Analysis: Someone has to win the NFC South, right?
ATLANTA — There was a flash of brilliance in the NFL’s sorriest division, the NFC South, late Sunday afternoon in Tampa. Quarterback Tom Brady summoned some of his all-time-greatness to lead the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on a last-minute drive that beat the Los Angeles Rams with a touchdown in the closing seconds, prompting BradyIndeed it was. But that’s not a word combination that has been used regularly this season to describe the four NFC South teams and their combined record of 13-23.
No, the follies of the NFC South were more appropriately illustrated earlier Sunday afternoon with a double-fumble play that led to the Falcons losing at home, 20-17, to the Los Angeles Chargers on a field goal as time expired. Chargers tailback Austin Ekeler lost a fumble in the final minute. But Falcons defensive lineman Ta’Quon Graham, after scooping up the football and running along the sideline, lost the ball.
“It just slipped out,” Graham said in the postgame locker room. “Just one of those football plays that I didn’t make. It definitely sucks. But we’ve got a Thursday night game. So it’s on to the next.”A nationwide audience on Amazon Prime Video will be treated — or is it subjected? — to the joys of the NFC South on Thursday when the Panthers host the Falcons. It’s a rematch of a crazy Week 8 game the Falcons won, 37-34, in overtime in Atlanta.
during the ensuing celebration. The Panthers missed a 48-yard extra point, then missed a 32-yard field goal attempt in overtime.NFL playoff teams with losing records
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