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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...

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.

Let's take a morning jog through the headlines from around the NFC South: ATLANTA FALCONS Although some teams have started signing their draft picks, I don't expect the Falcons to move too quickly in this department. D. Orlando Ledbetter writes...

Let's take a look at some odds and ends from around the division: ATLANTA FALCONS John Manasso throws out the possibility of defensive end Kroy Biermann getting some playing time at outside linebacker, particularly when the Falcons use a 3-4 se...

Time for a look at the Sunday morning headlines from around the NFC South: ATLANTA FALCONS Brian Banks opened rookie minicamp working at middle linebacker. Banks was signed by the Falcons in April. He spent more than five years in prison before...

Time for a run through some odds and ends from around the division: ATLANTA FALCONS Jay Adams reports the Falcons will have 17 prospects in for tryouts during this weekend's rookie minicamp. The list is highlighted by Florida Atlantic quarterba...

Teams have added 254 players in the draft since ESPN's NFL Power Rankings last appeared six weeks ago. We've seen Carson Palmer join the Arizona Cardinals and Darrelle Revis join the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, among other changes involving veteran players...

With the New Orleans Saints' selection of Texas safety Kenny Vaccaro, there's a common assumption that either strong safety Roman Harper or free safety Malcolm Jenkins will be on the way out. But I'm not so sure that's the case. I think the Saints...

The players aren't the only ones being impacted by the New Orleans Saints' switch to a 3-4 defense. General manager Mickey Loomis said the personnel department also is adjusting. "It's changed, there is no question, because we are looking for diff...

Linebacker Scott Fujita signed a one-day contract with the New Orleans Saints on Monday and then announced his retirement after 11 seasons in the NFL.

Breakdown: The Saints may be coming off a losing season, but they still are going to get plenty of national attention. They'll play four games in prime time, including two at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. The Saints' schedule is tied for the second-ha...

With the schedule out, we can gain insight into how the 2013 season will play out, writes Ashley Fox.

One year ago today, the big story in the NFC South was the New Orleans Saints starting their offseason program without quarterback Drew Brees. That came as Brees was looking for a long-term contract and shortly after coach Sean Payton had to leave...

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...

Just when it seemed like the New Orleans Saints were having a calm, peaceful and quiet offseason, along comes this Washington Post story that could change all that. It all stems from the alleged Vicodin scandal in 2009 in which a former Saints sec...

Maybe New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton will be able to sleep a little better now. At the NFL owners meeting last month, Payton said the team's situation at left tackle was something that kept him up a night. The Saints lost last year's startin...