Panthers are the only team I feel confident to win this division. It's a tossup after that. ATL, TB, & NO all have the firepower but lack the consistency.
Carolina is the only team in this division I am confident is good. Atlanta always ends up being fool's gold, the Bucs never seem to fulfill their potential and, as good as Drew Brees is, the Saints are in salary cap hell and can barely afford to pay enough people to field a defense.
CAR...but I do think they will get pushed a little. 11-5
I wouldn't be surprised if the Bucs came in 2nd. They still don't have a fire breather on the edge either, but got better @ CB have a solid front 7, and have several legit options on OFC...key road games might be the difference @ SD and SF...10-6
Falcons will be better on OFC getting a pro bowl C to shore up the middle of the OL...upgraded WR2, and the rookie TE is expected to contribute early, but I'm not sure they've done enough on the front 7 to improve a great deal on QB pressure...Quinn doesn't like to blitz much and they don't have many guys that are going to win the 1 on 1 battle consistently....9-7
Saints...going back to the 4-3 which should improve the DEF...young guys Anthony and Kiahaha played well as rookies...but I don't expect them to win many road games...Brees will always put up good numbers, but scoring TD I'm not sure they have enough firepower to do much better than 9-7.