5:25pm: The NFL indicated on Monday (via Ben Volin of the Boston Globe) that no timeline is in place for action to be taken in this case. While time spent on the commissioner’s exempt list could be in play down the road, it remains to be seen when (or if) a league investigation will be opened and therefore the timing of any discipline being handed down is uncertain.
8:24am: Months after signing a Patriots extension, Jabrill Peppers has run into off-field trouble. The veteran safety was arrested over the weekend on assault and drug charges.
Peppers is facing charges of assault and battery, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, strangulation and the possession of a class B substance, Boston25’s Ryan Breslin reports. The arrest occurred early Saturday morning. Jerod Mayo confirmed during a WEEI appearance (via the Boston Herald’s Doug Kyed) the eighth-year safety informed him of the arrest.
“I mean, look, he called me that morning. I knew what was going on,” Mayo said. “And the NFL, we’ve informed the NFL what was going on and we’re still gathering information.”
In addition to Peppers’ trouble with authorities, a future NFL suspension under the league’s personal conduct policy likely looms. Part of Peppers’ 2025 base salary is fully guaranteed; a ban will threaten to void that $2.5MM figure. Peppers did not play against the Dolphins in Week 5 due to injury.
Peppers turned 29 on Friday, and this arrest is believed to have occurred shortly after. Teams rarely take action in terms of suspensions, letting the NFL handle those matters. Suspensions generally occur down the road, as cases play out. The Pats downgraded Peppers from questionable to out Saturday, which is not exactly common for teams not traveling that week. The NFL can act by putting Peppers on the commissioner’s exempt list, but the league rarely goes down the paid-leave route.
The former Browns first-round pick is in his third season with the Patriots. He started 15 games last season and earned a three-year, $24MM extension this summer. Prior to suffering a shoulder injury, Peppers started all four New England games this season. He is sitting on 23 tackles and one interception thus far this season.
Drugs and an assault from an NFL player?!? I don’t believe it!
Next up, his attornies will blame CTE.
No worries. Goodell will let him play until he plea bargains his way out. Goodell lets felons play and was going to bar Tua from playing even if the Dr. cleared him from what I’ve read. Apparently GOD-Short for Goodell apparently- Was willing to sit on high and decide Tua’s life for him while letting homicidal idiots play because well, Because he can I guess. What an A**.
Patriots jealous of the Chiefs stealing the spotlight when it comes to winning and felonies and stuff.
Winning in Foxboro went away with Brady.
I think Aaron Hernandez’s felonies top anybody else’s, or at least we should hope so.
Ray Carruth says hello.
He played for the Patriots who need to be jealous of somebody else’s felonies?
Ray Lewis killed a guy
I don’t think he was ever accused of killing a guy. He was with two friends of his who killed the guy and then lied to help get them acquitted after agreeing to cooperate. Lewis also didn’t play for the Patriots.
Blade brothers killed their cousin. Or maybe the awful assault shotgun finally killed someone by itself. 3 men in a room 2 come out alive. 1 brought a shotgun into the room a shotgun blast heard. Still not enough to convict. I liked the Blade brothers but getting off was a bit of BS. Ray Lewis was just as bad though.
I remember those guys – but somehow Im unaware of this.
Ill need to look this up.
Man – I had completely forgotten all of this.
“The police report alleges Peppers said after having sex with a condom, his girlfriend tried to have sex with him without one and when he refused she started to argue with him and became angry.”
Sure, he might be a douche. He also might
Certainly explains beating and choking a woman and also the cocaine…
I guess walking away was not an option. What an idiot (I can’t use the words I’d like to here).
I thought you were joking. That’s the real story, given in a courtroom. There’s apparently video evidence. The girlfriend was angry and called the cops herself because Peppers put her outside at 4:15am.
Peppers alleges that said girlfriend was intoxicated and fell down the stairs. Teaches him for arguing with a drunk woman. Moreover, sending a woman who has shared a man’s bed into the street at 4:15am is not a good idea, unless the man is paying her to disappear or she insists on leaving herself (many adult women living with relatives have a pre-dawn curfew; many single moms self-impose said curfew).
What a mess.
“The police report alleges Peppers said after having sex with a condom, his girlfriend tried to have sex with him without one and when he refused she started to argue with him and became angry.”
Sure, he might be a douche that hits women. He also could be someone who’s banging a money hungry chick that wants an NFL baby Daddy. I’ll hold off on any preconceived notions and let the investigative process play out.
Doesn’t matter one way or another to Roger Dodger.
So choking is a suitable response? Between that and the cocaine, he’s got some major problems.
He’ll have her cop to the blow and say she fell down the stairs. Regardless, doesn’t change the fact that a veteran gets himself into such a situation. At the very least he gets done with a woman that would have coke and then enough alcohol to make her fall down the stairs after arguing with him because she wanted to try round 2 and take his seed. Did she really call the cops to come knowing she had coke or was it his?
Waiting until the facts come out before making a judgement? What a novel concept. I prefer to jump to conclusions based on my feelings and hearsay
In our society, a person is innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Seems many here have it backwards.
League is too concerned with flagging guys for pointing toward a first down as they assume they are imitating a gun. They won’t address Peppers anytime soon.
I guess you can look past the part he acted like he fired 2 shots. Hand definitely came up with the recoil twice. The penalty was deserved as will the fine be. You can stop being a fan and look at things with an open mind. Stop blaming Goodell for stupid things players do. Also Goodell doesn’t make the rules or levy fines to players. That is no reason not to bash him though. Goodell has done some and said stuff I disagree with. He has grown the game more than any other sport.
You sir are delusional. Goodell is Judge, Jury and Executioner when it comes to deciding anybodies fate in the NFL. And if you don’t like it you can appeal. The guy who hears your appeal? Yeah that’s right. The fines are scripted because of the CBA. Otherwise it’s all Roger Dodger who decides your fate. Apparently he’s now an M.D. too now. Grown the game more than anybody else? That’s got to be a joke right? He’s turned it into a parody of what it used to be. It’s a ridiculous semblance of what it used to be with more stupid rules than any other sport on the planet and is almost impossible to officiate. Get a clue man.
Drake London celebration was for sure a flaggable offense. The flag on Lazard and Slayton were bs. Lizard been gesturing 1st down like that since he became a guy in the league. Slayton was the most basic.
The only reason Slayton moved his hands while pointing too was because he was trying to avoid touching an opposing player that ran past him. Was a ridiculous call.
Him growing the game into international travel games does nothing for me as a fan… I rather see the team I like get a true home game so the actual fans can cheer and players don’t have extra travel on bodies. He hasn’t grown the game that benefits me as a fan. I always say love the sport a players I hate the business and what it has become in college and pros.
Hey Macbeth – you got thoughts on this?
Many years have passed since I celebrated my 29th birthday but I’m pretty certain it wasn’t as exciting as Pepper’s.
There’s always your 39th
I’d have to steal a DeLorean and set the odometer back 20 years just to revisit number 50…lol.
There’s always your 79th
Why do players continue this behavior of roughing up women/getting caught w/illegal drugs … they have so much to lose for a quick piece of a#s. Got to have more self-control if u like your freedom n your job as pro athlete.
What do you expect to happen when you give a lot of money and fame to individuals of low intelligence and poor education, who have suffered through childhood with very poor role models?
Ivy League graduates have the smarts to hide their debauchery, and usually the good sense to avoid rough trade.
Speaking of the trade deadline, could a team try to nab Gonzalez at CB? How well is he playing? I havent watched the Patriots much this year, but if his talent is still there, maybe they could trade him for more capital for next year but its hard to give up a young defender with talent on the defense …
Another day another NFL player being arrested for domestic assault. Ready to wear pink every Sunday this month!!
Not a word on his victim(s)?
Another scumbag in the NFL. And Patriots of course saying sure come and play. Pathetic league
Everything the NFL does nowadays is driven by the NFL betting line.
Low intelligence? Come on, he‘s a Michigan man! Go Blue