Carolina has dominated the NFC South the past few seasons and last year the Panthers won the division title going away with a 15-1 record in the regular season. The Oddsmakers at BetAnySports are looking for this trend to continue by listing them as prohibitive -227 favorites with Atlanta the next best team on the board at +620.
The main cloud overhead in Carolina is a devastating 24-10 loss to Denver in Super Bowl 50. Past history in the NFL has taught us that teams that lose a Super Bowl tend to struggle a bit more than expected the following season. You would have to go all the way back to the 1993 season to find the last time a team that lost the Super Bowl made it back to that game the next year. That was when the Buffalo Bills lost four consecutive Super Bowls starting in 1990. This does add some value to the Falcons' odds to get back on top in the NFC South as the only viable team in my mind that has the overall talent to make a run at the Panthers in 2016.
Check out the link below for complete preview for this division race along with my official prediction as to which team will win the NFC South title this season as part of a series I did for SportsBettingStats.com
LINK: NFC South Odds
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