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Tampa Bay was the best team in the NFL last season. Now, five months later, I’m not sure the Bucs are the best team in their division.
That’s not an indictment of the defending Super Bowl champions; it’s an appreciation of the neighborhood where they work. The NFC South not only is the finest, most competitive division in the conference; it may be the strongest division in the league.
Sure, you can make a case for the AFC East, but the NFL has become a league where defense predominates, and if you’re looking for the game’s top two defenses a year ago you go to Tampa and Carolina....
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That’s not an indictment of the defending Super Bowl champions; it’s an appreciation of the neighborhood where they work. The NFC South not only is the finest, most competitive division in the conference; it may be the strongest division in the league.
Sure, you can make a case for the AFC East, but the NFL has become a league where defense predominates, and if you’re looking for the game’s top two defenses a year ago you go to Tampa and Carolina....
more
