The Panthers and Saints are further along and probably closed the gap with the Falcons this off season.
IMO, the Panthers had a sneaky good draft, and the Saints are just further cementing themselves as the cellar dweller.
Saints drafted the 8th best QB in the 2nd round tho
The Saints did what they need to do to fix their trenches and then upgrade some skill positions.
I wouldn't also bet against Moore as a play caller with the offensive weapons at his disposal. Moore is very familiar in using Cooks and to obtain the best out of Wilson. And they still have Olave and Shaheed. Kamara, Miller and Neal give Moore a plethora of options to do as he wishes.
Defensively Staley for all his faults as a terrible, terrible bland HC he is very, very competent as a DC. PR staff has a blind spot when it comes to the Saints drafts because Breese is all of sudden sneaky good and flew under the radar last year. Stutsman is going to see the field a lot with Davis and Warner which makes potentially the best LB core in the division. Their secondary is in flux but I think Staley will have it sorted out sooner or later. Jones and Riley are two solid players added to a secondary with a lot of question marks and age.
Panthers are just banking on continued improvement on offense but just in case they went out and added Tet. Truthfully finally adding some talent for Evero to work with is scary. If Staley is a very good DC then Evero is upper echelon and he now has the tools needed to stop the run and also rush the passer.
Falcons from my view upgraded team speed in the front seven and arguably have the best DB room in the NFCS. But the problem remains that the Panthers, Saints and Bucs are going to pound the rock against that front seven missing Grady Jarrett.
