News » FanPulse: Patriots have the least confident fanbase in the AFC

East Welcome to SB Nation FanPulse — a survey of fans across the NFL White Eric Rowe Jerseys , powered by SurveyMonkey. Each week, we send 32 polls to 100+ plugged in fans from each team. Patriots fans, sign up HERE to join FanPulse.The New England Patriots are sitting at 1-2 heading into tomorrow’s meeting against the 3-0 Miami Dolphins. Safe to say, things have not gone smoothly for the most successful team of this century over the first three weeks of the season: the defense has struggled two games in a row Eric Rowe Jerseys 2019 , while the offense has not been able to get into any consistent rhythm.The Patriots’ recent struggles are reflected in the confidence score of our weekly FanPulse survey. While 90% of fans were confident about the direction of the franchise entering week one, this number dipped to 87% one week later (despite New England’s opening day win) and down 76% after the 31-20 week two loss against the Jacksonville Jaguars.After the recent 26-10 loss against the Detroit Lions, only 31% of fans participating in the survey said that they still feel confident in the direction the team is moving. This places New England’s fanbase among the least confident in the entire NFL – only six are less confident in their respective teams – and at the bottom of the AFC East:Despite the low confidence score, Patriots fans have not given up hope that the team defeats Miami tomorrow. According to the result of this week’s survey White LaAdrian Waddle Jerseys , New England’s followers think the team will win tomorrow with a three-point difference. For comparison, the Dolphins’ followers believe that their team will win on Sunday by two points. When Patriots quarterback Tom Brady met the media during the team’s minicamp in June, he was asked a few questions about the fact that he’s heading into the final year of his current contract.Brady didn’t get too detailed in his response. He said he’s “never really talked” about contract matters and that he thinks those things work themselves out.That’s been the case multiple times over the course of his two decades in New England and team owner Robert Kraft said at the Super Bowl that he “would be quite surprised if [Brady] didn’t continue for quite a while as our quarterback.”It’s probably safe to say that most people would put themselves in the same category, but an extension that would ensure that’s the case doesn’t appear to be imminent. Tom Pelissero of NFL Media reports that no deal is “on the horizon right now.”Given the relationship between Brady and the Patriots LaAdrian Waddle Jerseys 2019 , there probably would not need to be an extended negotiation about a new deal when the sides feel the time has come to hammer something out. That may make it likely that the news drops one day without the smoke signals that accompany other deals for players without the same history in their current jobs.