Category: NFC South

Falcons release inactives list for season finale vs. Panthers

Falcons release inactives list for season finale vs. Carolina Panthers

The Atlanta Falcons have released their inactives list for Sunday’s season finale against the Carolina Panthers. Six players, including wide receiver Darnell Mooney, have been ruled out for Week 18.

Mooney is battling a shoulder injury that kept him out of practice on Friday. He will officially end his 2024 campaign just eight yards shy of 1,000 receiving yards (992).

Rookie defensive lineman Brandon Dorlus, cornerback Kevin King and linebacker JD Bertrand have also been ruled out for Sunday’s game.

Falcons Week 18 inactives list

  1. WR Darnell Mooney
  2. DL Brandon Dorlus
  3. CB Kevin King
  4. LB JD Bertrand
  5. OL Elijah Wilkinson
  6. OL Brandon Parker

Sunday’s game kicks off at 1 p.m. ET at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. The Falcons are clinging to slim playoff odds but they just need a win and a loss by the Buccaneers to clinch their first NFC South title since 2016.

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NFL Network provides injury update on Falcons WR Darnell Mooney

NFL Network reporter says Falcons WR Darnell Mooney considered “long shot” to play in season finale vs. Carolina Panthers

It sounds like the Atlanta Falcons may be without wide receiver Darnell Mooney in their season finale against the Carolina Panthers. According to a report from NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport, Mooney is considered a “long shot” to play in Sunday’s game.

The Falcons listed the 27-year-old wide receiver as questionable for Week 18 due to a shoulder injury. While Mooney hasn’t been officially ruled out against Carolina, it’s not looking good roughly 12 hours before kickoff.

Mooney has been a stellar addition to the offense this season and was closing in on the second 1,000-yard campaign of his career. If he can’t play on Sunday, he will finish the year with 64 catches for 992 receiving yards and five touchdowns.

Atlanta signed Mooney to a three-year, $39 million contract in the offseason, which looks like a bargain after the first 16 games. If Mooney is inactive, the team will be forced to lean on Ray-Ray McCloud and KhaDarel Hodge in Week 18.

The Falcons and Panthers face off on Sunday at 1 p.m. ET. If Atlanta defeats Carolina and the New Orleans Saints upset the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the Falcons would clinch their first NFC South title since 2016.

Make sure to check out our latest Falcons mock draft entering the final week of the season.

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NFC South Standings: Saints stun Cowboys, Bucs upset Lions

NFC South standings: Saints stun Cowboys, Bucs upset Lions, Falcons await prime-time matchup vs. Eagles

The Atlanta Falcons may have entered the season as the NFC South favorites but through the first two weeks, they’ve been a distant third at best. On Sunday, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and New Orleans Saints pulled off huge upsets to remain undefeated atop the division.

The Buccaneers held on during a wild fourth quarter for a 20-16 road win over the favored Detroit Lions. The Saints stunned the entire league by going into Dallas and hammering the Cowboys in a 44-19 victory. However, that’s where Sunday’s feel-good story would end for the NFC South.

The Carolina Panthers were handed a 26-3 loss at home by Jim Harbaugh and the Los Angeles Chargers. Second-year quarterback Bryce Young continues to struggle and the 0-2 Panthers have shown few signs of life this season.

The Falcons will play the Philadelphia Eagles in the final game of Week 2 on ESPN’s Monday Night Football. Atlanta is a six-point underdog but the Eagles have ruled out star wide receiver A.J. Brown. Check out the updated NFC South standings below:

Win Loss Pct PF PA
Saints 2 0 1.000 91 29
Bucs 2 0 1.000 57 36
Falcons 0 1 .000 10 18
Panthers 0 2 .000 13 73

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2023 NFL Record Predictions: The NFC South

Touchdown Wire’s Natalie Miller continues her 2023 record predictions with an in-depth look at the NFC South.

With rosters all but set and preseason but a short few weeks ahead of us, it is time to dive into the heart of the NFL and predict some records! Today we are looking at one of the most open and intriguing divisions with the NFC South and seeing where we think everyone will end up when all is said and done.

One Amazon Prime Day deal for fans of each NFL team in 2023

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Derek Carr: Who Dat new quarterback in New Orleans?

Derek Carr has signed with the New Orleans Saints, and Laurie Fitzpatrick dives into the tape to detail what that means.

The first quarterback domino fell before the NFL’s 2023 league year when the New Orleans Saints signed former Raiders quarterback Derek Carr to a four-year, $150 million contract with $100 million guaranteed.

This was actually a great move by New Orleans, not because Carr is a fantastic quarterback but he’s certainly better than Jameis Winston, and he instantly becomes the best quarterback in a weak NFC South.

There weren’t a ton of other, or better options out there. The argument is valid that Carr hasn’t won a playoff game, and he also couldn’t win with Davante Adams, but in reality, Carr has had six head coaches in his nine-year tenure. and three in his last two years. His first three years with the same head coach, he appeared in three pro bowls (2015-2017)…

…and guess which team the coach that drafted him (Dennis Allen) is with now — yep, you guessed it, the New Orleans Saints.

Can Carr be the quarterback he was drafted to be? A few things need to happen for that to manifest, so let’s dive into his current situation and what has to happen for him to turn his career around.

The entire NFC South finishes season below .500

The regular season is over and the entire NFC South is below .500

It is almost fitting.

In a season that has seen the NFC South be anything from ordinary to abysmal, the Atlanta Falcons downed the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday, 30-17.

And you know what that means: Tom Brady and his Buccaneers teammates are division champions, and will get a home playoff game, despite finishing at 8-9.

The Falcons trailed in the Week 18 contest 17-13 before scoring the game’s final 17 points. Brady did exit the game early after going 13-for-17 for 84 yards and a TD,

The only redeeming part of the final week of the regular season for the NFC South was Eddy Pineiro had the decency to hit a 42-yard field goal as time expired in the other division game to give the Panthers a 10-7 victory over the New Orleans Saints.

Overtime would have been an affront to humanity.

The Saints, Panthers, and Falcons all finished 7-10.

The Bucs can flex their division crown muscles at 8-9.

 

There isn’t a team in the AFC and NFC South divisions over .500

The AFC South and NFC South are embarrassing in 2022

The putrid play in the South divisions of the NFL in 2022 has been noted, over and over.

However, the divisions have gone about as South as teams can go.

After the results of Week 15, none of the 8 teams in the AFC South and NFC South are over .500.

That was sealed when Cameron Dicker kicked a field goal Sunday to lift the Los Angeles Chargers over the Tennessee Titans.

Mike Vrabel’s Titans are 7-7. They lead the 6-8 Jacksonville Jaguars by a game with the embarrassing Indianapolis Colts at 4-9-1 and the Houston Texans languishing in last at 1-12-1.

In the NFC South, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers collapsed against the Cincinnati Bengals to fall to 6-8. Trailing Tom Brady & Co. are the Carolina Panthers, New Orleans Saints, and Atlanta Falcons, who are each 5-9.

The NFC South collectively is 21-35, a .375 win percentage.

The AFC South is 18-36-2, somehow a lower percentage.

And not only will a team from each of these divisions wind up with a playoff spot, but each will also have a home playoff game.

Ooof.

The entire NFC South is below .500

The NFC South has gone South with a combined record of 10-18

Move over, AFC South that’s because the NFC South has usurped you as the worst division in the NFL.

After the Week 7 results, every team in the NFC South is below .500.

And that includes the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Their quarterback, Tom Brady, is 3-4 for the first time since 2002 with the Patriots. The GOAT was also 3-4 in 2001.

The ugly truth:

  • The Buccaneers are 3-4, as stated.
  • The Atlanta Falcons are 3-4, after losing to Cincinnati.
  • The New Orleans Saints are 2-5 after losing to the Arizona Cardinals.
  • The Panthers are 2-5.

That is a combined 10-18 record for a division that has a second-year head coach in Atlanta’s Arthur Smith, first-year head coaches Dennis Allen (New Orleans) and Todd Bowles (Tampa Bay), and an interim coach in Carolina’s Steve Wilks, who took over after Matt Rhule was fired.

 

 

Amazon Prime Day NFL Deals: One gift for fans of each NFL team

The holidays have come early for NFL fans thanks to Amazon Prime’s Early Access Sale.

While Prime Day has come and gone for 2022, Amazon is giving Prime members another reason to be thankful this holiday season.

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