When I received the results from the SB Nation mothership for this weeks’ FanPulse, I noticed they had sorted all 32 team blog results by confidence level of each fanbase. The Denver Broncos fanbase were 72% confident in the team, which ranked 19th overall of all 32 NFL teams.
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If I am to be honest with myself and case aside my bias, 19th is a pretty respectable and reasonable starting point for a team coming off back-to-back 10+ loss seasons. There are a lot of new faces and plenty of work to do before this franchise will be seen as a contender again. It could happen this year if everything goes well, but 72% is probably about how confident I am it will happen.
Here’s how each fanbase feels about their respective team heading into Week 1:
SB Nation FanPulse Results - Week 1
| Blog | Week 1 |
|---|---|
| Blog | Week 1 |
| Bleeding Green Nation | 99% |
| Dawgs By Nature | 99% |
| Arrowhead Pride | 98% |
| Baltimore Beatdown | 97% |
| Windy City Gridiron | 97% |
| Pats Pulpit | 96% |
| Turf Show Times | 96% |
| Canal Street Chronicles | 95% |
| Field Gulls | 93% |
| Niners Nation | 89% |
| The Falcoholic | 88% |
| Buffalo Rumblings | 85% |
| Behind the Steel Curtain | 84% |
| Gang Green Nation | 80% |
| Music City Miracles | 79% |
| Blogging The Boys | 78% |
| Big Blue View | 73% |
| Stampede Blue | 73% |
| Mile High Report | 72% |
| Silver And Black Pride | 71% |
| Daily Norseman | 69% |
| Bucs Nation | 67% |
| Cat Scratch Reader | 63% |
| Pride Of Detroit | 63% |
| Cincy Jungle | 63% |
| Acme Packing Company | 61% |
| Big Cat Country | 61% |
| Bolts From The Blue | 59% |
| The Phinsider | 58% |
| Revenge of the Birds | 47% |
| Hogs Haven | 36% |
| Battle Red Blog | 28% |
I would imagine the Chicago Bears will plummet next week and the Green Bay Packers will skyrocket on this list.
The FanPulse survey also had a non-Broncos related question. I actually tweeted out asking for a “None of the Above” option, but it looks like the only team that received serious consideration was the Jacksonville Jaguars here. I could see that, especially with Andrew Luck retiring and the Houston Texans doing things that may not work out for them or their fans.
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Every week we gauge the confidence Broncos fans have in the direction and progress of the team. It’s a good way to see how the rest of Broncos Country might be feeling about things. You can join in on this weekly survey at any time. I participate too, so I know the survey lasts about 48 seconds from email to done.