To put it bluntly, the NFC just went through the biggest depletion of talent via free agency in the history of free agency. It seemed every big NFC free agent went to the AFC and now the NFC only has a few teams that could realistically push for a Super Bowl while the AFC has a full division that has a shot at the playoffs. There are still Super Bowl level squads in the NFC, don’t get me wrong, but there’s a big gap between the Super Bowl teams and the good teams on paper. It’s impossible to know for certain how each team will do but who knows maybe some of these teams can surprise everyone.