Last week at this time, fans of the New England Patriots were among the most confident in the entire NFL: 98% of participants in our FanPulse survey — please click here if you also want to take part in the future — felt good about the direction in which the team was heading, tied for best in the league with the Kansas City Chiefs. And why wouldn’t the numbers look like that coming off a dominant 43-0 win over the Miami Dolphins?
A lot has changed since last Thursday, however, and the Patriots’ fan confidence has taken a slight hit because of it.