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  Just a year after Tom Brady retired, the Bucs were still able to capture their third division title in the last four years. The revival of Baker Mayfield's career powered them to the divisional round of the playoffs in 2023.  The story of the Buccaneers from last season was Baker Mayfield. The Bucs took a chance on Baker after signing him to a one-year deal with his career hanging in the balance. His great play not only lead Tampa Bay to a division title, but earned him a three-year extension with the Bucs during the offseason.  The Bucs did hand out some key extensions along with Baker's deal as well. A player who seems to continually get better as he gets older, Mike Evans was awarded a two-year extension to remain the WR1 in Tampa through 2025. One of the top safeties in the league, if not the best, Antoine Winfield Jr. was also extended for four years. Tampa did a great job of locking down their core pieces this offseason.  Tampa Bay did suffer a couple a coupl...

   After an utter embarrassing season in 2023, the Carolina Panthers will look to flip the script in 2024. The Panthers will look a little different this season with a brand new coaching staff.  Usually when you have the worst record in the league, like the Panthers, you have the first overall pick in the upcoming NFL Draft. Well for Carolina, this was not the case. Their 2-15 record in 2023 got them no first round picks because of their trade with the Chicago Bears for the #1 overall pick in the previous draft.  Safe to say this deal has not worked out so well in the Panthers favor.  Carolina went into this offseason and fired their head coach Frank Reich after just one abysmal season. They went out and hired a coach within their own division, Dave Canales. Canales was the offensive coordinator for the Buccaneers and is well-known for reviving and putting Baker Mayfield's career back on track.  The Panthers front office envisions that Canales can do the sa...

  The Atlanta Falcons had a busy offseason to say the least. After a disappointing 7-10 season in 2023, Atlanta decided to revamp not only their roster but their coaching staff as well for the 2024 season.  There is a new QB1 in town and that is Kirk Cousins. The Falcons signed Cousins as a free agent to a massive four-year deal to become their leader on offense. For the past two seasons since Matt Ryan departed Atlanta, the quarterback play has been towards the bottom of the league. Cousins will definitely improve that mark in 2024.  Atlanta decided to fire their head coach Arthur Smith and hire Raheem Morris to take over the role. Morris was the defensive coordinator for the Rams for the past three seasons and spent some time in Atlanta beforehand from 2015 to 2020.  The Falcons were able to go out and get two new weapons for Kirk Cousins and the offense. They signed wide receiver Darnell Mooney to a three-year deal to take over the WR2. They also traded for speeds...

  The Saints had an underwhelming season in 2023 after just narrowly losing the NFC South to Tampa Bay by just a game. Once again the NFC South is very up for grabs and the Saints are a much improved team over the last offseason.  Saints quarterback, Derek Carr finished up his first season in the black and gold with pretty solid numbers after playing in all of their seventeen games. Carr, now 33 years old, has been in the league for a long time now and has yet to prove that he is a winner. Entering his 11th season, Carr will have no excuses to get New Orleans back into the playoffs.  New Orleans made their mark known in this year's draft with a pretty solid couple of picks. They drafted Taliese Fuaga, an offensive tackle out of Oregon State, to help Derek Carr to play a full season once again. They improved their secondary after taking Alabama cornerback Kool-Aid McKinstry.  This offseason the Saints did have some notable cuts as well. Michael Thomas is no longer a S...