With only a week to go till the NFL kicks off, we’re all working out of time to fireplace off our takes for the season, however in case you’re trying to leap on any person else’s, Ringer Founder Invoice Simmons launched his yearly over/underneath podcast the place he went by means of each workforce and chosen whether or not every one would beat its season-long win totals that Las Vegas has laid out for them.
In his breakdowns, he stated that one division could possibly be a “train wreck” this 12 months.
Simmons stated on his podcast that the NFC South is “an absolute all-timer of a train wreck” and identified that the fewest variety of wins by a complete division during the last 5 years is 23 and that the NFC South may problem that quantity, including that this division could possibly be “the punching bag for everybody.”
How dangerous will the NFC South be in 2024? I’m going with someplace between “dumpster fire” and “train wreck.” pic.twitter.com/bkpgU4LPKF
— Invoice Simmons (@BillSimmons) August 29, 2024
Simmons picked the underneath for all 4 groups, going underneath 5.5 wins for the Carolina Panthers, underneath 7.5 wins for the New Orleans Saints, underneath 7.5 wins for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and underneath 9.5 wins for the Atlanta Falcons.
Expectations for the Falcons are a lot increased after signing Kirk Cousins within the offseason and they’re the prohibitive favorites to win the division, whereas the Bucs and Saints didn’t do a complete lot to enhance from final season, and the Panthers introduced in a brand new teaching workers and made a collection of roster adjustments to enhance upon final 12 months’s abhorrent 2-15 season.
The Bucs and Saints each went 9-8 final 12 months and the Bucs beat the Philadelphia Eagles 32-9 within the postseason.
The division shouldn’t be as dangerous as Simmons thinks, however there’s loads of uncertainty inside this group.
