Reeder's Take

    Coach John Fox has stubbornly refused to admit it, but linebacker Jon Beason let it slip to reporters after the game that Julius Peppers played Sunday with a broken right hand. Peppers suffered the injury last week against New Orleans, but Fox has continued to classify it as a “messed up hand.”
   “It’s tough,” Beason said. “Anytime you get a broken bone it’s hard. He was still getting pressure on the quarterback with basically one arm, it was unbelievable.
   “The young guy Everette Brown stepped in and played well, Charles Johnson played well, and that’s what we need. Thomas [Davis] went down and James Anderson played some, Landon Johnson played some, and they both did a good job of making plays.”
   Peppers was primarily used on pass-rushing downs (he rarely played in the base defense) and didn’t record a tackle, but had two quarterback hurries late in the game.

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