Rise of the AFC South: NFL’s Most Ridiculed Division Might Soon Become Its Best

May 4, 2016   ·   Brad Gagnon   ·   Jump to comments

For a seven-year period between 2004 and 2010, the NFC West was the divisional laughingstock of the NFL. The division posted a .400 winning percentage during that span, with three of its four teams losing at least 16 more games than they won. And only six teams finished seasons with winning records. In 2010, the Seattle Seahawks won the division despite finishing 7-9, and nine wins were enough to win the division in 2004, 2006 and 2008. 
So for the better part of a decade, the NFC West wasn't just the worst division in football, it was by far the worst division in the NFL and one of the worst in professional sports. 
But with the draft, free agency and the salary cap, parity reigns in the modern world of professional football. That means it's hard to stay good or bad for long, which is why strong and weak divisions come and go in cyclical fashion. 
Eventually, the NFC West used all of the advantages associated with being terrible and leveraged those opport...

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