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Atlanta Falcons Coach Mike Smith reveals the process of persuading Tony Gonzalez to return to the Falcons for one more season, including a personal visit to Gonzalez' home in California. Five finalists, according to the Atlanta Business Chronic...

All four NFC South general managers like to talk about the importance of building through the draft and they mean it. But the reality is that there is only one NFC South team that ranks among the league leaders when it comes to building through th...

Time for a run through the morning headlines from around the division: ATLANTA FALCONS Coach Mike Smith said he believes the NFC South has the strongest quartet of starting quarterbacks of any division. He might be right. We know Drew Brees and...

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...

Atlanta Falcons Coach Mike Smith said running back Jacquizz Rodgers is one player who took advantage of his role with the team in 2012. "We thought he was only going to be a change-of-pace back," Smith said. "We found out very quickly that even th...

SCRANTON, PA. -- I've been working out of temporary NFC South blog headquarters here as I tend to a family matter. I'll be out of pocket this evening and all day Tuesday. Our editors will post a roundup and anything else of note Tuesday and I'll b...

Let's take a team-by-team look at the highlights from Friday's NFC South chat: TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS Darin (Louisville): Hey Pat I heard the bucs want to bring in another qb to compete with Freeman. Why? He did break a few franchise records. Ove...

Atlanta Falcons Matt Ryan, Mike Smith, Thomas Dimitroff -- all were new to the Falcons in 2008. Daniel Cox of atlantafalcons.com takes a look back at the team's new brass and their defining '08 draft class. Falcons owner Arthur Blank has been s...

NEW ORLEANS -- Let's take a run through the headlines from around the division: ATLANTA FALCONS Mike Smith was named Coach of the Year by The Sporting News. Smith also won the honor in the 2008 and 2010 seasons. That puts him with Paul Brown, C...

Time for an afternoon look at some odds and ends from around the division: TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS Scott Reynolds mentions Florida State cornerback Xavier Rhodes, LSU linebacker/defensive end Barkevious Mingo and Texas A&M defensive end Damont...

The passion of NFC South fans never ceases to amaze me. Although the Falcons don't play until next week (and we don't know yet who they'll play) and the other three teams are done for the season, Friday's NFC South chat was even more active than a...

Time for a run through the top headlines from around the NFC South: ATLANTA FALCONS When the Falcons had the first-round bye back in the 2010 season, coach Mike Smith gave his team some time off. Although Smith usually is a creature of habit, h...

Let's take a run through some odds and ends from around the division: ATLANTA FALCONS Offensive coordinator Dirk Koetter isn't the only Atlanta assistant getting attention as a possible head coach. Special teams coach Keith Armstrong reportedly...

The New Orleans Saints already have set a new NFL record for yards allowed in a season, but they lead the Carolina Panthers, 17-13, at halftime. That's largely due to Jonathan Vilma's interception return for a touchdown on a Cam Newton pass in the...

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 run through the top headlines from around the division: ATLANTA FALCONS Jeff Schultz writes that it generally takes a great coach and a great quarterback to win a Super Bowl, and he then ranks the top coach-quarterback combinations...