49ers FanPulse: Our confidence sky-high heading into Sunday night football

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Results headed into Week 12

How we got here:

• At the end of the season, unsurprisingly, 49ers fans were only 81% confident in the direction the team was headed.
• Things took a turn for the better after free agency, as that number climbed to 95%.
• Before the draft, the number dipped to 84%, and climbed two percent after the draft, to 86%.
• Heading into the preseason, we started sipping the Kool-aid again, and that number climbed to 90%. Now, with real football here, that number is at 89%. That’s the 11th highest number out of all team sites.
• Following the Week 1 victory over Tampa Bay, we’re up two percent, which brings us to 91%.
• After blowing out the Bengals, the confidence soared to 96%.
• After defeating the Steelers, despite turning the ball over five times, we’ve bumped that number up to 98%.
• With a bye week, that number may have dipped, or even plateaued. Not here. Up 1% to 99%
• Despite blowing the Browns out, our confidence dropped from 99% to 96%. The loss of Kyle Juszczyk and Mike McGlinchey should explain that.
• After dominating the Rams, that number jumped back up to 99%.
• The confidence poll dipped to 96% after the Mud Bowl. Evidently, style points matter when it comes to voting.
• Scoring 51 points against a top-5 defense brought that number back up to 99%. This was headed into Week 9. I’ll be interested if the 49ers defense having an off game will reflect the voting in next week’s FanPulse.
• No issues with the defense after a divisional win. The confidence is up 3% to 99%, which is the third-most of any team sites after the Ravens and Saints.
• After the Niners’ first divisional loss, the confidence dipped all the way to 97%. With everything that went wrong, that’s fair. There shouldn’t be too much overreaction until we see all the things that frustrated us consistently.

Despite gifting the Cardinals 16 points, a game-winning touchdown toss to Jeff Wilson put San Francisco ahead, and a late defensive score made the score look worse than the game really was. A divisional win always feels good, and that’s why we are back up to 99%.

As for the rest of the NFC West, Field Gulls is fifth as they are up to 91%. Revenge of the Birds are steady in 11th place at 71%. Turf Show times won a national TV game and that took them up quite a bit, but only to 29%. They’re 20th.

The national poll question stirred up the masses.

Which QB will be the best in five years

Just about every team’s fanbase had a gripe with this list. It’s no surprise that Mahomes won. It is surprising to see Garoppolo over Prescott, considering the seasons each is having.