Tom Brady played behind an abysmal offensive line and rushing attack during his rocky final season in Tampa Bay, but winning eight games was enough for the legendary quarterback to capture the lowly NFC South and receive one more postseason appearance before retiring for the second time.
With Brady gone, the NFC South entered the offseason with Tampa Bay’s Kyle Trask, New Orleans’s Taysom Hill, Carolina’s Matt Corral and Atlanta’s Desmond Ridder atop the QB depth charts across the division. Obviously, the list of possibly the worst collection of starting quarterbacks ever for a division made the rounds on social media, but there’s now a better QB1 graphic with free agency and the draft in the rearview mirror.
No. 1 pick Bryce Young landed in Carolina, the Saints signed prized free agent Derek Carr and the Buccaneers added Baker Mayfield to compete with Trask. Ridder remains atop the depth chart in Atlanta, but the Falcons might have put him in a position to succeed with their many notable offseason moves.
