Julius Peppers, Carolina Panthers Agree on Franchise Tender

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Published: June 24, 2009

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... signed his tender. He will earn $16.683 million in 2009, and will be eligible for free agency at the end of the season.

This ends a dramatic holdout in which Peppers refused to play again for the Panthers, requested a switch to another position, and released a list of teams to whom he would allow himself to be traded.

"Julius is more than satisfied with the outcome of this...He is ready to play football," said Peppers' agent Carl Carey.

This statement is hardly convincing.

A matter of months ago, Carey released a mystery list of teams Peppers wanted to play for. Peppers has been less than mum on the issue, refusing to speak to the Charlotte press on the subject.

Head coach John Fox has been just as silent, but even more confident, saying he fully anticipated that Peppers would report for training camp.

Panthers linebacker Jon Beason had also been in contract negotiations with the disgrun...

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