As one of the top brass amongst the NFL owners and leadership circle MR. R is kind of b/t a rock and a hard place in dealing with 90...Big Cat by nature of his position must rep the best interests of the league ownership at large and at the same time...do right for his own club...

conventional thinking would be to tag 90 than look to trade him...but correct me if I am wrong but I think 90 has to sign the f-tag contract in order for a trade to go forth and even at that he has the right of first refusal on a trade...by tagging 90 he and his agent could do the same thing they did last yr...nothing...do not sign the tag until it is to late to work a resoneable trade....thye could hold out again until the day before training camp (long vactaion no mini's no ota's) and in effect be rented again for another one yr and this time it would be for 20Mil...

So I think they will offer a contract...say 12 to 13m over 3-4 yrs...and if 90 declines...they may very well let him walk out the door...
just seems like 90 and his agent have a very good poker hand handed to them...and in poker it is all about the che$$e....

I agree, man. Peppers might be a hot commodity as a free agent, but as someone a team will have to give up picks/players for, then still work out a contract with, he's just lukewarm. I think the idea is going to be to try and sign him at his value and if he balks at the deal - sayonara, Julius.

im on the fence about this... sign to longterm or tag and trade... bring in torry holt as the no 2 WR.. bam... all problems solved.. im so awesome.. superbowl here we come