Changes in the NFC South
ATLANTA FALCONS
Players Lost – OLB Michael Boley (N.Y. Giants), OLB Keith Brooking (Dallas), CB Domonique Foxworth (Baltimore), DT Grady Jackson (Detroit).
Players Added – LB Mike Peterson (Jacksonville), C Brett Romberg (St. Louis).
Free agents Re-signed – DE Chauncey Davis, LB Tony Gilbert, DT Jason Jefferson, G Ben Wilkerson, LB Coy Wire.
Franchise Player – P Michael Koenen.
CAROLINA PANTHERS
Players Lost – C Geoff Hangartner (Buffalo), WR Mark Jones (Tennessee), T Frank Omiyale (Chicago), DT J’Vonne Parker (Denver).
Players Added – None.
Free Agents Re-signed – OT Jordan Gross.
Franchise Player – DE Julius Peppers.
Players Released – T Jeremy Bridges, RB Nick Goings, WR D.J. Hackett, CB Ken Lucas.
Coaching Changes – New defensive coordinator Ron Meeks (Indianapolis).
NEW ORLEANS SAINTS
Players Lost – S Josh Bullocks (Chicago).
Players Added – TE Darnell Dinkins (Cleveland), FB Heath Evans (New England), CB Jabari Greer (Buffalo), C Nick Leckey (St. Louis), S Darren Sharper (Minnesota), DE Paul Spicer (Jacksonville).
Free Agents Re-signed – WR Devery Henderson, WR Courtney Roby, T Jon Stinchcomb, LB Jonathan Vilma.
Players Released – FB Michael Karney (St. Louis), RB Deuce McAllister, CB Mike McKenzie, WR David Patten.
Coaching Changes – New defensive coordinator Greg Williams (Jacksonville) and offensive coordinator Pete Carmichael, Jr. (with Saints in ’08).
TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS
Players Lost – CB Phillip Buchanon (Detroit), DT Jovan Haye (Tennessee), RB Noah Herron (Cleveland).Â
Players Added – LB Angelo Crowell (Buffalo), LB Niko Koutouvides (Denver), K Mike Nugent (NY Jets), RB Derrick Ward (NY Giants), TE Kellen Winslow (trade w/Cleveland).
Free Agents Re-signed – S Will Allen, WR Michael Clayton, WR Cortez Hankton, S Jermaine Phillips, TE Jerramy Stevens.
Franchise Player – WR Antonio Bryant.
Players Released – LB Derrick Brooks, RB Warrick Dunn, WR Joey Galloway (New England), WR Ike Hilliard, LB Cato June.
Coaching Staff Changes – New head coach in Raheem Morris (Tamp Bay ’08), new offensive coordinator in Jeff Jagodzinski (Boston College) and defensive coordinator Jim Bates .
