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How was the 2006 season?
Peppers would again record two dominating three-sack games during the season.
did he win any awards?
Peppers earned the NFC Defensive Player of the Month Award for the month of October, 2006.
what else happened in 2006?
Peppers was so dominant against the Vikings he looked like the second coming of Reggie White.

Question: why was he so dominant?
Self-contained rewrite: Why was Julius Peppers so dominant?