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CHICAGO -- His old team is 0-3, his new team is 3-0. And though the early opposites were not what he expected, Julius Peppers keeps living the difference between being a Panther and being a Bear.It's all in the claws.
Chicago's theatrical 20-17 victory over rival Green Bay here on Monday night was a reminder.
"I still have a home near Charlotte," said Peppers, who spent eight seasons with the Panthers before making a $91.5 million-dollar free-agency leap to the Bears last March. "It was a heck of a ride there. No disrespect to Carolina, but we didn't play in these kind of games there. This is a real rivalry game that you can only get when two franchises have played against each other since the '20s, like these teams have. It was crazy out there, the intensity, the game, the crowd. I'm loving it.
"I have no doubt I made the right decision. It felt right. I followed my heart. I feel great about what we are doing. But I'm not stupid enough to think we are close to being great or done. Playing at the Giants on Sunday night is another big test for us. A big test in another big venue."
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