2005 · NFC

NFC South

FalconsPanthersSaintsBuccaneers

Division table

NFC South table
TeamW-LDivNetTitleest.
Buccaneers11-55-1+26100%
Panthers11-54-2+1320%
Falcons8-82-4+100%
Saints3-131-5-1630%

The rivalriessince 1999 · franchise-aware

  • CAR24–31NO55 mtgsavg 44.3
  • ATL33–21CAR54 mtgsCAR W3avg 42.7
  • ATL22–32NO54 mtgsavg 46.9
  • NO28–23TB51 mtgsavg 44.2
  • ATL25–25TB50 mtgsavg 47.2
  • CAR25–23TB48 mtgsavg 41.7

Head to head

Division meetings, 2005

12 played · 0 to come. Six of every team's seventeen games are in this room.

NO@CAR23–20ATL@NO34–31CAR@TB34–14TB@ATL30–27ATL@CAR6–24TB@NO10–3TB@CAR20–10NO@ATL17–36CAR@NO27–10ATL@TB24–27CAR@ATL44–11NO@TB13–27

Movement

New in the division

Skill players on a different roster than last season, plus arriving rookies.

Falcons

Panthers

Saints

Buccaneers

Storylines

Something to prove

Data-derived, not editorial: veterans on new teams, production collapses, lost seasons of health, early draft capital.

Az-Zahir Hakimnew teamWR · NONew team — 10.2 PPR/gm for DET last season has to translate.
Antowain Smithnew teamRB · NONew team — 10.2 PPR/gm for TEN last season has to translate.
Jerome Pathonnew teamWR · ATLNew team — 8.0 PPR/gm for NO last season has to translate.
Ike Hilliardbounce-backWR · TBProduction fell from 11.9 to 5.9 PPR/gm — a bounce-back year.
Anthony BechthealthTE · TBPlayed only 8 games last season after 15 the year before — a healthy year to prove.
Steve SmithhealthWR · CARPlayed only 1 games last season after 16 the year before — a healthy year to prove.
Anthony Thomasbounce-backRB · NOProduction fell from 11.6 to 6.7 PPR/gm — a bounce-back year.
Carnell WilliamsrookieRB · TBPick #5 — first-round-money expectations from day one.
Roddy WhiterookieWR · ATLPick #27 — first-round-money expectations from day one.