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Perhaps no NFL division appears more wide open entering the 2024 season than the NFC South. While the Tampa Bay Buccaneers have quietly held court atop the quartet for each of the last three seasons, shakeups of multiple coaching staffs and one big quarterback makeover have fans across the South dreaming of a takeover, or at least a significant step forward.
How does the division actually stack up for 2024? We broke it down one position group at a time, ranking each club from top to bottom, to get you prepped for the next NFC South showdown:
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Falcons (Kirk Cousins)Buccaneers (Baker Mayfield)Saints (Derek Carr)Panthers (Bryce Young)
Cousins may not be as “safe” as usual, coming off an Achilles tear at 36, but he’s been a borderline top-10 play-action signal-caller for long enough to propel Atlanta into the playoff conversation. Mayfield isn’t far off in that he’s seasoned and gutsy, albeit without a defining “franchise quarterback” stretch on the big stage. Carr is equally resilient, and has shown he can be efficient, but is also notoriously streaky. Young has perhaps the most upside of them all, with the greatest chance to catapult up the order, if his new coaching staff and improved weaponry helps him accelerate his decision-making to NFL speed.
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Falcons (Bijan Robinson)Saints (Alvin Kamara)Buccaneers (Rachaad White)Panthers (Chuba Hubbard)
Despite inconsistent usage as a rookie, Robinson dazzled as an open-field dual threat, making his case to be the centerpiece of the Falcons offense moving forward. Kamara still has the juice to be the most dynamic back of the division, though he’s also missed multiple games due to…
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Author : Cody Benjamin
Publish date : 2024-08-29 06:06:29
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