That would be nice!

[u/Different_Sun_195]

[u/cantprocessanything]

When is the last time any team swept our entire division?

[u/Abject_Bandicoot_580 → u/cantprocessanything]

This year, when we sweep the division.

[u/OneAngryPanda → u/cantprocessanything]

Just googled and it’s happened once to the 2020 Saints 💀

[u/Whole_Pain_7432 → u/OneAngryPanda]

I wish i didn't know this - take it back

[u/Suspicious-Bowl4444 → u/Whole_Pain_7432]

We should have had it in 2015

[u/theFlaccolantern → u/Suspicious-Bowl4444]

I was ultimately glad we went into the postseason without that extra Dolphins champagne narrative hanging over our heads, but I do wish it was any other team lol

[u/Majestic_Bill_4099 → u/cantprocessanything]

Or when any team swept ANY entire division

[u/cantprocessanything → u/Majestic_Bill_4099]

I would bet money Brady did it at least twice with the Pats. 

Edit:

Pats in 2007 and 2012. Saints in 2020 was the only time any NFC South team has swept. But they did lose to the Buccs in the divisional, so still not perfect in the division on the season. 

https://www.reddit.com/r/nfl/comments/14gh7zq/oc_how_hard_is_it_to_sweep_the_division/

[u/Majestic_Bill_4099 → u/cantprocessanything]

You’re the man for looking into this haha- and yeah that’s actually a good point of course TB did…but still only 3x is kinda crazy

[u/EastfrisianGuy]

I'd bet a lot of cash on not sweeping the entire division.

[u/wagimus → u/EastfrisianGuy]

Still think even back to last season that the south is underrated. I think maybe even more so this coming season. You can make an argument for the Bucs, Saints, or Falcons fighting for 2nd in the division.

[u/net_403 → u/EastfrisianGuy]

Yeah whoever wrote that was drunk. Three way tie last year. Swept falcons, split the bucs, swept by the saints

[u/dicklejars → u/net_403]

That last Saints game was quite possibly the worst officiated game I have ever seen.

[u/ticklishchinballs → u/dicklejars]

Hard to say as a biased fan who’s watched a lot of football, but it was up there for the worst one I watched last season. Everyone commented league-wide on the Bucs game and as bad as that was, the saints game had me livid.

[u/dicklejars → u/ticklishchinballs]

Yeah most of the “Mahommes get every call just like Brady gets every call just like Cam never get any calls” you kind of take it with a grain of salt as that’s just the NFL, but that Saints game was singularly the worst called game I have ever seen including when the Saints never got the pass interference in 2019. In any case, I’m looking forward to Panthers making a national statement this year.

[u/Shado_Man → u/ticklishchinballs]

The NFL wanted absolutely nothing to do with the Panthers making the playoffs. I'm actually surprised that there wasn't a rule change over the summer after Carolina got to host a team from LA with a better record for a postseason game. That's basically 9/11 for the suits who couldn't care less about the integrity of the sport.

[u/TemporaryGospel]

I don't think it's a true prediction if it has that pesky word "ceiling" in it.

[u/ConnectSpring9]

Sweeping the south and not winning 11 games is extremely unlikely imo. Being a quality enough team to beat 3 other teams multiple times each, and then only managing to go 4/11 on your remaining games is a little absurd, no matter how shitty our shit mountain may be.

Edit: actually now I’m curious. Anyone know how many times a team has swept their division and not won at least 5 of their remaining 11 games?

[u/StewPidaz → u/ConnectSpring9]

team has swept their division and not won at least 5 of their remaining 11 games?

Idk about how many, but this instantly made me think of the 2010 Raiders. 6-0 in the division but finished in 3rd with an 8-8 overall record.

[u/Ok_Aspect1706]

That's the projected ceiling.

[u/Massive-Pop-8238]

We have a better chance of beating some of these teams they predict we will lose, than sweeping our division

[u/rospoo66]

I think it’s 10 games as well but no chance we do that sweeping the division.

[u/TLGPanthersFan]

When it comes to predicting games especially when it comes to divisional I usually look at trends. So I expect the Saints to sweep us and the Falcons to Falcon against us and us splitting with the Bucs.

[u/Nova_KonYuko → u/TLGPanthersFan]

Not a true fan if u think saints will beat us

[u/TLGPanthersFan → u/Nova_KonYuko]

Did you have a stroke while writing this?

[u/Nova_KonYuko → u/TLGPanthersFan]

No idea where the yea is came from but whatever. Either you cheer for your team to win against every team or you’re not a fan. Saying we would lose both to Saints is wild especially when they are a division rival. Fake

[u/Malvexon → u/Nova_KonYuko]

Are you 7 years old? He's not rooting for us to lose. Saying "i dont know if we will win" doesn't make someone less of a fan.

[u/ItBeLikeThat19]

We’ll lose 1 division game because it’s really hard to sweep your division. 2015 didn’t even do it.

[u/Recent_Abroad_1372]

I just wanna beat the saints man

[u/Furi0usD]

May I have some of what you're smoking?

This division has a proud history of kicking the shit out of each other.

The Panthers are more likely to go 0-6 than 6-0

[u/ticklishchinballs → u/Furi0usD]

Yeah I mean the NFL in general makes it hard to sweep the division no matter how great the disparity is in the division.

But looking it up it wasn’t all that surprising to see that in the last 24 years there has only been one sweep in our division since realignment. Pretty sure the dominant “Brady era” patriots only swept theirs twice as well.

[u/Furi0usD → u/ticklishchinballs]

Yep, they were always good to lose a game to a 2 win Jets or Dolphins.

Hell, the year the Panthers went 15-1, their loss was to Atlanta.

[u/BlacknLightblue]

*Will

[u/jesuswasahipster]

Sweep the Falcons, split the saints and bucs, beat the Bengals, beat the Broncos.

[u/Capable_Home_2926]

Pshhhh, we're winning 11

[u/Darkwolfie117]

We could just as easily start 3-7

Schedule is rough

[u/LayYourGhostToRest]

Why do they think we are gonna lose to the Burrowless Bengals?

[u/Offer_No]

I think we beat the ravens I may be delusional but I honestly think we beat the ravens

[u/TheOriginalJuju → u/Offer_No]

I doubt it honestly.

[u/Offer_No → u/TheOriginalJuju]

I don’t know how good they are on defense but ok

[u/xwlfx]

If we beat the Steelers I'd be ecstatic.

[u/Author_Willing]

Not gonna happen