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It's time for the Atlanta Falcons' Class of 2008 to move on past graduate school and get the most advanced of degrees. Almost a year ago, I wrote a column about how the members of that draft class were headed for a crucial season that could define...

TAMPA, Fla. -- The two coaches who stood at the podium in the media room at One Buccaneer Place on Wednesday sounded almost exactly alike. They spewed the usual cliches coaches say this time of year, about how they're working to get their teams re...

There's been some early concern among fans and media members about the tight ship new coach Greg Schiano is running in Tampa Bay. That's understandable because Schiano runs things in a much different fashion than former coach Raheem Morris. Beside...

There's an old saying in NFL circles that you should never judge a draft class until two or three years down the road. Atlanta general manager Thomas Dimitroff might want to borrow a ploy from the New Orleans Saints and get some special arbitrator...

Yes, the start of training camps is two months away, but it's never too early to consider the coming season. A look at the best-case and worst-case scenarios for the Buccaneers in 2012. Dream scenario (10-6): This will only happen if coach Greg Sc...

Let's take a tour of some headlines around the NFC South. I highly recommend you read Tom Sorensen's column on Steve Smith. It gives a very accurate portrayal of the complicated wide receiver. I also urge you to read right through the very last li...

Let's take a look at the Friday morning headlines from around the NFC South. Jeff Duncan writes that it should come as no surprise that the Saints are painting former defensive coordinator Gregg Williams as a rogue coach in their bounty scandal. H...

Time for a run through the top headlines from around the NFC South. Although it had been widely reported that NFL commissioner Roger Goodell would hear appeals from New Orleans coach Sean Payton and general manager Mickey Loomis on their suspensi...

Take a look at Atlanta's Mike Smith and Matt Ryan. On the surface, they look like the perfect coach-quarterback combination. On the heels of the fiascos involving Michael Vick and Bobby Petrino, Smith and Ryan arrived in Atlanta back in 2008. Inst...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- There was a very interesting moment in a media room at Bank of America Stadium on Sunday after the Atlanta Falcons defeated the Carolina Panthers. As the media waited for coach Mike Smith, the door swung open and former Atlanta ...

One of the best individual matchups to watch this week will be Carolina receiver Steve Smith and Washington cornerback DeAngelo Hall. Back in 2007, this matchup prompted perhaps the biggest meltdown in NFC South history. At the time, Hall was play...

This is a story about the present and the future. So let's get rid of the past right at the start. "No, that's not my house," Michael Vick said on a conference call with the Atlanta media Wednesday. "That's Matt Ryan's house. I'm just a visitor.'...

In moves that shouldn't come as a surprise, the Atlanta Falcons cut two former first-round picks Friday morning. Defensive end Jamaal Anderson and wide receiver Michael Jenkins reportedly have been released. First and foremost, these moves are abo...

Examining the most crucial event in the history of every team in the division. The most important moment in the history of the New Orleans Saints, maybe even in the history of the entire NFC South, might have come when a coach and a quarterback we...

What key event significantly changed the fortunes of the Falcons - for better or worse? Give us your take and we'll give you our definitive moment on May 25. Born out of a war between the National Football League and the American Football League, ...

The ESPN.com Power Rankings for owners are out and Atlanta's Arthur Blank was the representative from the NFC South to make the top 10. In fact, he was the only NFC South owner to receive a vote. Blank got five votes, coming from John Clayton, Pau...