Fans have weighed in following the preseason, and confidence remains high for this 2025 squad as they get ready to host the Tennessee Titans in Week 1.
In this week’s SBNation Reacts question, 41% said their confidence in the team remain unchanged after the 3-0 preseason record.
And while that percentage wasn’t too different from the 38% who said their confidence dipped, one-fifth of the fans voting said their confidence actually increased.
One person who is as anxious as anyone about what this team
might deliver is head coach Sean Payton.
“This is that time where you’re anxious. You’re anxious to see what you have,” he said. “We need to start fast. …It’s hard to be one of those upper-echelon teams if you play yo-yo football. You lose a couple, you win three. At some point, any one of these teams that win 10 or more games, there’s that three wins in a row, or four wins in a row.”
Payton also noted that “the speed to improve” from the first weeks of the season is greater for better teams. And he’d like to be one of those better teams.
“If you’re not careful and you’re not doing that, then it becomes hard,” he added, noting the 0-2 start last season before winning three in a row.
And the coach believes his young quarterback will improve as much as the offense will let him.
“It’s the details with everyone. [Nix] can move as that group can move,” Payton said. “We always talk about painting a picture for the ‘Q’. We might love a play, and yet are we there yet at tight end or receiver? We just have to make sure we’re moving. We’re still a young offense. We’re experienced in the offensive line, but I think that’s something that’s important, especially early in the year.”
Time will tell, and that time is finally coming soon!
