Here’s how you can really know what makes Julius Peppers tick

Posted Oct 6, 2017
Walk through the Panthers locker room in 2002 and you’d encounter lineman Todd Steussie, punter Todd Sauerbrun, quarterbacks Chris Weinke and Rodney Peete, linebacker Dan Morgan, and tight end Wesley Walls. It was a different time. Yet Julius Peppers is still here. The season is his 16th in the NFL, and in nine seasons he has sacked quarterbacks at least 10 times. (Charlotte Observer)

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