Yahoo Sports NFL analyst Nate Tice, fantasy analyst Matt Harmon, and NFL writer Charles McDonald go through the NFC and pick their division winners for the 2024 season. Hear the full conversation on “Football 301” – and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you listen.
Matt, we’ll start with you NFC North pick who do you pick right now to win the division of the NFC North?
Yeah, I’m going lines like I mentioned with Aidan Hutchinson, I think this team is gonna be really good this year.
They win the NFC North Charles Green Bay Packers get the best quarterback in the division.
I love it.
Good logic, good logic.
The Lions are the favorite plus 130.
I also went with the Packers at plus 210.
I’m going with the pack.
I think these two are gonna be two of the best teams in the NFC though.
I cannot wait for the NFC North.
So we are going next to the NFC South Charles.
Start with you begrudgingly pick the Falcons.
Oh, wow.
Kind of the same thing, best quarterback, but I really don’t feel good about it.
I don’t think the defense is going to be good.
I think Tampa Bay has a more complete team but Falcons might have a higher ceiling.
Matt.
I do agree that the, the Falcons have the higher ceiling, but like we talked about the NFC wins.
Show Nate, I’m back to being Bucks Pied I guess so.
I will stay consistent and I’ll go Bucks in this spot.
I am also bucks piled just another summer team.
I keep the Bucks and Seahawks, man.
It just as I just stared at it and stared at it and thought about it and rethought about it and re rethought about it.
I’m going with the Bucks.
Just everything you said there, Matt.
Just more, more of a complete team than maybe I even realized.
Now we’re moving on to the west coast FC West Charles start with you again.
FC West.
Who are you going with the division winner?
49er until proven otherwise.
Trent’s back, a back 49ers back.
That’s all I got, Matt.
Same.
I mean, what a, what a waste of the last month it’s been like, are you freaking out about this?
Are you freaking about that?
And then, hey, everything’s, yeah, everything’s ready to go.
Uh, and, and, and I’m ready to pick them to win the division again.
Same our number one offense.
Yeah, still feel that way.
I’m with the 49ers.
My is 200.
I really, the FC West is gonna be a lot of fun.
A lot of frisky teams in there but 40 nines are still the class.
All right, AFC East, I’m going Eagles.
Uh, I’ve been consistent with this since our top 10 offenses pod that I think this team is just a little bit too big to fail.
Uh, I think the defense will be bigger than, um than it was last year, like very low bar to clear it.
But I think it will be better than Patricia.
It was better than that Patricia Patricia out the door.
Vic Van Jo in.
That’s good for the defense.
But really the offense is just too talented to fail.
I’m, I’m with a lot of people that they’re coalescing of ideas is gonna be interesting to see with Jalen Hurtz.
That’s one of my biggest like week one storylines I’m watching.
But overall, I think these players are just too talented uh to totally fall apart here.
I know that’s, I keep fighting with myself.
So we’ll see Charles.
How about you with the AFC East?
So I’m rolling with the Dallas Cowboys to win the NFC East.
I am also with the Cowboys.
They’re at plus 170.
The Eagles are my 150.
It’s between these two.
Just don’t look at the running backs.
That’s all I ask.
That’s it.
That’s what I know, but I just close my eye.
I just close my eyes.
I like defense D CD Lamb.
