Blogging The Boys
All season long we’ve been asking Cowboys fans how confident they were in the direction of the team. If you graph the results, they will closely follow wins and losses. There are some variables, like the close loss to the Philadelphia Eagles to start the season. Going into that game, on the heels of trading Micah Parsons, the team only had 35% confidence from fans. After losing 24-20, confidence rose to 68%. The next week Dallas beat the New York Giants in overtime, but actually dropped the confidence back to 38%.
Confidence reached a season-low 7% when the Cowboys got smacked around by the Chicago Bears in Week 3. Confidence reached a season-high of 82% when the Cowboys made their mini-run after the bye and trade deadline. That was the time when they were in play for a playoff spot. The loss to the Detroit Lions sent that crashing back to 35%.
It’s been dropping since then, which leads us to today. In our recent survey, only 21% of fans feel confident the team is headed in the right direction.
What are the first steps the Cowboys could take after Sunday’s game to start restoring your confidence?
