Atlanta Falcons 2012 Schedule Analysis

The Athlon staff breaks down each and every schedule for the 2012 NFL season.

Scheduling plays a huge role in the outcome of every NFL season. So the Athlon NFL editors will spend the next month dissecting each and every week of the 2012 slate for all 32 teams in the league.

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Tampa Bay Buccaneers 2012 Schedule Analysis

The Athlon staff breaks down each and every schedule for the 2012 NFL season.

Scheduling plays a huge role in the outcome of every NFL season. So the Athlon NFL editors will spend the next month dissecting each and every week of the 2012 slate for all 32 teams in the league.

Tampa Bay Bucs 2012 Schedule:

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New Orleans Saints 2012 Schedule Analysis

The Athlon staff breaks down each and every schedule for the 2012 NFL season.

Scheduling plays a huge role in the outcome of every NFL season. So the Athlon NFL editors will spend the next month dissecting each and every week of the 2012 slate for all 32 teams in the league.

New Orleans Saints 2012 Schedule:

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Drew Brees Breaks Dan Marino's Single Season Passing Record (Video)

The Saints quarterback now holds one of the NFL's most coveted records

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Harry Douglas Will Be Your Fantasy Savior This Week

The Atlanta Falcons wide receiver will have a breakout game on Sunday

Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Julio Jones missed three straight days of practice this week with the injured hamstring that forced the rookie out of the Falcons’ Week 10 game against New Orleans. It was the same hamstring injury that had made Jones a questionable play leading up to the Saints game. And now his availability today against the Tennessee Titans is highly in doubt.

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NFL Predictions for Ravens Steelers, Jets Bills and Three Other Playoff-Implicating Games

There are five huge games this Sunday. Who will come out on top?

Every team in the NFL will have reached their halfway point of the season by the time this weekend’s games are finished, which means we are about to be officially in the stretch run. And the timing couldn’t be better. There are several games this weekend that could set the tone for the entire second half.

There are some huge division battles, key tests for top teams, and a few last chances for teams hoping to remain the playoff race. Nothing will be settled this weekend of course, but a whole lot of things will become much clearer.

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Cam Newton: Record-Breaking Rookie

Carolina's Cam Newton has more passing yards than any QB other than Tom Brady.

By Nathan Rush

Panthers rookie Cam Newton held the NFL record for passing yards in Weeks 1 and 2 for about three hours, before Patriots three-time Super Bowl champion Tom Brady raised the bar even higher later in the afternoon.

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5 Overreactions from the NFL's Week 1

As we prepare for Week 2, which teams are for real and which teams are not.

By RALPH VACCHIANO

In 2003, the New England Patriots released popular safety Lawyer Milloy, causing an uproar up in Foxboro, Mass. He promptly signed with the Buffalo Bills, and together they hammered the Pats 31-0 on Opening Day. Tom Brady was picked off four times.

The Patriots looked like their NFL dynasty would never get started. The Bills looked like they had recaptured their glory days.

The Bills finished 6-10 that season. The Patriots finished 14-2 and won the Super Bowl.

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The NFC South Leads the Way in QB Play

With Cam Newton's big splash, the NFC South is stacked with top quarterbacks

By Josh Kipnis

This past weekend, we all witnessed history as Cam Newton of the Carolina Panthers broke the record for most passing yards in a quarterback’s NFL debut. Even with his astonishing 110.4 passer rating, 2 TD, 422-yard performance, Newton still has a long way to go before he can claim kingship over the division. With Drew Brees, Matt Ryan, and Josh Freeman leading the other three teams in the NFC South, 2011 should be a very promising year for this division.

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Carolina Panthers 2011 NFL Team Preview

We take a look at the Panthers rebuilding year with Cam Newton.

The Panthers dropped off a cliff in 2010, falling to an NFL-worst 2–14 mark and setting numerous team records for offensive futility. As you would expect when a team performs that poorly, much is new for 2011. New coach Ron Rivera — who interviewed for 10 head coaching jobs before finally being hired by Carolina — is determined to turn things around in the aftermath of the John Fox era.