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Todd McShay's final mock draft is out, so let's take a look at the NFC South portion. At No. 14, McShay has the Panthers taking Utah defensive tackle Star Lotulelei. At least in mock drafts, Lotulelei's stock seems to be dropping in recent days....

For the past month or so, the universal opinion in mock drafts seemed to be that the Carolina Panthers would take defensive tackle Sheldon Richardson in the first round, the New Orleans Saints would take a defensive player and the Atlanta Falcons wou...

At this time of year, most mock drafts seem to look pretty similar. But, as I read through Mel Kiper Jr.'s latest Insider offering in which he plays general manager for three rounds, I found one big surprise in the NFC South. Kiper has the Saints...

Time for a cruise through the top morning headlines from around the NFC South: ATLANTA FALCONS In his latest survey of mock drafts, Jay Adams writes that University of Washington cornerback Desmond Trufant seems to be the consensus pick for the...

LSU defensive end/linebacker Barkevious Mingo and Georgia outside linebacker Jarvis Jones are getting tied to the New Orleans Saints in a lot of mock drafts Let's turn to ESPN Stats & Information for a by-the-numbers comparison of the two. ...

Time for a look at the latest headlines from around the NFC South: ATLANTA FALCONS Jay Adams writes that the latest consensus among mock drafts is that the Falcons will take cornerback Desmond Trufant. That makes a lot of sense. Cornerback is t...

Let's take a look at some news and notes from around the division: ATLANTA FALCONS Jay Adams writes that the majority of the latest mock drafts have the Falcons picking either tight end Zach Ertz or cornerback Desmond Trufant with the 30th over...

Time for a run through of some odds and ends from around the division: ATLANTA FALCONS Jay Adams writes that most of the early mock drafts have the Falcons taking a tight end at No. 30. That could happen. But, as I wrote last week, the Falcons ...

A couple of quick programming notes. The Carolina Panthers have announced they have traded running back Mike Goodson to Oakland for offensive tackle Bruce Campbell. Nothing big here. This is simply one backup getting traded for another backup. Cam...

Resident draft experts Mel Kiper and Todd McShay have the latest versions of their mock drafts out. These are Insider posts and you can see Kiper's draft here and McShay's here. The notable thing is that they differ on their picks for the two NFC ...

As the ESPN Blog Network mock draft unfolded, I kept hoping there would be some tumbling defensive ends. That's largely because I was picking for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, New Orleans Saints and Atlanta Falcons, and my opinion is that's the biggest p...

Time for a swing through the NFC South headlines. Looks like most mock drafts and analysts are saying the Carolina Panthers will take Auburn quarterback Cam Newton with the first overall pick. That all goes with the indications the Panthers have s...

Here's your chance to voice your opinion on what the New Orleans Saints should do with their first-round pick. They hold the No. 24 overall choice and most experts are tying them to defensive ends in mock drafts. But the Saints aren't a team that ...

Two weeks from Thursday night, Bank of America Stadium will be the center of the football universe. By this time we usually have a pretty good idea what the team holding the first pick is going to do. Although most of the recent mock drafts have t...

Mel Kiper and Todd McShay, our resident draft gurus, have put out the latest versions of their mock drafts and each is going three rounds deep. They're Insider content, so I'm not allowed to give away everything. But I don't think I'm pushing the ...

Mark Ingram is taking part in the University of Alabama's pro day, and it's worth pondering the running back because his name seems to be connected to some NFC South teams in some mock drafts. There's some logic behind that, although no team in th...