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Look out, NFC: Falcons, Panthers are cream of the crop

Move over, NFC West. The NFC South is No. 1.

Seven wins were good enough to win the South last year when Carolina beat Atlanta in a winner-take-all regular season finale to clinch the title at 7-8-1.

Now, both teams are 3-0. It's the only division with two undefeated teams.

The natural overreaction is to call the NFC South the best in football. But not so fast.

The Falcons rallied for a 39-28 win over Dallas on Sunday to become the first team in NFL history to start 3-0 after trailing in the fourth quarter of each game.