Week 9 has been good to the New Orleans Saints. After defeating the Chicago Bears, the team was able to celebrate in the locker room and watch their divisional rivals both lose — the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Atlanta Falcons fell to the Houston Texans and Minnesota Vikings, respectively, both teams via last minute drives by the opposing quarterback.
The Saints now sit alone at the top of the NFC South. The Carolina Panthers had a late kickoff with the Indianapolis Colts, but they’re so far behind the other teams the result won’t impact the standings. Here’s the state of the division: