Teams Calling Panthers On Derrick Brown; Robert Hunt On Trade Radar

Despite the steady criticism coming the NFC East’s way, Sunday’s Broncos-Panthers game is a matchup between two division leaders. Once again, the NFC South is lagging behind the other seven divisions. The NFC East could see its champion drop to the No. 4 seed in the NFC — where the NFC South champ has resided in three of the past four brackets — but mediocrity reigns among the Atlanta-Carolina-New Orleans-Tampa Bay contingent once again. The Buccaneers pasted the Panthers 43-13 in Week 7, but Carolina’s 3-4 record places it in front entering Week 9.