Was Julius Peppers overpaid?

• 77Legend

  

  Was it a bad move to pay him that much knowing they have big problems on the offensive side of the ball? At the age of 30?
• killer_ewok

  

  I think they did.
• gorocks99

  

  Yes. It was smart to front-load the contract, but he probably has 2, maybe 3 really good years left and you still have Jay freakin Cutler throwing to God knows who on the offensive side of the ball.
• SQ_Crazies

  

  Hell yes, although it's going to make their defense ridiculous. Already a pretty solid D, getting the man in the middle back would have done about enough for them IMO. They needed to take a cue from the Ravens and get someone for their QB to throw to rather than putting TOO much into their defense.
• wes_mantooth

  

  Yes, but overpaying is how you get the guy you want.
• SQ_Crazies

  

  Very true. It's a world of risks and rewards.
• sleeper

  

  Yeah, it was a dumb move.
• BR1986FB

  Yes. Considering he has a reputation of showing up when he feels like it. Now that he's "fat & sassy" (got paid) I expect his production to decline.
• noreply66

  all of them are over-paid
• jpake1

  

  I think they may have paid a bit too much. Mostly the guaranteed money. He'll be very productive for the next 2-3 years, then after that, I can see him slowing down. If he does, they can just cut him and then continue to pay him whatever guaranteed money that is left.
• Rotinaj

  

  They'll probably cut him after like 3 years(or whenever done paying guaranteed money) so i i dont think it will end up being to bad of a deal.
• thedynasty1998

  

  From what I understand, the contract is front loaded, so it won't affect them as much when there is a salary cap.
  
  I think Peppers is one of the top 5 defensive players in football, but I think he's being paid like the #1. I think they may have slightly overpaid, but they got the guy they wanted, so good for them.
• thavoice

  Most teams will be front loading these contracts if they are very much.
  
  Overpaid for him? Sure did..but they felt they needed to get something done quickly and throwing a ton of money out there is a way to assuredly get ur uy
• Nate

  The poll on Sportsnation was Haynesworth or Peppers a better deal. I voted for Peppers. Huge deal with high risk but with high potential. I laughed at the Haynesworth deal. This one I didn't.
• thedynasty1998

  

  The Haynesworth deal was absolutely a worse deal.
• SQ_Crazies

  

  It's not fair when you have some sort of hindsight on one of the options..
• Nate

  I thought it was a bad deal before the season started, not based on last years results. I'm basing it on what I knew at this point last year also. Haynesworth is not worth that type of money at all!
• SQ_Crazies

  

  I agree, but it's too early to say it was worse than this deal. I don't believe there has been a defensive lineman in league history who is a big enough game changer to demand that much money but that's what they're giving em.