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November 12, 2008
Peppers NFC defensive player of the week
End Julius Peppers was named the NFC's defensive player of the week Wednesday, thanks to his big game against the Oakland Raiders. Peppers had 3.0 sacks, eight tackles (three for a loss), three quarterback hurries and two forced fumbles.
Peppers has seven sacks for the season, to along with 35 tackles, 10 for losses, 17 QB hurries and four forced fumbles.
Coach John Fox announced the award to the team after practice, and also told the players that linebacker Jon Beason had been named the NFC's defensive player of the month for October. Although that honor was announced last week, Beason said it was the first he'd heard of it. -- David Scott
Posted by Observer Sports on November 12, 2008 at 03:12 PM | Permalink
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"linebacker (Jon Beason.)"
Proofread, guys.
Posted by: Dan | Nov 12, 2008 3:37:48 PM
Peppers sucks. Every sack he got was pure luck. Kwame Harris jumped on the ground and let him run right by every single time. I hope they don't re-sign this jerk, so they can give Jake a five million dollar a year raise and extend him out until he is 45. BTW D-Will still sucks too. START NICK GOINGS!!! Does anyone want me to talk about cap numbers some? Because it has been a slow day on the blog front and I am suffering from nonsensical gibberish withdrawal.
Michael and Jake: BFF XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOX
Posted by: Michael Procton | Nov 12, 2008 3:48:13 PM
Michael,
While your constant expression of undying love for me is flattering, I have to ask you to please stop. I like women, just ask my wife. Furthermore, please stop calling my phone and hanging up. Likewise, per the restraining order I must ask that you stay at least 500 feet away from my house at all times. I am training my horses to trample you on site so please, for your own safety, just STAY AWAY!
Finally, for all of my fans:
I am sorry about my performance last weekend. The truth is, I found it hard to concentrate because this Michael Procton character came to the game, and kept flashing me from the stands while crying and caressing an autographed photo I gave him at training camp last year, before I knew he was a nutjob. Once again, I apologize, and now that security has been beefed up for the rest of the season, hopefully I will be able to get back to playing some football.
P.S. I love Bojangles!
Posted by: Jake Delhomme | Nov 12, 2008 3:58:27 PM
Does anyone know why Peppers didn't get a 4th sack on that bad snap? Is the rule that if the QB never gets the snap, its a fumble on the center, so even though Peppers touched Walter when he was down, it wasn't a sack? That play confused me.
Posted by: James | Nov 12, 2008 4:14:29 PM
Beason talked at length about the award on the Packman show last Thursday so I don't think it was the first he had heard of it.
Posted by: Rick | Nov 12, 2008 4:32:48 PM
What about a Bobcats/Panthers trade?
I am thinking Sean May for Dwayne Jarrett...
Both are useless in their current situations. Sean looks more like a 350lbs lineman and Jarrett looks like he could play the 3.
Posted by: CUT MAY | Nov 12, 2008 4:34:30 PM
Hey James, It is ruled a fumble as soon as the ball touches the ground from being hiked and Walters recovered it.
FIREFOX!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: FIREFOX | Nov 12, 2008 4:46:07 PM
Say what you want about Pepps inconsistancy and tendancy to do well against inferior competition, but no one can deny that without Peps total dominance in that game, the Panthers would have had a much more difficult time winning on Sunday.
Posted by: matt | Nov 12, 2008 5:00:26 PM
How come no one is bitching about how well Mark Jones performed? Based on what I've read in the past -- and in this very blog -- I'm truly confused about how this blog stuff works.
Posted by: KK Martin | Nov 12, 2008 5:24:42 PM
Procton, you're post was hilarious. BTW, if that wasn't a joke you're seriously the stupidest person in the world. Anyway, congrats Pep! keep it up.
Posted by: Stephen | Nov 12, 2008 6:17:33 PM
Don't know what led me to click on this link, but I found it well worth my time! I never laughed so hard in all my life. When did the observer start posting satire, because there is no way this guy can be for real?
I mean, come on, 'pulling a switchblade'? This guy must think he popped out of a Michael Jackson “Thriller” music-video.
The comments by the readers were great, very poignant and dead-on. This guy, Saunders, should be scouring the help-wanted ads tomorrow morning, and if he isn’t, it only goes to show that while racism has steadily decreased as a whole in this country, it is still far from equal footing. So long as there are certain individuals which are allowed to spew their distasteful brand of bigotry because of their ethnicity, there will always be a mutual bitter resentment of unequal privileges on both sides of the fence.
Posted by: John Thomas | Nov 12, 2008 6:29:08 PM
Don't know what led me to click on the link to Barry Saunders column on the Observer's Panthers page, but I found it well worth my time! I never laughed so hard in all my life. When did the observer start posting satire, because there is no way this guy can be for real?
I mean, come on, 'pulling a switchblade'? This guy must think he popped out of a Michael Jackson “Thriller” music-video.
The comments by the readers were great, very poignant and dead-on. This guy, Saunders, should be scouring the help-wanted ads tomorrow morning, and if he isn’t, it only goes to show that while racism has steadily decreased as a whole in this country, it is still far from equal footing. So long as there are certain individuals which are allowed to spew their distasteful brand of bigotry because of their ethnicity, there will always be a mutual bitter resentment of unequal privileges on both sides of the fence.
Posted by: John Thomas | Nov 12, 2008 6:38:27 PM
On a completely different note, did any of you guys read that crap from Barry Saunders from the Raleigh ridiculous news paper about Steve's Bo commercial? Damn. I Hope Steve rolls on up there in his limo and kicks his sorry arse.
Posted by: KK Martin | Nov 12, 2008 6:52:12 PM
go some were else and talk crap about the panthers. peppers is fine so is fox. thats why they are 7-2!!!! retards
Posted by: tyler | Nov 12, 2008 9:33:29 PM
One reporter reported that it was 2.5 sacks. Obviously they acknowledged Tyler's involvement in that last sack/forced fumble. However, from what I saw on screen, it still look to me like Tyler Brayton should have gotten full credit for that play, where he is getting none at all from most sources.
On a related note, does this mean Peppers and his agent is going to be asking for some ridiculous contract, and then take games off next season?
Posted by: Keeping It Real | Nov 12, 2008 9:59:22 PM
KIR,
Peppers hit him first, had him completely sacked, and it was his arm that came around and knocked the ball loose. From the angle the tv showed, you couldn't really see Peppers at all. However, from the replays you could clearly see that he was there first and had him 100 percent tackled as Tyler got there.
Secondly, of course he is going to ask for a huge contract, just like Beason will when his rookie contract expires and just like Gross is asking for. Top players want to be paid "market value" and I guarantee you that if we don't resign Pep, other teams are going to jump all over him.
Lastly, as he said after the game, he doesn't care about sacks. The guy plays hard every game and just had a bad season last year. A couple of you guys quoted the Minn game as a game he didn't come to play. Yet it was Pep 40 yards downfield helping to push Peterson out of bounds when he broke off his only long run of the day, which also went to the other side of the field. Yet he took that game off right?
Posted by: Mason | Nov 13, 2008 8:45:57 AM
Interesting, Mason, how Peppers managed to get 40 yards downfield to stop Peterson despite the fact that he didn't have a run of longer than 14 yards all day. You'll do anything to make your buddy look good, huh? What about San Diego? What about Chicago? What about Tampa Bay? What about Arizona? "Top players," again, show up more than every other week.
Posted by: Michael Procton | Nov 13, 2008 9:10:36 AM
Michael,
What about Chicago, Minnesota, Tampa Bay, and Oakland? If top players show up more than every other week, where was Jake for 4 of our NINE games?
Posted by: Steve | Nov 14, 2008 8:04:34 AM
Steve, Michael is proof of a mind is a terrible thing to waste.
Posted by: Steven | Nov 14, 2008 4:27:25 PM
am i smoking crack or did ray lewis win?
Posted by: Stephen J | Nov 14, 2008 4:36:02 PM
Delhomme ALWAYS brings a consistent effort. Peppers goes through the motions at least half the time.
Posted by: Michael Procton | Nov 14, 2008 10:18:53 PM
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