... end Julius Peppers sign a long-term deal to keep him in Carolina?

If he does, doing so will help the Panthers out quite a bit, so that they will be able to sign a few free agents before training camp. If not, the Panthers will have no choice but to head into this season with their current roster pretty much intact.

The Panthers have yet to sign any free agents because of their salary cap woes, due in large part to the large salary that might very well get paid to Peppers, in the sum of $16.683 million for this season alone, if a contract deal is not worked out.

If the Panthers can't sign Peppers before the league's Wednesday deadline, they will have to wait until the end of the season, or postseason to try again. Bu...

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