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Six New Orleans Saints players were listed on Thursday's Injury Report for their NFC Divisional Playoff game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

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By Amos Morale III | WWL

The Atlanta Falcons appeared to be ready to make Saints VP/assistant general manager of pro personnel Terry Fontenot the franchise’s next GM, according to a report from the NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport.


Per the report, the Falcons won’t make it official until the Saints playoff run is complete.

Fontenot has spent the last 16 years with the Saints and the last six as director of pro personnel. He’s been a popular name among GM searches this season as he’s interviewed with the Denver Broncos, and Detroit Lions as well.

Saints coach Sean Payton said earlier this month that Fontenot, who’s helped the Saints land quality free agents in recent years like Demario Davis, Emmanuel Sanders and Latavius Murray, has several traits that will translate to him being a good GM. ...

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By Brett Martel| AP

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — For all the extraordinary talent the Saints and Buccaneers have at quarterback, running back and receiver, defensive end Cameron Jordan figures that what happens in the trenches will be the decisive factor in their divisional-round playoff clash.

Recent history backs him up.

The Saints’ defensive front was in Tom Brady’s face constantly in both meetings during the regular season. The Saints won each by double digits, the last a 38-3 rout in Tampa Bay in Week 9.

“If you say, ‘What’s the most important part of any game,’ I’m going to say, ’Physicality with the D-line and how we affect the quarterback,” Jordan asserted after practice Wednesday.

Five of the 12 interceptions Brady threw in his first season with Tampa Bay came in against the Saints. One came on a ball deflected at the line of scrimmage by defensive ends Marcus Davenport and Jordan before being caught by defensive tackle David Onyemata. he Saints also sacked Brady six times this season.

Saints coach Sean Payton called the effect New Orleans’ defensive line had on the previous victories over Tampa Bay “significant.” ...

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By Bill Barnwell | ESPN

If you thought the 2020 NFL season was weird, just wait for 2021. While we all hope that the league won't be as significantly impacted by COVID-19 as it was during a stop-and-start 2020 campaign, one of the financial effects of the pandemic will still be felt next season. The salary cap has been steadily rising over the last decade, but in 2021, the baseline cap number every team starts its offseason with will fall from the previously expected mark of $210 million to a new expectation of $175 million, a 16.7% drop.

Some teams have made preparations in recent weeks for the cap decline, but just about every long-term contract signed over the past few years was structured under the idea that the cap was going to continue rising. As a result, we're going to see teams placed in unfamiliar situations this offseason. There will be less money to go around for free agents, and veterans on rosters with unguaranteed deals might have to choose between taking a pay cut or being pushed onto the open market. It's going to be messy.

With that in mind, I've gone through the 14 playoff teams and taken a look at the players who might not be back on their rosters in 2021, along with projected cap space numbers from Spotrac. ...

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