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We haven't heard much about Cam Newton lately. Since early last season, it seems Newton has been overshadowed by a bunch of young quarterbacks. Russell Wilson, Colin Kaepernick, Andrew Luck and Robert Griffin III started winning and took a lot of ...

Let's take a look at some odds and ends from around the division: ATLANTA FALCONS John Manasso throws out the possibility of defensive end Kroy Biermann getting some playing time at outside linebacker, particularly when the Falcons use a 3-4 se...

NEW ORLEANS -- The best NFC South quote of Super Bowl week came Friday afternoon. I was sitting on radio row waiting for my turn with Doug Martin when the Tampa Bay running back delivered an order to fans in an interview with WDAE's Steve Duemig. ...

Seattle quarterback Russell Wilson gets mentioned a lot with fellow rookies Robert Griffin III and Andrew Luck. That's natural because they're Wilson's contemporaries. But I think Atlanta coach Mike Smith made a far more accurate comparison Monday...

Time for an afternoon run through some odds and ends from around the division: ATLANTA FALCONS There's some good news on the injury front. Cornerback Dunta Robinson, who suffered a concussion in the regular-season finale, was medically cleared ...

Five nuggets of knowledge about the Week 15 games: Good news/bad news: Coming off a loss to the Carolina Panthers, the Atlanta Falcons can take solace in the fact they've won their previous 11 games immediately after a loss. The Falcons have not l...

There's a lot of talk out there about who should be the NFL's Offensive Rookie of the Year. Andrew Luck? Robert Griffin III? Russell Wilson? Doug Martin? You could go on for days with that one. But there's another, less-talked-about question ou...

Thoughts on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' 27-21 overtime victory against the Carolina Panthers at Bank of America Stadium on Sunday. What it means: The Bucs were within 12 seconds of being a .500 team. Instead, Vincent Jackson caught a late touchdown ...

Friday's NFC South chat was held outside its normal time frame due to a scheduling conflict. But that didn't seem to matter. We got the same great participation as always. Let's take a run through some of the team-by-team highlights: ATLANTA FA...

With all due respect to New Orleans' Drew Brees, you can make a case he's not the best quarterback in the NFC South. Instead, you can make the case that Atlanta's Matt Ryan is. Heck, if you go by one measure, Ryan is the best quarterback in the en...

It's looking like there's a good chance the players the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Carolina Panthers choose in the first round of this year's NFL draft will be in New York that night. The league has announced that an all-time high 26 players will be...

A couple of quick programming notes. The Carolina Panthers have announced they have traded running back Mike Goodson to Oakland for offensive tackle Bruce Campbell. Nothing big here. This is simply one backup getting traded for another backup. Cam...

The NFC South may not have nearly as much of a vested interest in this as it did last year, but Gruden's QB Camp is returning for a third season this spring. Last year, Jon Gruden, the former Tampa Bay coach and current "Monday Night Football" ana...

On Thursday, we showed you the First Take debate on if Andrew Luck or Cam Newton will have the better career. Now, let's add another layer to this argument. NFL Network draft analyst Mike Mayock said he would take Luck over Newton. Mayock went on ...

In the past few months, we've seen the Panthers, 49ers and Bengals discover they're just fine at quarterback. In those same few months, we've seen even more teams discover that they're not in great shape. That's why the 2012 draft and free-agency ...

Tim Tebow aside, the biggest quarterback story in the league this year might be one that's really about next year. What should the Indianapolis Colts do? They almost certainly will have the first pick in the 2012 draft, and Stanford's Andrew Lu...