Falcons

• D. Orlando Ledbetter of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution has been hearing for weeks that the Falcons prefer Bears assistant GM Ian Cunningham as their new general manager.
• It is also worth noting that Bears GM Ryan Poles is a close friend of new Falcons president Matt Ryan.
• Jordan Schultz mentions that Falcons DL coach Nate Ollie is drawing outside interest, despite the possibility that he remains on the staff of DC Jeff Ulbrich.

Giants

• Giants HC John Harbaugh on QB Jaxson Dart: “I’m excited about Jaxson Dart. I like his talent and skills, but more than that, I like what he is about. And he is about football. He wants to talk football all the time.” (Salomone)
• Harbaugh on GM Joe Schoen: “The conversations led me to believe there would be great collaboration. … This guy lives and breathes football. His knowledge is deep. He was impressive to me. It was really a joy to talk football and dig into the plans.” (Vacchiano)
• Harbaugh on the Giants’ franchise structure: “We all report to the boss. And the boss is ownership. John Mara is running it and I’m glad he is.” (Garafolo)
• Chris Mara says Schoen remains because “Joe has a really great knowledge of the NFL and they hit it off well.” As for Harbaugh’s power in the organization: “With anybody else, it might not have happened that way.” (Garafolo)
• Schoen says he and Harbaugh will collaborate before adding that the head coach having final say is: “just something that’s on a piece of paper. Doesn’t matter.” (Garafolo)
• Schoen said the plan is for WR Malik Nabers to be ready for the start of training camp and RB Cam Skattebo to be ready for the offseason program after recovering from their respective injuries. (Hughes)
• Dan Duggan has heard that the Giants have strongly recommended OL coach Carmen Bricillo to Harbaugh, as well as TE coach Tim Kelly.

Panthers

Panthers GM Dan Morgan would not commit to the team offering QB Bryce Young an extension when asked by the media following the conclusion of the season.

“We’re still talking through the roster and kind of where things look from the big picture view,” Morgan told Joe Person of The Athletic. “So that’s stuff that’s still up in the air that we’re still working through at this point. I think Bryce has shown flashes of greatness this year against high-level competition. As a team, we weren’t as consistent as we wanted to be on a game-to-game basis, but I think that’s part of what happens when you have a young team.”

Veteran Panthers DT Derrick Brown and G Robert Hunt defended Young and feel that he will continue to grow.

“Bryce has had a damn good year. So many people rag on him, and if it was easy, everybody would play quarterback in the league. But that ain’t quite the case,” Brown said of Young. *“I’m just proud of...