Julius Peppers Signing Means No More Excuses for Packers Defense

March 15, 2014   ·   Ty Schalter   ·   Jump to comments

Green Bay Packers general manager Ted Thompson has been trying to bolster the team's front seven for a long, long time.
Since 2007, Thompson has drafted four first-round defensive linemen, two second-round defensive linemen and two first-round linebackers. After all of that talent reinforcement, the 2013 Packers still had the 25th-best (eighth-worst) scoring defense in the NFL.
Apparently, enough is enough.
Thompson went out and signed eight-time Pro Bowl defensive end Julius Peppers, per ESPN.com's Josina Anderson, to a three-year deal worth up to $30 million. Recently released by the Chicago Bears, Peppers finally gives defensive coordinator Dom Capers a big, fast, powerful option.
Now, there are no more excuses.
 
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