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Even as Sean Payton tried to make the best of his one-season bounty banishment from the NFL by spending time with his children, getting in shape and playing golf, he often compared his punishment to prison time.

A look at key players for each NFC South team who are coming back from injuries: Atlanta Falcons: Bradie Ewing was ticketed for the starting fullback job as a rookie last season. But he suffered a season-ending knee injury in the preseason, and th...

Time for our morning run through the top headlines from around the division: ATLANTA FALCONS National Football Post lists running back Steven Jackson as one of its top comeback fantasy players for the upcoming season. Jackson should be an excel...

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...

For those of you that read this blog regularly, you know I see LSU defensive end/linebacker Barkevious Mingo and Georgia linebacker Jarvis Jones as the two most logical draft possibilities for the New Orleans Saints at No. 15. My thinking hasn't c...

Here is how I see the New Orleans Saints' starting lineup as they head toward the NFL draft: OFFENSE WR Marques Colston LT Charles Brown LG Jahri Evans C Brian De La Puente RG Ben Grubbs RT Zach Strief TE Jimmy Graham WR La...

The New Orleans Saints have announced signed restricted free agent long snapper Justin Drescher to a four-year contract.

Jonathan Vilma and Will Smith took a combined cut in pay of nearly $10 million in order to stay with the New Orleans Saints. I just got a look at the official details of the contract restructuring by the two veterans, and these aren't the typical ...

The New Orleans Saints have found a way to keep veteran linebacker Jonathan Vilma and defensive end Will Smith while still getting under the salary cap. Larry Holder reports the Saints have restructured the contracts of Vilma and Smith, who were s...

The New Orleans Saints have restructured the contracts of linebacker Jonathan Vilma and defensive end Will Smith, sources told ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter.

We heard Friday night the New Orleans Saints had placed the second-round tender on restricted free agent Chris Ivory. But the running back isn't the only one getting that tender. Center Brian de la Puente and defensive end Junior Galette also have...

Time for a look at some odds, ends and headlines from around the division: ATLANTA FALCONS Recently released defensive end John Abraham issued a statement thanking the organization and fans. Abraham also said he wants to play several more years...

Precisely a year ago, one of the most sordid scandals in the history of sports fell upon us out of the blue. On this afternoon a year ago, the NFL sent out a scathing report that said the New Orleans Saints had run a three-year bounty program wit...

Gary Horton and Field Yates take a look at the team philosophy, offseason needs and a key free-agent move for the New Orleans Saints.

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How Roger Goodell made the NFL bigger, richer and more powerful -- and now more divided -- than ever before.

Time for a quick run through the headlines from around the division: ATLANTA FALCONS D. Orlando Ledbetter writes about how the Falcons will continue to build through the draft. He also mentions that the Falcons have had internal discussions abo...