The AFC West and NFC East have undoubtedly provided some of the best games of this NFL season. The Chiefs-Broncos Sunday night thriller rates as one of the most exciting contests this year while Thanksgiving’s Washington-Dallas tilt was not only highest-rated game of 2016, but FOX's highest-rated regular season game ever.
But one NFL division has been surprisingly—and oddly?—competitive this season. The NFC South only has two teams above .500 but each squad is separately by a game in descending order of the standings. The 7-4 Falcons lead the 6-5 Buccaneers by a game after splitting the season series with the 5-6 Saints lurking and a not-completely-out-of-it-yet Panthers team with several players remaining from the 7-8-1 division winner from two seasons ago.