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Football Outsiders is doing a league-wide series of posts called "Red Flags," which take a look at the biggest remaining issue facing each team. Today's Insider post is on the NFC South and I'm break it up into four smaller posts to explore the red f...

Lots of odds and ends around the division on this Monday. Let's take a look: ATLANTA FALCONS Marc Sessler ranks the Falcons and Saints as the fifth-best rivalry in the NFL. I think you could rank it a little higher. With both teams being good i...

Let's take a morning jog through the headlines from around the NFC South: ATLANTA FALCONS Although some teams have started signing their draft picks, I don't expect the Falcons to move too quickly in this department. D. Orlando Ledbetter writes...

Time for a cruise through the headlines from around the division: TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS As expected, Warren Sapp confirmed he will be inducted into the team's Ring of Honor at some point during the season. Sapp is the logical choice this year si...

It's been a fairly quiet news day in the NFC South. But there were a few odds and ends, so let's take a run around the division: ATLANTA FALCONS The Georgia World Congress Center Authority board voted to approve the hiring of a Kansas City-base...

Time for a run through some odds and ends from around the division: TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS Mark Cook reports that the agent for wide receiver Mike Williams has had some productive talks with the team about a possible contract extension. But the a...

Time to take a run through some odds and ends from around the division: TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS Pete Prisco tops his list of under-the-radar free agents with Arizona cornerback Greg Toler. In a year when there aren't a lot of big-name cornerbacks ...

Time for an afternoon trip through some headlines from around the division: ATLANTA FALCONS We touched on this a few times during the season. But, for reasons that I can't figure out, quarterback Matt Ryan had way better statistics on the road ...

Time for a look at the top Saturday morning headlines from around the division: ATLANTA FALCONS Safety Thomas DeCoud won the Good Guy Award from the local chapter of the Pro Football Writers of America. Good choice. DeCoud is one of the best in...

Let's take a quick run through some of the day's top headlines from around the division: ATLANTA FALCONS For those fantasy football fans that are curious about the knee injury that kept receiver Roddy White out of practice Wednesday, relax. Coa...

Check out this post that ranks the NFL's offensive lines from No. 1 to No. 32. The fine folks at Pro Football Focus put a lot of effort into this and I don't dispute their rankings. But I am a bit surprised at where some of the NFC South offensiv...

As I was traveling back to NFC South Blog headquarters, the Pro Football Hall of Fame announced its list of 27 semifinalists, which includes three players with deep NFC South ties. Former Tampa Bay defensive tackle Warren Sapp, former Tampa Bay sa...

ATLANTA -- Not even the New Orleans Saints, whose recent history shows a fondness for challenging everything, can appeal this one. The Atlanta Falcons really are a good football team. The signature win that every skeptic seemed to be waiting fo...

Already deep into their third consecutive season of double-digit victories, the Atlanta Falcons might be wise to heed the words of a most unlikely source. They should look to their biggest rival, perhaps the National Football League's biggest riva...

Time to take a look at the top Thursday morning headlines from around the NFC South: ATLANTA FALCONS Receiver Roddy White said the Falcons have the pedigree to go 16-0. I don't know about pedigree, but I look at Atlanta's schedule and see a Dec...

Let's turn to ESPN Stats & Information for some statistical superlatives on the New Orleans Saints after their 28-13 victory against Philadelphia on Monday night. The Saints extended their winning streak on "Monday Night Football" to eight c...