The Detroit Lions and Denver Broncos face off on Saturday night with fanbases in two completely different headspaces. According to the latest SB Nation reacts surveys, 86 percent of Broncos fans believe the team is headed in the right direction. Only 58 percent of Lions fans feel the same way about their team. You’d think the Broncos were 9-4 and the Lions 7-6, not vice versa.
Of course, the recent trajectory of each team has fans feeling that way. The Broncos are 6-1 in their last seven compared to Detroit’s 4-3.
But the overall picture matters, too.