Bears Not Hibernating In The Off Season Recruit Julius Peppers
Since 2007 season the Lovie Smith and his Chicago Bears have been all but a contending player in the NFC North Division. In fact, since their Super Bowl loss they haven’t even bothered to step foot on a field in the post season. Well all that may change or at least the Bears are hoping so with their most recent free agent acquisition.
Carolina, can you pass the pepper? That’s right the bears have signed elite free agent Julius Peppers to a NFL record breaking $42 million dollar guaranteed contract or up to $91.5 million dollar contract if they like his results. Umm, excuse me? $42 million dollars, I better see results.
But if your the Bears it would seem almost impossible not to see an increase in defensive performance. This season will bring the long missed Brian Urlacher back to the field, who they lost for a good portion of last season due to injury, and with the new arrival of Julius Peppers they are sure to cause buzz among offensive lines. And getting in the head of the quarterback is half the battle right?
Which shouldn’t be hard to do if Brett Favre decides to return to the Vikings for another season. Just watch the highlights from last season’s Vikings/Panthers game and you’ll see why. Favre took a beating from Peppers and the rest of the Panthers defensive line. Put Peppers and Urlacher together, I can almost hear Favre’s fourth official retirement.
But if there is one group of people who have already gratefully acknowledged the arrival of Peppers it’s not the coaching staff of the Bears. It’s the locals. Peppers has made it known to Chicago-ans that he has arrived by dropping roughly $20,000 in champagne in and drinks at a local night club After signing his 91.5 million dollar contract.
I could think of few other ways to spend the $20,000 but then again I’m not striking fear into the mind’s of NFL quarterbacks much less that vending machine up the hallway from my office that ate my dollar.
Peppers is a freaking animal and deserves to make a bunch of money!