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The "Madden NFL 25" cover voting has arrived with a twist. Instead of including only current players, one "legend" from each team is included. One current player from each team also is on the ballot. Let's start with the NFC South legends. Fo...

DETROIT -- With some help from ESPN Stats & Information and the Falcons' media relations department, let's take a by-the-numbers look back at how Atlanta defeated Detroit, 31-18, Saturday night at Ford Field. The Falcons won for the fourth ti...

The season hasn't even started yet, but the question about Matt Ryan's status among NFL quarterbacks already is heating up. In a television appearance, Atlanta general manager Thomas Dimitroff was asked if Ryan is a top-10 quarterback. Dimitroff s...

All the talk about Drew Brees' quest for a new contract that will make him the highest-paid player in the NFL got me thinking about quarterback salaries and average per year. It remains very likely that, sometime between now and Monday afternoon, ...

Check out this Insider post by Trent Dilfer. He ranks the NFL's quarterbacks, starters and even some backups, although Jimmy Clausen didn't quite make the list. Dilfer breaks the quarterbacks down into seven categories and I don't think anyone wil...

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Before we get to the playoff game between the Falcons and Giants, let's take a look back at the highlights from New Orleans' victory against Detroit on Saturday night. Let's start with some numbers from ESPN Stats & In...

Thoughts on the New Orleans Saints' 45-28 victory against the Detroit Lions at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome on Saturday night. What it means: It wasn't quite as easy as the final score would suggest. The Lions led early and much of the game was com...

The NFC South already has made history in the regular season. But there's more to come in the playoffs. When the Detroit Lions and New Orleans Saints play on Saturday night, it will represent a meeting of the two quarterbacks with the most combine...

Three nuggets of knowledge about Saturday's Lions-Saints playoff game: The Graham Factor: You can make the case that New Orleans tight end Jimmy Graham isn't really a tight end. He might be more of a wide receiver in a tight end's body and that's ...

Three things to know about next weekend's New Orleans Saints-Detroit Lions wild-card game. 1. Saints need to ride their momentum. New Orleans has not lost since an Oct. 30 game at St. Louis, and the Saints have looked dominant in that time. Their ...

Congratulations to the Atlanta Falcons. They have blown past the 60-yard mark on screen passes for the season. Yep, the Falcons now have completed 14 of 16 screen passes for 62 yards, according to ESPN Stats & Information. They've all been thr...

NEW ORLEANS -- We've known for quite some time that the New Orleans Saints' offense could probably score enough to stay with an NBA team if it needed to. Defense, though, hasn't exactly been a strong point during the Sean Payton era. Heck, you get...

If the Pro Bowl were held now and selected only by what has taken place so far in fan balloting, the NFC South would not be sending much of a contingent to Hawaii. The NFL makes periodic announcements about who is leading the fan voting and the la...

Thoughts on the Carolina Panthers' 49-35 loss to the Detroit Lions on Sunday at Ford Field: What it means: Remember when the Panthers were scoring moral victories every week early in the season? Well, they're back at it. But this one had the poten...

ATLANTA -- I'm in the Georgia Dome press box, where I'm watching the games between Tampa Bay and Green Bay and Detroit and Carolina. It's extremely early, but Carolina's off to a good start. The Panthers already have intercepted Matthew Stafford ...

Moments after the Tampa Bay Buccaneers got thumped 31-9 by the Houston Texans on Sunday, quarterback Josh Freeman shared this thought with the media: "I think I'm a better quarterback than I was last year," Freeman said. OK, are you done laughi...