Perception is everything. This is perfectly illustrated by the respective confidence level of Cardinals and Falcons fans at the moment.
Falcons fans, who mostly expected at least a solid bounceback season after an injury-marred 2018, are living with massive disappointment at the moment. The roster is too talented and too well-compensated to play this poorly, as the Falcons splurged this offseason in the hopes of returning to contention and will be butting up against the cap going forward because of it. At 1-4, their season looks lost and fans are furious.