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The target percentages posted earlier are open to interpretation. Drop percentages are a little more straightforward. 2012 WR/TE Drops Per Target Rk. Tm. Targets Drop Pct. 3 SEA 305 10 3.3 16 ARI 506 24 ...

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 ...

It's that time of year when everyone is making lists about various topics, so let's turn to another one. Matthew Berry ranks the 200 best fantasy football picks for 2013. The best fantasy player in the NFC South? According to Berry, it's Tampa ...

With the NFL draft approaching, I'm going to kick off a series in which I rank the team needs at each position group. We'll start with the tight ends. The earlier the ranking, the greater the need. Tampa Bay Buccaneers: If the season started to...

Largely due to salary-cap limitations, the Carolina Panthers haven't made huge changes this offseason. They'll have a starting lineup similar to what they opened last season with. But the good news is they'll be getting multiple players back that mis...

Almost all of the offseason talk about the Tampa Bay Buccaneers has focused on a defense that ranked No. 31 in the NFL last season. But there's one huge need on the other side of the ball that hasn't drawn a lot of talk. The Bucs need a pass-catch...

It appears as though there's a chance tight end Kellen Winslow could end up back in the NFC South after a rocky ending to his time in Tampa Bay. The Carolina Panthers reportedly have shown some interest in Winslow. The Panthers are in the market f...

A look at whether each NFC North team has been a winner or a loser in free agency. Chicago Bears: A hot start in free agency netted left tackle Jermon Bushrod and tight end Martellus Bennett. The Bears had been trying for five years to find a genu...

It's not as dramatic as the major releases the Atlanta Falcons made Friday morning, but the Carolina Panthers are working toward getting under the salary cap. They have restructured the contract of safety Haruki Nakamura to free up about $500,000....

The Carolina Panthers released defensive tackle Ron Edwards Friday afternoon.

Let's continue our look at the top 2013 salary-cap figures for each NFC South team with the Carolina Panthers. They're in the process of getting below the salary cap before the start of the league year (March 12) and still have to trim about $10 m...

Steve from Palisades Park, N.J., used the most recent NFC West chat to say the San Francisco 49ers should add to their receiving corps "a big guy who can go up and get jump balls" -- perhaps someone such as Ramses Barden. "The 49ers have Vernon Da...

A lot of fans were upset that the NFC South didn't have a slew of guys selected to the Pro Bowl. But there's an upside to that. USA Today just put out its annual "All-Joe Team", which is a 53-man roster of guys that have never been to the Pro Bow...

Carolina veteran left tackle Jordan Gross showed no signs of wearing down in 2012. Gross appeared in all but four of the Panthers' 1,030 offensive plays. Gross was on the field for a team-high 99.61 percent of the offensive snaps. Let's take a ...

In the end, the Carolina Panthers wound up selecting the right offensive coordinator. Joseph Person reports that quarterbacks coach Mike Shula has been promoted to fill the offensive coordinator spot that came open when Rob Chudzinski was hired as...

Dave Gettleman said almost all the right things as he officially was introduced as the general manager of the Carolina Panthers on Tuesday. He talked about how he's confident how he can work with coach Ron Rivera and staff the team already has in ...