Head coach Dave Canales invited Peppers to speak to the team after practice and called it “a powerful message,” saying it was a variation of the theme he expressed during his enshrinement speech Saturday.
“For us who’ve gotten a chance to hear his Hall of Fame speech, he was able to really take the highlights of it,” Canales said. “The message I took from him was he talked about that locker room. He talked about, sure you remember certain games, you remember certain big plays, but the biggest and most lasting memories are the ones he created with his teammates.
“And just how important that is for finishing games the right way is the connectedness and family atmosphere that the players create, spending time with each other, learning who each other are, learning about each other’s families and friends, and things like that.
“It was just it was really powerful, all the guys eyes-wide-open, just taking it all in. What a fantastic day for us to be able to, for me to back up and give Julius the platform for a second. And the message was so, so clear and so powerful.”
Peppers slid onto the field unannounced, and was able to visit with former teammates such as JJ Jansen and Shaq Thompson, and stood on the sidelines talking to former teammate and current general manager Dan Morgan while his sons Elijah and Amare played catch in the corner of the other field the team wasn’t using.
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