Fan confidence has looked like a roller coaster this season. A majority of fans seemed to be feeling good coming into the season, with 69% reporting some optimism in Week 1. That got all the way down to zero in the midst of Atlanta’s five game losing streak, and has since risen and fallen based on whether the team wins or loses, as is traditional.
This week, the bounce from the win over the Panthers is much less impressive than the bounce after the drubbing of the Vikings. Atlanta fans were able to get genuinely excited about the Minnesota win because it was a dominant blowout, but the subsequent narrow loss to the Lions and the narrowness of the margin against Carolina have tempered even modest expectations.