have won 4 out of their last 5 games and are relevant in the NFC playoff picture. With backup quarterback Taylor Heinicke having been under center for the 4 most recent games and winning 3 of them, fan confidence has been slowly building, but saw an upward spike this week in the wake of the dominating victory by the Commanders over the NFL’s last unbeaten team, division rival Philadelphia Eagles (-6.5).
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The fan confidence number from the Reacts survey jumped by 20 percentage points this week, from 50% of fans to 71% who expressed confidence in the direction of the franchise.