NFC South News

There's an intense NFL rivalry between the Falcons and Saints in the NFC South. but an Atlanta radio station took it several steps too far on Monday morning.

Last season, the Carolina Panthers were originally seen as a team to keep an eye on when it came to sleepers who could possibly make a surprise playoff run.

Steve Smith was the featured Panther player on the NFL Network Total Access series 32 teams in 32 days.

Gannett Co. said Thursday that it has agreed to buy Belo Corp., the parent company that owns WWL-TV Channel 4 in New Orleans and other stations and newspapers acorss the country.

Time for a look at some team-by-team highlights from Friday's NFC South chat: ATLANTA FALCONS Bobby G : I expected after Clabo's official June 1st exit that Atlanta would have made one last move, has Ryan's contract moved to a higher priority from three weesk ago ? Pat Yasinskas: Still think you could see something with Richard Seymour .

Former Alabama Crimson Tide defensive back Robert Lester could be starting for Carolina come fall.

After an 0-4 start to the 2012 season, the New Orleans Saints began to hit their stride, winning five of their next six contests with an NFC South title in mind.

After three spectacular record-breaking seasons in a row, Drew Brees and the New Orleans Saints cooled off a bit in 2012.

Since their last postseason appearance, the Panthers drafted Cam Newton, who won the 2011 Offensive Rookie of the Year Award and Luke Kuechly, who led the league in tackles on the way to winning Defensive Rookie of the Year in 2012.

The road to making the playoffs starts inside your division. Balance reigned supreme in the NFC South last year, the only division where all four teams finished 3-3.

I'm about to head out to watch the second day of Carolina's minicamp and will be back with more on the Panthers this afternoon.

Bucky Brooks says the Buccaneers are primed to contend for the NFC South title after revamping a woeful secondary.

When it comes to building an NFL roster, hierarchies vary from team to team. Some organizations are driven by general managers, others by owners, a few by head coaches -- and of course, many franchises divvy up checks and balances.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers invited a lot of speculation about their quarterback position this year when they drafted third-round pick Mike Glennon .

The standard line in the NFL - and sports in general - is that every game counts, but some are certainly more crucial than others.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. I've spent most of the day gathering information from the Carolina Panthers' minicamp that will be used in posts over the next few days.

Individual tickets to the Sunday, Sept. 15 game against the New Orleans Saints will go on sale on to the public on Wednesday, June 19, several weeks before the rest of the 2013 slate is available The Tampa Bay Buccaneers announced Monday that, starting at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, June 19, tickets for the team's September 15 regular-season home opener ... (more)

I just got settled into temporary NFC South Blog headquarters where I'll be covering the minicamp for the Carolina Panthers that starts Tuesday.

Let's take a run through the top headlines from the weekend: ATLANTA FALCONS Daniel Cox writes the Falcons have been working a lot on their no-huddle offense in the offseason program.

As the Falcons and Football supremely hated "dead zone" rolls on, it's time to start thinking about the actual upcoming season in terms of opponents and schedule.