Quote:Who's going to get in their way?

 

Dallas?  Maybe.  Defense doesn't seem to have it when it counts.

 

Green Bay?  Looking more like pretenders every season.  Rodgers and not much else.  2010 looking like the exception, not the rule.

 

Seattle?  Contend but have fallen off.  Remind me a lot of Ravens West Coast.

 

I see Atlanta having the opportunity for a run.  Should be a contender for a while in the NFC.  NFC South doesn't really give them much challenge.  I don't see any bounce back upward from Carolina.  Their "bounce back" is back down to normalcy after getting to the Super Bowl.

 

 

Carolina, Tampa Bay, and New Orleans are all right in their own division and shouldn't be overlooked. Every team makes changes in the offseason that will impact their results next season, so it would be even tougher than normal right now to try and make any real guesses who would give them the biggest competition. 

 

Going out on a limb though, I only see Tampa Bay getting better...they finished only two games behind atlanta last season, it would just be silly to consider Atlanta a guarantee to make it back to the playoffs. 

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