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Time for a look at the top Friday morning headlines from around the division: ATLANTA FALCONS Coach Mike Smith said Jacquizz Rodgers has shown he has what it takes to be a feature back. This could be the week that actually happens. The Falcons ...

On Monday, Football Outsiders didn't have a lot of flattering things to say about the New Orleans Saints' young talent. Tuesday, Football Outsiders is singing the praises of New Orleans defensive end Martez Wilson. He's ranked No. 2 on a list of ...

Let's take a look at the top Wednesday morning headlines from around the NFC South. Jacksonville's hiring of Atlanta offensive coordinator Mike Mularkey as head coach probably means Carolina offensive coordinator Rob Chudzkinski will be staying wi...

Three nuggets of knowledge about Sunday's Falcons-Giants playoff game: Not a hard road. The Falcons aren't known as a great road team, especially when they have to play outdoors. But traveling to MetLife Stadium shouldn't be as frightening as many...

Three things to know about next Sunday's Atlanta Falcons-New York Giants wild-card game. 1. Take the next step. Since arriving together in 2008, coach Mike Smith and quarterback Matt Ryan have produced four consecutive winning seasons. That's grea...

Drew Brees is on pace to break all sorts of passing records. Darren Sproles might be the best free-agent pickup of the year, and Jimmy Graham is well on his way to becoming the best tight end in the NFL. Oh, and let's not forget a group of receive...

Lloyd in Baton Rouge, LA writes: I just wanted to say I disagree with who you chose for the Saints in the bloggers mock draft. I personally don't like Carlos Dunlap for his work ethic. I think Everson Griffen or maybe even Daryl Washington out of TCU...

Each Wednesday leading up to the NFL draft (April 22-24), the ESPN.com blog network will take a division-by-division look at key aspects of the draft. Today's topic: Dream scenario/Plan B. Atlanta Falcons Dream scenario: They get Michigan defen...

As you probably already have seen, we rolled out the Blog Network mock draft this morning. Just wanted to share some thoughts with you on my picks. I felt pretty confident taking Gerald McCoy at No. 3 for the Buccaneers. In other words, there's a ...

Rum in New Orleans writes: Many times fans claim their team/owner is cheap, but do they really check out the League payroll levels? I guess this is directed at the Bucs, but folks used to claim Mr. Benson was cheap because of the level of our FAs -- ...

I spent a large chunk of the last three weeks working on this story on defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul. I got assigned the draft profile on the University of South Florida product mainly because I live close to the college and not for any real NFC So...

After only one season at South Florida, defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul has emerged as a first-round pick, writes Pat Yasinskas.

I just got off the phone with South Florida Bulls defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul for a draft profile story that's going to run in a few days. Anybody want to guess where Pierre-Paul was Thursday? The answer is Tampa. That's hardly surprising beca...

TAMPA, Fla. -- It's obvious we can't be at every pro day around the country. But there was one almost literally in the backyard of NFC South Blog headquarters on Tuesday, so I went and checked it out. My main purpose was to work ahead on an upcomi...

I'm about to head over to the University of South Florida campus, which literally is about three turns from my home, to watch pro day. Obviously, defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul is the main attraction. But I'll keep an eye on the other Bulls, incl...

I'm going to be heading out to the University of South Florida's pro day workouts in Tampa on Tuesday. Obviously, the big name there will be defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul. He's projected as a first-round pick and some say he could go in the top ...