The New Orleans Saints and Tampa Bay Buccaneers are focused on the playoffs, but the bottom half of the NFC South is gearing up for a long offseason. But both the Carolina Panthers and the Atlanta Falcons have something to look forward to: top-10 picks in the 2021 NFL draft.
Carolina finished the year with a 5-11 record, earning them the No. 8 overall selection in this year’s event. Atlanta staggered to a 4-12 finish and the No. 4 pick overall. While that’s the sort of mediocrity we’ve come to expect from each franchise after they lost Super Bowls 50 and 51 in back-to-back years, it means that both teams are poised to add big upgrades early in the upcoming draft.