NFL Week 14 begins with one of the more crucial games of the season between the Green Bay Packers and the Detroit Lions. I look at the NFC North and am reminded of how the NFC West was back in the Jim Harbaugh Days when everyone (yes, even the then-St. Louis) Rams made it an absolute gauntlet of a division. It was pretty frustrating when other divisions were dysfunctional, but the West had to have three competent front offices.
In my opinion, the NFC North is the strongest division in the conference, though the NFC East may have something to say about that.