Looks like the Saints, Falcons, Panthers, Colts and Bears have the 5 easiest schedules for the upcoming year. That No1 pick looks a lil further away. I don't put ?% stock in SOS but it's a good indicator. Also, the NFC south looks horrible. Could give Bryce Young a headstart on a good season.
Panthers, Falcons and Saints are in the same division and play each other twice. It's the only reason their schedules are so easy. Atlanta was already worse than Panthers last year so likely still so. Nothing new but that entire division sucks so any of the 3 could bomb out an will be projected to lose most of their other 11 games and around 1/2 of their in conference ones.
It's simple. If Young has growing pains, Panthers still fail since Atlanta will try and control clock and run to closer games with Bijan (though I hated their draft from a building standpoint.) If he looks the part early, Panthers weren't going to have a top 10 pick anyway. Losing their #1 WR isn't going to help that.
Look at it this way. Saints, Falcons and Panthers were in exactly the same situation last year and all earned top 10 picks. Colts are also in that mix because they suck and play all 3 of those other shit teams but have a good chance of beating the Panthers.
