Packers pick up Peppers

The Green Bay Packers signed eight-time Pro Bowl defensive end Julius Peppers, his agent announced Saturday.
Peppers, 34, agreed to a three-year, $30 million deal, according to ESPN.
Peppers’ agent, Carl Carey, told ESPN that he will be paid a salary of $8.5 million per year, and $7.5 million is guaranteed.
Carey wrote on Twitter that Peppers “is officially a Packer!”
The Chicago Bears made Peppers available when they released him on Tuesday.
Packers defensive line coach Mike Trgovac coached Peppers from 2002-08 when they were with the Carolina Panthers. Trgovac was defensive line coach in 2002 and defensive coordinator from 2003-08.
Peppers spent the last four years with the Bears. He had 7.5 sacks last season, the fewest since joining them. He started every game in those four years, had 37.5 sacks and made the Pro Bowl in the first three years.
Over his 12-year career, Peppers ranks second in the NFL with 118.5 sacks.