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Breakdown: After coming up 10 yards short of the Super Bowl, the Atlanta Falcons will enter the 2013 season as a media darling. They'll have five nationally televised games, including Sunday night games with the Patriots (Week 4) and at Green Bay (We...

Breakdown: The Saints may be coming off a losing season, but they still are going to get plenty of national attention. They'll play four games in prime time, including two at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. The Saints' schedule is tied for the second-ha...

Breakdown: The Panthers have the NFL's hardest schedule, with opponents combining for a .543 winning percentage in 2012. Six games are against opponents that went to the playoffs last season. But there's plenty of good news that comes along with Caro...

Breakdown: The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have the NFC South's easiest schedule based on the combined winning percentage (.500) of opponents in 2012, but this is no easy slate. The Bucs are going to be tested early with a trip to New England in Week 3, and...

A lot of Atlanta fans have been asking me what kind of numbers left tackle Sam Baker got in his new contract. Well, I just got a look at the official numbers. Here's the breakdown. It's a six-year deal worth $41.1 million. Baker got a $10 milli...

We already showed you the playing-time breakdown for the Atlanta Falcons defense. Now, let's switch over to the offensive side, where the Falcons had 1,073 plays. Here's the complete breakdown of how many snaps each offensive player got, followed ...

Andrew Brandt gave a very thorough breakdown of Drew Brees' new contract last week. He covered all the big spots and I just got a look at the full contract details, so let's touch on a few minor things here. First off, Brees can earn a little pock...

I just got the details on the three-year contract cornerback Asante Samuel signed with the Atlanta Falcons as part of his trade from the Philadelphia Eagles. It's a very cap-friendly deal for Atlanta in the first year. Samuel will count $3.875 mil...

Breakdown: The Bucs will make only one appearance in a nationally televised prime-time game (Oct. 25 at Minnesota) -- to be expected for a team coming off a 4-12 season. But that might be good news for new coach Greg Schiano and his squad because the...

Breakdown: After all the punishments the NFL has placed on the Saints for their bounty program, there was some fear that would continue when the schedule came out. But that didn't come true. The Saints got four nationally televised games. They'll hos...

Breakdown: The Panthers haven't played a prime-time game since playing Pittsburgh in a dismal 2010 season. But the days of flying under the radar are over. The Panthers will appear in two nationally televised games this season, and they're both good ...

Breakdown: The Falcons might as well go ahead and appear on HBO's "Hard Knocks" during training camp because they're going to be regulars on national television. They'll play two Monday night games (Week 2 against Denver and Week 16 at Detroit), onc...

I just got the complete breakdown of the two-year contract Dan Orlovsky signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Thursday morning. Orlovsky will make $900,000 in base salary ($200,000 of that is guaranteed) and he's also slated to collect a $100,00...

TAMPA, Fla. -- In sticking with their theme of signing big free agents without any signing bonuses, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are throwing $12.5 million at former New Orleans guard Carl Nicks in the first year of his contract. Here's the breakdown ...

I've got the full breakdown of the contract extension safety Charles Godfrey signed with the Panthers the day before the season started. GodfreyGodfrey is now under contract through 2016. He received a $5 million signing bonus, but the Panthers we...

Before things change -- and they will -- let's take a quick look back at some roster notes. Teams had to have their rosters down to 53 players by Saturday night and a look at position breakdowns across the NFC South shows some interesting trends. ...