Browns fans have been voting on SB Nation NFL Reacts all season, but as a change of pace to previous years, we wanted to get into the thick of the season before showing a baseline of how fan confidence has been. If you haven’t signed up to vote each week, you can do so here.
The graph below shows fan confidence heading into Week 8 of the NFL season:
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The Browns’ confidence meter among fans currently sits at 86%. That is still down from the mid-90s that the percentages hovered around to begin the season, but the confidence took a hit after losses to the Cardinals and Chargers — as well as the news of the injuries piling up. A win over Denver on Thursday night picked the confidence back up, and a win this Sunday against the Steelers would likely send it back to the 90s.
The confidence of Steelers fans has been slowly rising, and currently sits at 57%. In a poll by Steelers fans, 43% of fans think this will be Mike Tomlin’s first losing seasons. I’d venture to guess that those same fans were the ones who didn’t vote for confidence in Pittsburgh.
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There were two national polls. The first one asked whether fans think Deshaun Watson will be traded before the trade deadline. 47% of fans voted “yes” to that. The other question asked whether you would have returned Tom Brady’s 600th NFL touchdown ball. The ball is reportedly worth $500,000, but the fan gave it back for much less. The fan did receive a Bitcoin (currently worth $62,000) from Brady. As nice as it would’ve been to think about the max sum of money, if I was a fan and our star player asked for his historic ball back, I think I would’ve just given it to him out of excitement, and 69% of fans agree with me.
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