The NFC South Division was created prior to the 2002 NFL season and saw the Panthers, Saints and Falcons come over from the NFC West and the Bucs from the NFC Central. Since the creation of the division, the Atlanta Falcons have won the division just four times – 2004, 2010, 2012 and 2016.
It is going to take the Buccaneers a few years to compete for the division because they hired a new coaching staff and they lost their best defensive player Kwon Alexander in free agency to the 49ers. The Panthers have talent but have a lot of weaknesses at offensive line, defensive line, and secondary.