The Atlanta Falcons were supposed to be in the basement of the NFC South along with Carolina Panthers this year. Both teams were obviously at different stages of a coaching transition and progress was supposed to be measured in dead money, not wins. Yet here we are with Sunday’s game deciding who will be in the lead for the division crown at the halfway mark of the season.
Sunday has a very real possibility of the entire division ending the day in a 3-5 tie, broken only by divisional records. In that eventuality, the Panthers would hold the tie breakers by virtue of their then 3-0 record in the division, including one win over each other team.