Holmgren acknowledges interest Aaron Wilson
INDIANAPOLIS -- The Cleveland Browns have held discussions about the merits of trying to sign five-time Pro Bowl defensive end Julius Peppers.
However, the price tag is probably too rich for the Browns' blood.
Guaranteed money for Peppers could exceed $40 million.
Since team president Mike Holmgren was with the Green Bay Packers when they signed Hall of Fame defensive end Reggie White, Peppers' potential acquisition was a topic of conversation at the NFL scouting combine.
"Certainly Julius is one of the guys we talk about, but then I have to put on my other hat a little bit, because there are some financial ramifications there," Holmgren said. "I'd be reluctant, as great a player as Julius is, to compare anybody with Reggie White. We did it for Reggie. If you remember at the time, we bonused Reggie, I think we bonused him for $8 million.
"Everyone thought we were nuts. It was numbers off the charts, and think of that today. You toss around stuff like it's nothing. If I thought there was a Reggie White out there, or if I thought there was a Brett Favre out there I could trade for, I'd be seriously interested."
In other words, this isn't going to happen in all likelihood.
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Yeah have fun rotting in Cleveland Peppers.
I don't know about Pepper's rotting in C-land ? I have great faith in Mike Holmgren. There isn't a better MIND FOR FOOTBALL LEFT out there than Mike Holmgren. This guy is the real deal. We haven't been this Lucky since Hector was a pup !!
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Feb 27, 2010
10:54 AM
Wouldn't everybody be interested if he wasn't asking for much...dumb, dumb, double dumb!!