Buccaneers

• Buccaneers DT A’Shawn Robinson was fined $17,500 for a hit on a quarterback.

Falcons

• Falcons WR Drake London was fined $12,537 for unnecessary roughness.

Panthers

• Panthers HC Dave Canales spoke Friday about TE Ja’Tavion Sanders putting in the work in practice: “JT’s done an excellent job for us in practice. He continues to come every day trying to get better, and he has flashes out there, and he can do some really nice things. And the role that [tight end] Darren Waller is playing for us is basically the role that JT would be in if he’s getting the opportunity. Where you got [tight ends] Mitch [Mitchell Evans and] Tommy [Tremble], the things that the versatility and the things they can do at the line of scrimmage. And then you have [tight end] Feleipe [Franks], you have JT and you have Darren who you move a little bit more and use [in] a different way, so he’s got a unique skill set. He can also help on special teams and that’s why he’s still here, because we value JT. We value the teammate that he is. He’s one of our guys. We all came in together at the same time, and so that goes a long way, and I know when JT gets his opportunity, he’ll come through for us.” (Kaye)

Panthers

The Panthers fired DC Ejiro Evero and promoted DL coach Todd Wash to the interim role. Carolina DC Pat Jones II expects them to play “way more aggressive” under Wash.

“I think we’re just gonna play more aggressive, instead of more so like a read and react,” Jones said. “We’re gonna have people in the backfield, play way more aggressive.”

Panthers DC Dave Canales said they need to have a larger commitment to the run game both offensively and defensively. 

“It’s gotta start with the run game. We have to have a commitment collectively as a part of this organization to be able to run the ball efficiently and to be able to stop the run, so that we can put offenses into known pass situations because that’s where the good stuff happens,” Canales said. “That’s where you can get after the quarterback and you can create turnovers in the secondary and those types of things.”

On the topic of whether Carolina will deploy more four-man fronts, Canales declined to elaborate on personnel choices. 

“Our commitment is to get the best 11 on the field. And I don’t really want to get into the details of it because we have a game this week. So we’ll keep that to ourselves,” Canales said.

Saints

• Saints DL Carl Granderson was asked if the team was motivated by the comments of QB Shedeur Sanders: “We’ve seen a lot on film… I think it’s disrespectful to laugh at our defense.” (Terrell)
• Saints HC Kellen Moore said the team would have C Erik McCoy undergo additional testing on Monday to learn more about his injury. (Hendrix)