NFC South race heats up for Saints, Buccaneers down stretch
Fri, 2016-12-09 09:21
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TAMPA, Fla.
TAMPA, Fla.
New Orleans return specialist Marcus Murphy believes the Saints are close to getting their first win of the season.
Now that Cam Newton and the Carolina Panthers are the first team since the NFC South was established in 2002 to repeat as division champs, they see little reason why they shouldn’t win it again.
Going south is exactly what the Saints, Panthers, Falcons and Buccaneers have done this season.
Yet one of them will be playing in January.
NEW ORLEANS — Carolina coach Ron Rivera spent last December trying to muster a respectable enough finish to save his job.