Dave Dameshek

One!

Win double-digit games and it was just 10 games in the age of 17 game seasons.

Even Tom Brady had a losing record in his final season.

The NFC South broke the GOAT.

Sure, he was roughly the age of the Pittsburgh Steelers, 2026, starting QB when that happened.

But still, it is weird the South is the only one division besides the NFC West to have had more than one team reach a Super Bowl over the last decade.

But even those come with baggage because of Tom Brady.

He delivered that 21 Lombardi, which predictably is and always will be remembered as his and his alone.

The Bucks and the fans, just a vessel to wield against his old rival Bill Belichick, with whom he teamed up six years prior to 28-3 the South's Atlanta Falcons.

Brady's Patriots passed the baton on to Allen's Bills in the AFC East, and the Eagles' soap opera has yielded success in awards season.

And as for the two Norths, they haven't been to a lot of Super Bowls over the last decade, but they've been lousy with high-end QBs, future Hall of Famers, and Super Bowl contenders.

So the East and the North regions are kind of like the two guys in the middle of a good four-man bobsled.

Not first, not last, not deeply important, but not bringing up the rear either.

No, that's the South's job.

Why?

Because in SEC country, Sunday just means less.

P.S.

The Big Ten now means more on Saturdays, too.

But we can talk about that at a later date.

Let's start the show.