Ah yes a slightly (haha) better conference than the NFC North.  This is a harder group to predict I think.  Well except for the last place team but still. 

New Orleans Saints 11-5

The Saints have enough offensive weapons to win the division easily.  Drew Brees is a great QB and he has several targets to throw to now.  Colston is awesome, though he does tend to have serious ups and downs week to week.  The RB situation is odd, every fan in football is waiting for Reggie Bush to mature into an every down back, but between him and McAllister and whoever else is around they should do well.  The defense is ok, and I expect some good things from them.  If Smith can sack the QB the way he is getting overpaid to do then it will be all good.  Also the D needs to force more turnovers, and use them to score more often.  NO takes the division.

Carolina Panthers 10-6

Carolina is going to go into week 17 looking to knock off the Saints to win the division but NO is going to take it.  Now that Jake Delhomme is back the Panthers should have  a much better time then last year.  Even if he isn't 100% he will still be better than the crew that was tossing the ball last year.  On that note, Steve Smith should be huge this year.  Look at what he did last year with the quarterbacks he had.  Add in Williams and Stewart with a fairly decent rushing attack and they are going to score often.  The defense is going to have a field day with some of the teams they are going to play.  Detroit, the Raiders, Atlanta, and the Bears are going to hand over the ball easily so I expect a good amouth of turnovers from this defense.  10-6 should nab the Panthers a wild card spot.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers 8-8

Tampa has a medium tough schedule, with weeks 4 through 8 looking ugly.  This team just doesn't look great this year.  They will get some easy wins playing ATL, Detroit, and Chicago, and I'm sure they will tough out some wins during the season but a .500 season is all they can hope for.  The fact that they have no idea who is going to start QB this year is an issue, they don't have a real deep recieving group, and the running backs are injury prone.  Dunn might be looking to make a statement this year, but he won't do too much.  The defense is the high point of this team and should continue to take the ball away, but without some solid offense it won't matter.  The defense also needs to put more pressure on the QB, 33 sacks for the whole team last year isn't super.

Atlanta Falcons 3-13

I hate to say it Falcons fans but they are headed down the Miami trail.  I think 3 wins is generous.  They have a rookie at QB who has yet to play a down and is going to be expected to carry the team.  Joe Horn and Roddy White are the 2 best receivers on the team, and they wouldn't start on most other teams in the league.  They let Alge Crumpler walk away and didn't exactly fill the opening with a superstar.  Michael Turner is going to starting for a whole season, and who knows how he will pull it off without LT to soften up the defense.  Norwood has played backup his whole career and with the loss of Dunn thought he was going to get a chance to start, so Turner is going to crush that dream.  Together I see them running as many yards as LT alone.  The defense is full of holes and has no one on it that stands out.  They aren't great pass rushers, nor do they stuff the run.  The only half good thing about the defense is playing in Oakland now. 

So there is the NFC South, tough on the teams but accurate I think.