Overview

• Peppers, 29, was cut Friday with $4.32 million guaranteed remaining on his 2025 deal.
• Jaylinn Hawkins and rookie Craig Woodson are expected to start at safety, with Kyle Dugger, Dell Pettus and Brenden Schooler in reserve.
• Peppers opened camp with the first unit and started the Aug. 21 preseason finale before being overtaken on the depth chart.
• The release generates roughly $4 million in dead money and about $2.45 million in cap space, according to multiple reports.
• He signed a three-year extension in 2024 through 2027 and was a 2024 captain who played six games last season after time on the exempt list before an acquittal.