Popularity of Patriots is low


but they are not the most despised team -- yet

(Poll Results from Public Policy Polling)

Bill Bellichick's favorability is in G. W. Bush range: 

Belichick has a 28/41 favorability rating among NFL fans, compared to 37/16 for Pete Carroll. (Gallup: George W. Bush's Low Point: 25% [three times; most recent: Oct 31-Nov 2, 2008] )

Patriots are not popular either

The Patriots as a team overall have a 36/43 favorability rating with fans, making them one of only two teams we tested (the Cowboys at 40/42 being the other) with a net negative rating.

Seahawks picked to win

Seahawks (despite disconcerting antics by Lynch and Sherman) are picked to win on Sunday

Americans say they're rooting for the Seahawks to win the Super Bowl by a 7 point margin, 36/29.

Bottom line: Americans don't care much for the Patriots, but that was already true.

The Pack are way ahead of everyone else

The Packers remain the most popular team in the country. They have a +36 net favorability rating with 54% of Americans viewing them favorably to 18% with a negative opinion.

Poor Roger

NFL fans are not particularly happy with the job Roger Goodell is doing, but a lot of them don't have an opinion about it either: 25% of self described NFL fans approve of Goodell's performance to 41% who disapprove.

His personal favorability rating is 20/33.

The worst journalistic lead ever?

Americans are suspicious of Tom Brady’s balls, and they will be rooting against his New England Patriots when they face off against the Seattle Seahawks in Sunday’s Super Bowl.






The most loathed team ever






The Dallas Cowboys poll highest as the country’s most hated team (18%) for the fourth straight year.






If that is true, why does the media continue to call them "America's Team"?

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