[Jack of Arcades]

Atlanta, Carolina, and Tampa Bay are all 5-2. Yet, of those 15 wins the only two of them came against good teams: Philly and New England (and calling these teams "good" Tampa's trying to a new strategy by not playing a quarterback at all; Carolina's first decisive win came today, and Atlanta's looked very bad against two of the worst teams in the league two weeks in a row.

None of these teams are really that good; Carolina's probably the best of the bunch. Tampa will likely freefall to oblivion if their QB issues don't get resolved. Atlanta might just coast to 10-6 thanks to a schedule which has them playing the rest of the way versus Miami, Green Bay, Detroit, Tampa Twice, Carolina Twice, and New Orleans. Their hardest game will come against Chicago (a better team), IN Chicago, in December.

Carolina's schedule is slightly harder, since they catch Dallas.They still play in Chicago, but a month earlier. They also travel to Buffalo version Holcomb in late November.

The NFC South just goes to show how records can be very misleading, and how strength of schedule is very important in considering the strength of teams.