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NFC South News and Rumors

With his rookie season done, Cam Newton is already looking for more

Doug Farrar, yahoo.com

INDIANAPOLIS -- Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton may not have had the best Pro Bowl anybody can remember, but it's hard to remember anything else that didn't come up roses for the 2011 first-overall draft pick. With a Panthers team that may have…

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Let's take a look at the day's top headlines from around the division. New Orleans quarterback Drew Brees says he expects to have a new contract before free agency opens in mid-March. That would be a good idea. If Brees were to somehow hit the free-agen…

Evan Silva, profootballtalk.com

Falcons tight end Tony Gonzalez signed a one-year, $7 million extension on January 1, and the new deal spanned only one year for good reason. Gonzalez plans to call it a career after 2012. Tentatively, at least. “One year,” Gonzalez replied when asked…

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Unless you’re a die-hard fan of the New Orleans Saints, you might not even know who Jed Collins is. That’s understandable because a season in which you compile four carries for four yards and two touchdowns and catch 11 passes for 50 yards and two tou…

Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com

Saints tight end Jimmy Graham is in Indianapolis this week talking less about football than about his childhood, when he suffered from abuse and spent time in the foster system. Graham, whose life story will be featured as part of a documentary on the U…

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Mel Kiper usually does a great job of helping us look ahead to the draft. But, in this Insider post, he takes a look back. Kiper has his rankings of the top 20 rookies in the 2011 season, and the NFC South plays a prominent role. In a development that s…

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By the end of the day Saturday, Rickey Jackson could have some company. At the moment, Jackson is the only player to have spent most of his career with the New Orleans Saints that is in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. That could change very soon because …

nydailynews.com

When new Rutgers coach Kyle Flood looks back at this year’s heralded recruiting class, he can thank 6-4, 245-pound defensive end Darius Hamilton from Don Bosco Prep in Ramsey, N.J. for giving him the stamp of approval needed to hold this special group t…