This Falcons team has been simultaneously hard to love and hard to quit. We’ve run our weekly The Falcoholic Reacts surveys all year, and invariably losses have sent people careening off the bandwagon and wins, no matter how unimpressive, have brought people back. Because we’re asking open-endedly about confidence each week, it’s probably an open question whether people are feeling more confident in the team’s long-term future or for 2020, but either way about a quarter of fans are feeling some confidence heading into Week 17’s matchup with the Buccaneers.
The loss to the Buccaneers two weeks ago brought that number dangerously close to 0%, but the close game against the Chiefs restored some confidence because it was a reminder that this team can really play sometimes, even if it’s never a complete game.