NFC South breakdown: How will the division shake out in NFL season?
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With the 2024 NFL regular season around the corner, every team in the league is set to make some tough decisions, cutting down the roster to get 53 men who will start the year with Super Bowl aspirations.
However, with only so many playoff spots to secure, every team will be fighting to come out of their division as winners, or at least earn a wild card spot.
FOX Sports' Colin Cowherd gave his predictions for how each division will shake out before training camp began. Using those rankings, here is a breakdown of each team in each division, continuing with the NFC South.
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Quarterback Kirk Cousins, #18 of the Atlanta Falcons, looks to pass during OTA offseason workouts at the Atlanta Falcons training facility on May 14, 2024 in Flowery Branch, Georgia. (Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)
Colin says: "I do think Atlanta getting Kirk Cousins and Michael Penix Jr. will stabilize the quarterback position. Second-best offensive line in football. It’s hard not to be a playoff team when you have that good of an offensive line."
There is new blood in Atlanta, and as head coach Raheem Morris takes over for Arthur Smith, and Cousins, coming off a torn Achilles with the Minnesota Vikings, chose the Falcons in free agency.
Because of Cousins' arrival, some believe it is the Falcons' division to lose. Of course, the NFC South has been up for grabs for quite some time now, but with better quarterback play around the team's stud weapons, Atlanta could run away with it.
It is clear to see that Cousins is going to be a key to the Falcons' success. Even if he is not healthy, the Falcons selected Penix