3. Carolina Panthers: Coming off a 7-8-1 campaign, the Panthers have more work to do than any of last year's NFC playoff teams. Bouncing them has more to do with the Saints, though, who certainly don't feel like a team ready to give up on their Super Bowl dreams. Unlike Orr, I don't see two teams coming out of the South, and New Orleans offers the better quarterback and a dangerous combination of runners in Mark Ingram and C.J. Spiller. The Falcons are also bound to be better, making Carolina an outlier for the playoffs.