All Entries in the "NFC South" Category
Buccaneers Asst. DL Coach Arrested for DUI
Tampa Bay Buccaneers assistant defensive line coach Chris Mosley was arrested late Tuesday night and charged with driving under the influence of alcohol, Josh Politlove of The Tampa Tribune reports. Mosley was pulled over after running a red light, and police detected alcohol on his breath. Mosley was placed under arrest after failing a field [...]
Buccaneers CB Aqib Talib Suspended One Game
Tampa Bay Buccaneers cornerback Aqib Talib has been suspended for one game by the National Football League for violating the league’s personal conduct policy, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports. Talib was arrested on August 19 after assaulting a Tampa cab driver who was transporting Talib from a St. Petersburg club to his Tampa hotel room. Talib [...]
Falcons Complete Roster Cutdown
The Atlanta Falcons have terminated the contract of veteran safety Matt Giordano and “Waived/Injured” defensive tackle Thomas Johnson. Giordano (5-11, 200) signed with the Falcons in March after spending 2009 with the Green Bay Packers. In his five-year career, the first four which spent with the Indianapolis Colts, Giordano has totaled 82 tackles (27 on [...]
Panthers Place LB Thomas Davis on “Reserve/PUP”
As part of cutting their roster to 75 players, the Carolina Panthers placed linebacker Thomas Davis on “Reserve/PUP”, reports Darin Gantt of the Charlotte Observer. Davis tore the ACL in his right knee during a non-contract drill during an “Organized Team Activity” session in June. Davis had torn the same knee ligament last November. A [...]
Buccaneers Release RB Derrick Ward
Rick Stroud of the St. Petersburg Times reports the Tampa Bay Buccaneers have released running back Derrick Ward. Ward rushed for just 409 yards, with 20 receptions for 150 yards as a receiver in 2009, the first season of a four-year, $17 million contract he signed with the Buccaneers last off-season. Ward ran for 1,025 [...]
Saints Asst. DL Coach Suspended Without Pay
New Orleans Saints assistant defensive line coach Travis Jones has been suspended 30 days without pay for his role in a real estate scam in Texas, the Associated Press reports. “Coach Jones has accepted responsibility for his actions and has cooperated with the investigation of this matter and will also be participating in a program [...]
No Surgery for Saints LB Jonathan Vilma
New Orleans Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma visited on Monday with Dr. William Meyers, a Philadelphia-based sports hernia specialist, who confirmed that surgery on Vilma’s groin was not required. “We knew before he flew out this morning that the type of injury he had was not going to be a sports hernia surgery,” Saints head coach [...]
Panthers Sign G Tim Duckworth
The Carolina Panthers have signed free agent offensive lineman Tim Duckworth, reports Darin Gantt of the Charlotte Observer. Duckworth (6-4, 318) has had stints with the Philadelphia Eagles, Denver Broncos, and New Orleans Saints since going undrafted out of Auburn in 2009. The Saints released Duckworth last Thursday. Tweet
Saints Re-Sign DT Kendrick Clancy
Free agent defensive tackle Kendrick Clancy has re-signed with the New Orleans Saints, Clancy’s agent, Ron Del Duca, announced on Twitter. Financial terms of the one-year deal were not disclosed. The 6-1, 305-pound Clancy spent the last three seasons with the Saints, totaling 52 tackles and 2.5 quarterback sacks before placing on season-ending injured reserve [...]
Falcons Waive Derricks, Ortmann
The Atlanta Falcons have waived undrafted rookies safety Gabe Derricks and offensive lineman Mark Ortmann, Jay Adams of AtlantaFalcons.com reports. Derricks (6-1, 190) played his college ball at San Diego, and spent the OTAs and mini-camp with the Falcons before being waived in June. The Falcons re-signed Derricks on August 15, and he was credited [...]
Panthers DE Hilee Taylor Has Knee Scoped
Carolina Panthers defensive end Hilee Taylor is scheduled to have arthroscopic surgery on one of his knees, Darin Gantt of the Charlotte Observer reports. Taylor has one tackle in one pre-season game this summer, and is on the bubble of the Panthers’ roster. Taylor went unmentioned in Gantt’s article earlier this week about the Panthers’ [...]
Buccaneers Waive K Hunter Lawrence
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have waived rookie kicker Hunter Lawrence, reports Adam Caplan of FOXSports.com. An undrafted free agent from the University of Texas, Lawrence missed his lone field goal attempt and kick off once, driving the ball a yard deep into the Kansas City Chiefs’ end zone last Saturday night. With Lawrence waived, Connor [...]
Panthers OT Kirk Barton Retires
Carolina Panthers offensive tackle Kirk Barton has apparently retired, Darin Gantt of the Charlotte Observer reports. Barton, who the Panthers claimed off waivers from the Denver Broncos on Tuesday, was not at practice today. Barton appeared in one game for the Chicago Bears, who selected him in the seventh-round of the 2008 NFL Draft out [...]
Saints QB Patrick Ramsey to See Extended Action on Friday Night
New Orleans Saints quarterback Chase Daniel made his case to be the top back-up to Drew Brees last Saturday night, completing 15-of-21 pass attempts for 182 yards, with three touchdowns and an interceptions for a 117.5 passer rating. Saints quarterback Patrick Ramsey, a former first-round pick who was signed to be an experienced back-up to [...]
Fujita’s Heart Remains in New Orleans
Linebacker Scott Fujita signed a three-year, $14 million with the Cleveland Browns this off-season, but his heart remains in New Orleans. Fujita, 31, spent four seasons with the New Orleans Saints, signing as a free agent in March of 2006, seven months after Hurricane Katrina. “It looked like a bomb went off,” Fujita told the [...]
