Prediction Machine uses powerful computers to compile statistics that predict the NFL season. Here's how they see the NFC South playing out.
To build the NFL Power Rankings below, we "played" every team against every other team 50,000 times each and ranked by overall winning percentage of those games. These Power Rankings are as of (8/11/2016) rosters and projected depth charts.
Here's the ranking for each of the teams in the NFC South:
1 - Panthers #4
2- Bucs #13
Here's additional analysis of team by team predictions where the Panthers are one of nine teams with at least a 50% chance of going to the playoffs.