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With Fujita gone, Saints dive into free agency (AP)

12
Mar

Saints general manager Mickey Loomis says the club could be in the market for a defensive end now that New Orleans is free to pursue free agents from other teams. Loomis says the Saints were hamstrung by the NFL's "final four" rule for an uncapped season. The rule limits which free agents may be signed by teams that played in conference title games until they've lost free agents...

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Buccaneers Team Report (Yahoo! Sports)

12
Mar

The Bucs finally made a move for a veteran receiver.

Tampa Bay acquired Eagles receiver Reggie Brown for a sixth round pick in 2011.

The 29-year-old Brown originally was a second-round pick in 2005 out of Georgia and very productive early in his career. But he slipped steadily on the Eagles' depth chart the past two seasons and was their fifth receiver. Brown was inactive for the first two games of the 2009 season, starting just one game when Jeremy Maclin was injured.

Brown caught only nine passes for 155 yards and no touchdowns last season. In 2008, Brown was plagued by injuries and lost his starting job to DeSean Jackson. Eventually, he fell behind Jason Avant and Kevin Curtis and was inactive for their NFC playoff game against the Cardinals.

Contrast the...

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Panthers Team Report (Yahoo! Sports)

12
Mar

Nine of the 22 starters from last year's team are gone.

What we saw last Friday was the beginning of a youth movement, a purging of 30-something-year-old players with an eye toward the future. The team parted ways with quarterback Jake Delhomme, defensive tackles Damione Lewis and Maake Kemoeatu and linebackers Na'il Diggs and Landon Johnson and figure to replace them with younger players. A few days later, they dumped 33-year-old fullback Brad Hoover, leaving them with only three players older than 30 and two of those are kickers. Steve Smith, 30, is the only positional player who isn't in his twenties.

It was the result of self-scouting and a self-realization that they were beginning to get a little old at some positions.

Last year the Panthers sensed, erroneously...

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Falcons Team Report (Yahoo! Sports)

12
Mar

New Falcons cornerback Dunta Robinson followed around the opposition's top receiver last season while playing in Houston.

The Falcons, under head coach Mike Smith and defensive coordinator Brian VanGorder, have not move their cornerbacks around.

Robinson said his preference is to play on the right said.

"I prefer to play the right side because that's the side that I always played," Robinson said. "But I don't mind moving around. I've played all over the field. I've played inside and outside on both sides of the field. I love playing right, but wherever these coaches need me, that's where I'm willing to go."

Last season, Brian Williams opened the season on the left side and Chris Houston started on the right.

At the end of the season, rookie Christopher...

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Saints Team Report (Yahoo! Sports)

12
Mar

The Saints, who have already lost one key starter from a defense that shut down Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning in the final three quarters of Super Bowl XLIV, could lose another one in free agency.

All indications are that the Saints, who lost strong-side linebacker Scott Fujita to the Cleveland Browns last week, want All-Pro free safety Darren Sharper back. But it seems that Sharper is getting a little antsy while waiting for something to get done.

Sharper recently had minor surgery to clean out a knee that swelled up on occasion last season and has not been able to make any free agent visits. But he told the New Orleans Times-Picayune last week that he's ready to make a few potential visits next week when he can move around and get on a plane.

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Carolina signs Moore to 1-year deal, declares him starting quaterback (The Canadian Press)

12
Mar

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Matt Moore has signed his one-year, US$3.043 million tender with the Carolina Panthers, who have declared him the starting quarterback going into training camp.

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QB Moore signs 1-year tender with Panthers (AP)

11
Mar

Matt Moore has signed his one-year, $3.043 million tender with the Carolina Panthers, who have declared him the starting quarterback going into training camp. Moore's agent, Lynn Lashbrook, says Moore preferred to sign the tender than test the free agency market. Thursday's move comes a week after the Panthers released longtime starter Jake Delhomme.

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