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<blockquote data-quote="adambr2" data-source="post: 547639" data-attributes="member: 7277"><p>White was better than Peppers is, but it should be noted that White remained a VERY successful pass rusher through age 37. It's not impossible. </p><p></p><p>I love the deal. It's a short, potentially high payoff deal without a long-term risk. Even if Peppers doesn't get 10 sacks, maybe he takes enough attention away from Clay to let him get 18. If so, that's worth it right there. We also have enough bodies there with Perry, Neal, and Peppers that we don't need to ride any one player and can stick with fresh legs every game. </p><p></p><p>Peppers' down year was a 7.5 sack year (would have certainly been 8.5 if it weren't for Kuhn!) in which the Bears D-line was horrible and offered almost no other help in terms of a pass rush. That's a pretty good player, even at his age. </p><p></p><p>We needed another playmaker on defense, and if he has enough left in the tank, he can be one. Best case scenario, we get that, finally get that pass rush opposite of Matthews that we have sorely been lacking, and this has a domino effect on the defense, making the secondary better (since they don't have to cover for as long) and helping other guys make plays as well and forcing quarterbacks into mistakes.</p><p></p><p>Worst case scenario, he doesn't pan out or runs out of gas, and we cut him next year and do minimal damage to our cap moving forward. </p><p></p><p>We had the money to spend, and there's a chance that it makes our defense much better this year, if combined with better safety play. And again, even if it doesn't work out, it doesn't hurt our ability to keep Cobb, Nelson, Bulaga, etc and make other moves to improve our defense next season. What's not to like?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="adambr2, post: 547639, member: 7277"] White was better than Peppers is, but it should be noted that White remained a VERY successful pass rusher through age 37. It's not impossible. I love the deal. It's a short, potentially high payoff deal without a long-term risk. Even if Peppers doesn't get 10 sacks, maybe he takes enough attention away from Clay to let him get 18. If so, that's worth it right there. We also have enough bodies there with Perry, Neal, and Peppers that we don't need to ride any one player and can stick with fresh legs every game. Peppers' down year was a 7.5 sack year (would have certainly been 8.5 if it weren't for Kuhn!) in which the Bears D-line was horrible and offered almost no other help in terms of a pass rush. That's a pretty good player, even at his age. We needed another playmaker on defense, and if he has enough left in the tank, he can be one. Best case scenario, we get that, finally get that pass rush opposite of Matthews that we have sorely been lacking, and this has a domino effect on the defense, making the secondary better (since they don't have to cover for as long) and helping other guys make plays as well and forcing quarterbacks into mistakes. Worst case scenario, he doesn't pan out or runs out of gas, and we cut him next year and do minimal damage to our cap moving forward. We had the money to spend, and there's a chance that it makes our defense much better this year, if combined with better safety play. And again, even if it doesn't work out, it doesn't hurt our ability to keep Cobb, Nelson, Bulaga, etc and make other moves to improve our defense next season. What's not to like? [/QUOTE]
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