{"id":12093,"date":"2005-02-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2005-02-24T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thehogs.net\/blogs\/?p=12093"},"modified":"2026-08-21T02:19:50","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T06:19:50","slug":"team-needs-nfc-south","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/2005\/02\/24\/team-needs-nfc-south\/","title":{"rendered":"2005 Pre-Draft Team Needs &#8211; NFC South"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here is the next installment of our Team Needs for the 2005 Draft section. With the Falcons and the Buccaneers being so far over the cap presently ($14M and $12M respectively), there will be a lot of NFC South activity before the draft even arrives. The Buccaneers also have the 5th pick overall. Check out our Team Needs page in the Draft section to see what all of the teams in the division will be looking for. Complete with a 2004 summary, positional needs, free agent status, and official draft picks, we&#8217;re sure you&#8217;ll find everything you need on each team.<\/p>\n<p><i>&#8212; Scooter<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Edit: This blog was archived in May of 2016 from our original articles database.It was originally posted by Scott Moore<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is the next installment of our Team Needs for the 2005 Draft section. With the Falcons and the Buccaneers being so far over the cap presently ($14M and $12M respectively), there will be a lot of NFC South activity before the draft even arrives. The Buccaneers also have the 5th pick overall. Check out &#8230; <a title=\"2005 Pre-Draft Team Needs &#8211; NFC South\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/2005\/02\/24\/team-needs-nfc-south\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about 2005 Pre-Draft Team Needs &#8211; NFC South\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12093","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nfl-draft"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>2005 Pre-Draft Team Needs - NFC South<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Here is the next installment of our Team Needs for the 2005 Draft section. The Falcons and the Buccaneers are so far over the cap presently.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/2005\/02\/24\/team-needs-nfc-south\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"2005 Pre-Draft Team Needs - NFC South\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Here is the next installment of our Team Needs for the 2005 Draft section. The Falcons and the Buccaneers are so far over the cap presently.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/2005\/02\/24\/team-needs-nfc-south\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The-Hogs.net\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/the-hogs.net\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2005-02-24T04:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-08-21T06:19:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/washington-commanders-helmet.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"675\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Scott Moore\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@TheHogsdotNetv2\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@TheHogsdotNetv2\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Scott Moore\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/the-hogs.net\\\/blogs\\\/2005\\\/02\\\/24\\\/team-needs-nfc-south\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/the-hogs.net\\\/blogs\\\/2005\\\/02\\\/24\\\/team-needs-nfc-south\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Scott Moore\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/the-hogs.net\\\/blogs\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8091f02cb70a3a891212c6e1489006bc\"},\"headline\":\"2005 Pre-Draft Team Needs &#8211; NFC South\",\"datePublished\":\"2005-02-24T04:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-08-21T06:19:50+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/the-hogs.net\\\/blogs\\\/2005\\\/02\\\/24\\\/team-needs-nfc-south\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":129,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/the-hogs.net\\\/blogs\\\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"NFL Draft\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/the-hogs.net\\\/blogs\\\/2005\\\/02\\\/24\\\/team-needs-nfc-south\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/the-hogs.net\\\/blogs\\\/2005\\\/02\\\/24\\\/team-needs-nfc-south\\\/\",\"name\":\"2005 Pre-Draft Team Needs - NFC South\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/the-hogs.net\\\/blogs\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2005-02-24T04:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-08-21T06:19:50+00:00\",\"description\":\"Here is the next installment of our Team Needs for the 2005 Draft section. The Falcons and the Buccaneers are so far over the cap presently.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/the-hogs.net\\\/blogs\\\/2005\\\/02\\\/24\\\/team-needs-nfc-south\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/the-hogs.net\\\/blogs\\\/2005\\\/02\\\/24\\\/team-needs-nfc-south\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/the-hogs.net\\\/blogs\\\/2005\\\/02\\\/24\\\/team-needs-nfc-south\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Blogs Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/the-hogs.net\\\/blogs\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"NFL Draft\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/the-hogs.net\\\/blogs\\\/category\\\/nfl-draft\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"2005 Pre-Draft Team Needs &#8211; NFC South\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/the-hogs.net\\\/blogs\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/the-hogs.net\\\/blogs\\\/\",\"name\":\"The-Hogs.net\",\"description\":\"Washington Football: From The Hogs to the Commanders \u2013 News, History, and Legacy\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/the-hogs.net\\\/blogs\\\/#organization\"},\"alternateName\":\"THN\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/the-hogs.net\\\/blogs\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/the-hogs.net\\\/blogs\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"The-Hogs\",\"alternateName\":\"THN\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/the-hogs.net\\\/blogs\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/the-hogs.net\\\/blogs\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/the-hogs.net\\\/blogs\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/05\\\/ralphie2021.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/the-hogs.net\\\/blogs\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/05\\\/ralphie2021.png\",\"width\":400,\"height\":300,\"caption\":\"The-Hogs\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/the-hogs.net\\\/blogs\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/the-hogs.net\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/TheHogsdotNetv2\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/the-hogs.net\\\/blogs\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8091f02cb70a3a891212c6e1489006bc\",\"name\":\"Scott Moore\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/the-hogs.net\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/the-hogs.net\\\/blogs\\\/author\\\/scott-moore\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"2005 Pre-Draft Team Needs - NFC South","description":"Here is the next installment of our Team Needs for the 2005 Draft section. The Falcons and the Buccaneers are so far over the cap presently.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/2005\/02\/24\/team-needs-nfc-south\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"2005 Pre-Draft Team Needs - NFC South","og_description":"Here is the next installment of our Team Needs for the 2005 Draft section. The Falcons and the Buccaneers are so far over the cap presently.","og_url":"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/2005\/02\/24\/team-needs-nfc-south\/","og_site_name":"The-Hogs.net","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/the-hogs.net","article_published_time":"2005-02-24T04:00:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-08-21T06:19:50+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":675,"url":"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/washington-commanders-helmet.webp","type":"image\/webp"}],"author":"Scott Moore","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@TheHogsdotNetv2","twitter_site":"@TheHogsdotNetv2","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Scott Moore","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/2005\/02\/24\/team-needs-nfc-south\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/2005\/02\/24\/team-needs-nfc-south\/"},"author":{"name":"Scott Moore","@id":"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/#\/schema\/person\/8091f02cb70a3a891212c6e1489006bc"},"headline":"2005 Pre-Draft Team Needs &#8211; NFC South","datePublished":"2005-02-24T04:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2026-08-21T06:19:50+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/2005\/02\/24\/team-needs-nfc-south\/"},"wordCount":129,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/#organization"},"articleSection":["NFL Draft"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/2005\/02\/24\/team-needs-nfc-south\/","url":"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/2005\/02\/24\/team-needs-nfc-south\/","name":"2005 Pre-Draft Team Needs - NFC South","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/#website"},"datePublished":"2005-02-24T04:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2026-08-21T06:19:50+00:00","description":"Here is the next installment of our Team Needs for the 2005 Draft section. The Falcons and the Buccaneers are so far over the cap presently.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/2005\/02\/24\/team-needs-nfc-south\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/2005\/02\/24\/team-needs-nfc-south\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/2005\/02\/24\/team-needs-nfc-south\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Blogs Home","item":"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"NFL Draft","item":"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/category\/nfl-draft\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"2005 Pre-Draft Team Needs &#8211; NFC South"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/#website","url":"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/","name":"The-Hogs.net","description":"Washington Football: From The Hogs to the Commanders \u2013 News, History, and Legacy","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/#organization"},"alternateName":"THN","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/#organization","name":"The-Hogs","alternateName":"THN","url":"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ralphie2021.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ralphie2021.png","width":400,"height":300,"caption":"The-Hogs"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/the-hogs.net","https:\/\/x.com\/TheHogsdotNetv2"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/#\/schema\/person\/8091f02cb70a3a891212c6e1489006bc","name":"Scott Moore","sameAs":["https:\/\/the-hogs.net"],"url":"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/author\/scott-moore\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12093","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/47"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12093"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12093\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":594184,"href":"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12093\/revisions\/594184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}