Detroit News
Allen Park – After seven long seasons of sharing the NFC North, Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford thought he had finally rid himself of nine-time Pro Bowl defensive end Julius Peppers. But not even a Carolina homecoming would be enough to keep the two from crossing paths once again.
Peppers, who checks in fifth on the NFL’s all-time sack list, is hardly showing his age in his first season back with the team that drafted him 15 years ago. He’s coming off a two-sack performance that netted him the NFC’s Defensive Player of the Week award and he already has 4.