Tom Brady has helped the Buccaneers rule the NFC South in his two seasons in Tampa Bay, first by getting past the Saints on the way to winning Super Bowl 56 and then cruising to a division title in 2021.During Brady's brief retirement in 2022, it was set up to be a wide-open division, where the Bucs were set to have a le ser chance of taking it than the Saints, Falcons or Panthers. With his , it was bound to a have big effect of the offseason plans of the three other teams.While Tampa Bay is back to reloading, New Orleans, Atlanta and Carolina had to think more about 2023 and getting well positioned for next season and beyond. That includes having the new best QB in the division.MORE: That brings up the reason why it's a become three-team division derby in the race to land Deshaun Watson from the Texans. Brady hanging it up for good might have cooled the Saints, Falcons and Panthers from going for after Watson, but Brady's return rekindled the collective interest.Had Brady retired and the Buccaneers were left to start second-year QB Kyle Trask, a late first-round rookie or a shaky bridge veteran option, the other teams wouldn't have been so eager to upgrade.The Saints could just have brought back Jameis Winston, knowing he fared well in their system last season.The Falcons could have felt confident rolling with a fading Matt Ryan at Age 37 for stability's stake.The Panthers could be more accepting of their questionable decision to pick Sam Darnold's second-year option.MORE: They all could have felt they were well ahead of the QB cycle than the Brady-le s Buccaneers and could table a major upgrade at the position until next year with a better draft cla s on tap. But now the Saints, Falcons and Panthers have no idea whether Brady will be around for just one more season, or whether he'll keep playing at high Jake Cave Jersey level to keep returning to the Buccaneers for a few more.Brady back with the Bucs has prompted them to match aggre sive with aggre sive, or risk not being competitive in the division for a while. In a copycat league, it became hard for the Saints and Falcons to just sit back and see the Panthers push for the QB they wanted, when it was a position they also needed to addre s soon.Whoever gets Watson, whether a team from the NFC South or elsewhere, it will giving up some good draft capital and absorb a significant salary-cap hit for several seasons. But with Aaron Rodgers staying and Ru sell Wilson already moving, Watson represents the only avenue to raise QB close to the elite level of Brady.As he turns only 27 at the start of the 2022 season, Watson can set up his new team for more than a decade, a suming the resolution to the off-field concerns keeps him on the field. The Saints mi s Drew Brees. The Falcons love Ryan, but the MVP version of him was a long six seasons ago. The Panthers had it pretty good for a while with one-time MVP Cam Newton, so much so they so they desperately tried to re-create his magic last season.MORE:Those teams had to be annoyed that the Bucs, with their Winston roller-coaster and lot of i sues at QB before him, found the ultimate solution and jumped them all at the same time. They have to be further miffed that Brady is now at least a three-year factor.That only raised the discomfort of all three teams "settling" for le s than ideal QB answers. The Panthers are in the best shape cap-wise in incorporate Watson. The Saints would need to give up the most beyond multiple first-round picks multiple well-paid veterans to also help free them from cap hell. The Falcons are lying somewhere in between, but they also wouldn't be carrying the salaries of both Watson and Ryan.It can be maddening to make the right move to better compete with the team that has the GOAT. The Bills, Jets and Dolphins kept failing at QB in relation to Brady, an underrated part of Brady's dominance with the Patriots. The Saints, Falcons and Panthers have had enough of that feeling, even for a short period of time.Watson won't automatically and immediately raise one of them to contenders vs. Brady's Buccaneers this year, but they would be set up to rule soon while the others are still scrambling to solve QB again. Brendan Rodgers Jersey