{"id":1053747,"date":"2026-11-13T13:48:27","date_gmt":"2026-11-13T13:48:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/1053747\/"},"modified":"2026-11-13T13:48:27","modified_gmt":"2026-11-13T13:48:27","slug":"nfc-notes-corey-levin-falcons-panthers-injury-returns-saints-ol-shuffle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/1053747\/","title":{"rendered":"NFC Notes: Corey Levin, Falcons, Panthers Injury Returns, Saints OL Shuffle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Falcons HC Kevin Stefanski said the team feels good about OL <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/L\/LeviCo00.htm?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=nfltraderumors.co&amp;utm_campaign=2026-11-12_pfr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Corey Levin<\/a> stepping into the starting center role.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s very similar to all positions where guys have to stay ready so they don\u2019t have to get ready,\u201d Stefanski said, via the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atlantafalcons.com\/news\/falcons-feel-good-corey-levin-starting-center\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">team\u2019s website<\/a>. \u201cAnd we make sure that our guys get reps. Particularly with the quarterback position, you get snaps from everybody throughout the week. Corey has been here with us since the spring, feel really good about his understanding of everything we do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stefanski added that Levin\u2019s experience will help him against the Jets\u2019 attacking defense.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re really really well-coached and sound,\u201d Stefanski said. \u201cThey can play aggressive; they can play coverage. They kind of can play in both of those worlds, if you will, and affect the quarterback. Corey Levin, being a veteran center and a guy who\u2019s played in games and can think the game, I think is important for a week like this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Panthers HC Dave Canales said the team\u2019s lack of activity at the deadline had to do with both cap restrictions and the team getting players back from injury.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">\u201cThe improvements that Mike [Jackson], Jaycee [Horn] will add,\u201d Canales said, via <a href=\"https:\/\/pantherswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/panthers\/2026\/11\/11\/panthers-dave-canales-standing-pat-trade-deadline\/92730876007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Panthers Wire<\/a>. \u201cGetting Xavier [Legette] back out there and getting back on track with his things. Even some of the guys that weren\u2019t on IR but are coming back to us. We\u2019re excited about seeing D-Lew [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/L\/LewiDa05.htm?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=nfltraderumors.co&amp;utm_campaign=2026-11-12_pfr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Damien Lewis<\/a>] out there working, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/P\/PhilJa02.htm?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=nfltraderumors.co&amp;utm_campaign=2026-11-12_pfr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Jaelan Phillips<\/a> and all that.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Falcons HC Kevin Stefanski said the team feels good about OL Corey Levin stepping into the starting center&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1053748,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2074],"tags":[223,254,2554,11147,23624,27169,224,7,16251,6457,102853,23064,6,87263,1505],"class_list":["post-1053747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-atlanta-falcons","tag-atlanta","tag-atlanta-falcons","tag-atlantafalcons","tag-cesar-ruiz","tag-corey-levin","tag-damien-lewis","tag-falcons","tag-football","tag-jaelan-phillips","tag-jaycee-horn","tag-jeremiah-wright","tag-michael-jackson","tag-nfl","tag-william-sherman","tag-xavier-legette"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/117609450905395885","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1053747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1053747"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1053747\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1053748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1053747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1053747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1053747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}