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Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NFL. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Washington Commanders fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys.
With the short week — the Commanders visit Green Bay to play the Packers on Thursday Night Football — it felt too rushed to ask any complex team-related questions given that many survey respondents could end up answering the poll questions after the result of the TNF game. So we decided to keep it stripped down and simple this week with a single question — the usual weekly confidence question.
The results of last week’s survey were published on Sunday morning, but with all the excitement of the season’s opening game, the article seemed to largely slip through the cracks with most Hogs Haven members, so, in case you missed them on Sunday, I have re-published the results of last week’s survey below the poll question in this article.
Of course, we invite you to answer the survey question below, but also feel free to expand on your answer and provide nuance in the comments section. I rely on those comments when discussing the results of the survey when they are posted in a separate article the next few days.
Please take our survey##### Week 1 Survey Results (originally published on Sunday, September 7th)
In this week’s Reacts survey, we asked three questions.
Confidence
The first was the standard question about confidence in the team’s direction that we have been asking for years. An overwhelming 97% of survey respondents answered that they are, indeed, confident in the team’s direction.
When we asked this question ahead of the opening game of the 2024 season, just 43% of fans expressed confidence in the team’s direction. What a difference a year makes!
No doubt, last year’s 12-5 record and 2 playoff wins went a long way towards building up that confidence.
The confidence is reflected in the answers to the other two questions in this week’s survey that asked respondents to predict Washington’s record at the end of September, and to predict the team that would be leading the NFC East at the end of the month.
Commanders’ September wins & losses
94% of respondents predict a winning record or the Commanders, with about 2 of every 3 respondents predicting 3 wins, and another 1 in 5 expecting Washington to be undefeated at the end of the month. Only 2% of respondents expect the Commanders to be below .500.
Based on comments, the opponent perceived to be the most likely to inflict a loss on the Commanders in the first quarter of the season is the Packers. Washington travels to Green Bay for one of its two road games this month; that game is on Thursday night, just 5 days after...
