Would Julius Peppers be here if Gaines Adams still was?
by pjd1986 on Mar 13, 2010 7:57 PM CST
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PrintNow I understand that the unexpected death of Gaines Adams was an unfortunate, incredibly sad event to his family, friends, and the organization. However, just looking at the loss of Gaines Adams in purely a football aspect, did it open the door for Chicago to bring in Julius Peppers? Jerry Angelo, Lovie Smith, and the rest of the Bears organization was very high on Gaines entering this season and expected him to start and excel. He and Peppers play the same position. It doesn't seem realistic to think Angelo would have went out and spent big money on a player when they already traded their highest pick entering this off-season on that same position. According to an article i found, when an NFL player dies while still under contract, the team has no obligation to pay the remainder of his contract, which gave the Bears some extra money to spend this off-season. So i ask the hypothetical question, would the Bears be better off entering the season with Gaines Adams and the 91.5 million dollars that could have been spent on other needs or Julius Peppers?
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Peppers probably wouldn't be here if Adams still was.
In my experience, I’ve found that most players dislike both zombies and having their brains eaten.
"The time has come to get deeply into Football. It is the only thing we have left that ain't fixed." - HST
What is that suppose to mean?
by PolishSausage.Ditka.Bears. on Mar 14, 2010 1:20 AM CST up reply actions
Some joke about Gaines Adams being on the field as a zombie.
Which is badly executed and in poor taste. >_> Either that or I’m missing coffee this morning. (sips it)
Were Adams still alive, no, we likely would not have gone after Peppers.
by Steven Schweickert on Mar 14, 2010 8:12 AM CDT up reply actions
Yeah, that's pretty much it.
"The time has come to get deeply into Football. It is the only thing we have left that ain't fixed." - HST
No way we ...
… go after Peppers if Adams was still with us .
by MidWayMonster54 on Mar 13, 2010 8:57 PM CST reply actions
Would Peppers be considered a great signing if it were someone else other than the Bears that signed him?!?!
I think we would have went after him just not as aggressively as we did.
Adrian Pedestrian!! Now that's funny Mr. Bayless...
gaines adams was a good acquisition to the bears, but due to his untimely demise we needed to fill that gap.as was already posted by Syndor we would have gone after peppers, as he was keen to play for a team that has a history of aggressive defence namely THE BEARS.WE CAN UPHOLD THE NAME MONSTERS OF THE MIDWAY.i had to get that off my chest.
very much off topic but......
this is in response to our free safety position. It seems to me that in the last 2 games when our pass rush was good then J. Bullocks played solid. So my question is if Peppers does get our pass rush going, and Bullocks doesn’t have to cover for more than 5 sec. will he be adequate?
If you live in Chicago you are a bears fan, if you move from chicago you stay a bears fan, if you move to chicago you will be a bears fan.
I've been
trying to find highlights of Bullocks but can’t. I would love for us to upgrade somehow though.
So if we didnt go after Peppers....
what would we have done? who do you think we would have gone hard after instead?
If Adams hand't passed...
Lovie, Jerry and Ted would still be in desperation mode to save their jobs, and the checkbook would still be wide open… and they still wouldn’t have a 1st or 2nd round pick.
So, I’m gonna say yes: Lovie would have still flown to Carolina at midnight on free agency to land Peppers.
"You win because of the quarterback. We have to get that position stabilized. We're fixated on that." -- Jerry Angelo (12.30.2008)
Jerry Angelo trades for Jay Cutler! (4.2.2009)
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I think they would have wanted to
but they would have had a much harder time justifying it.
“We need to sign a free agent DE.”
“But didn’t you just trade your highest draft pick for a DE?”
(silence)
“Uhhh, we’re gonna get off the bus running!”
“What?”
“Rex is our quarterback!”
“What the hell are you talking about?”
“You play .. to win.. the game!”
“Hey, that’s not even his cliche… someone check his fuse panel.”
"The time has come to get deeply into Football. It is the only thing we have left that ain't fixed." - HST
by JerBear50 on Mar 14, 2010 10:20 PM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
awesome.
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by David Taylor on Mar 15, 2010 8:20 PM CDT up reply actions
lmao!
worst part is that it felt right….
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1 : The act of doing the same thing over and over again while expecting different results.
by Timothy Hockemeyer on Mar 16, 2010 10:34 AM CDT up reply actions
Not a chance
Having Anderson, Brown, Adams, and Melton already on the roster would’ve prompted them to do nothing with DE position.
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I think they might have
They needed to make a big splash in free agency, and Peppers is the biggest. Meton looks to be moving inside to DT, and Anderson might have been allowed to walk.
by Lester A. Wiltfong Jr. on Mar 15, 2010 2:01 PM CDT up reply actions
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