Cat Scratch Reader
The NFC South has once again chosen chaos. Perhaps none of us should be surprised. The Atlanta Falcons and the New Orleans Saints are playing a proxy title game with the Falcons championing the Carolina Panthers and the Saints representing the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. I can’t imagine any of the four teams are happy with today’s stakes.
The first place team in the NFC South will advance to the playoffs with a losing record of 8-9. That will make them the fifth team in NFL history to make the playoffs with a losing record and, as the 2014 Carolina Panthers (7-8-1) and the 2022 Tampa Bay Buccaneers (8-9) are two of the four current teams with that distinction, whichever team wins the South today will also be the only team in NFL history to have made the playoffs with a losing record more than once.
History awaits the Panthers if only they can have the courage to let the Falcons reach out and make it for them. What a position Bryce Young and Dave Canales have led us to.
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