Four-time All-Pro safety and two-time Super Bowl champion Rodney Harrison almost was at a loss for words about the NFC South.

The current NBC "Football Night in America" analyst and Atlanta-area resident took a moment on Tuesday morning to break down what's going in the wacky division. The Falcons and Saints currently are tied atop the standings at 4-7, followed by the Panthers (3-7-1) and Buccaneers (2-9).

"It's been surprisingly bad," Harrison said. "Probably the most disappointing team, I would have to say, is the Saints, especially the way they played last night. But you also have to look at Carolina. To take the steps back that they've taken ... I thought Cam Newton was ready to go to that next level. It seems like he's regressed a little bit.

"The Falcons, despite all the injuries along the offensive line and injuries on the defensive side of the ball, I'm not really shocked where they're at. I'm just shocked more so with the way that they're losing. That's the disappointing thing. They want to sit back and blame Mike Smith about everything, and coaches have to take a certain amount of the blame, but they don't have anyone. It takes more than two guys, and Julio [Jones] has been kind of up and down this year. He's dropping some passes. And I'm not going to even say nothing about [his] contract situation."

Harrison obviously believes the Panthers and Buccaneers are out of the running despite not being mathematically eliminated from contention. He glanced at the upcoming schedule for both the Falcons and Saints and offered his take on which team would walk away with the division title.

"Saints are going to win it because of the schedule," Harrison said. "They played tough last night (in a 34-27 loss to Baltimore). I was surprised that Drew Brees threw a pick-6, but those are things that he's been basically doing all year. He hasn't played great. But we'll see what happens."