be traded at some point, but to who is the big question. The latest from NFL.com is that the Pats have interest [...]

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