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The Blue have been taking part in the ongoing fan confidence surveys since last year. This is part of SB Nation’s FanPulse tool http://www.thechargerslockerroom.com/authentic-mike-pouncey-jersey , which sends weekly questions to the city’s most hardcore fans via email.If you are interested in joining the Chargers FanPulse, please sign up here.TrendsAt the end of last season, 76 percent of Chargers fans reported confidence in the team’s direction. After free agency, that number climbed to 81 percent.Prior to the draft, only 71 percent of fans were confident in the direction of the team. After the draft, that number jumped all the way to 88 percent.By preseason Week 1 Womens Isaac Rochell Jersey , that number had fallen again to 78 percent confidence. That number fell off a cliff as we approached the regular season all the way down to 59 percent.Following the Chargers’ Week 1 overtime win against the Colts, 58 percent of Chargers fans remain confident in the direction of the team. That difference is small enough to be considered holding steady.With a loss to the Lions in Week 2, fan confidence was shattered, and it now sits at 20 percent.With another loss, this time to the Texans, fan confidence sits at 17 percent.Getting back to .500 has the fan confidence climbing all the way to 41 percent.Apparently Michael Badgley Jersey , losing at home to a team that was talking about embracing the tank days before you played them is not good for confidence, and ours has fallen to a new low of 12 percent.Prior to getting to take on Anthony Lynn’s Chargers at their really nice Double-A stadium, the Broncos were coming to terms with the likelihood of their first 0-5 start. There was real talk happening about whether they should trade away everyone they could to build through next year’s draft. Then, the Chargers showed up and ruined their unintentional tanking with one of the worst performances we have ever seen (and as Chargers fans we have seen some really bad performances).All fan bases were asked who the leader in the NFL MVP race was as of today...Yes, that’s a running back taking the poll down with a plurality. Granted, Christian McCaffrey is on pace for something like 2 Joey Bosa Jersey ,700 scrimmage yards or something equally absurd, but it is interesting to see people ready to hand out the MVP to a non-quarterback. It’s most likely that two passers immediately behind him in the results are the ones actually dueling for that award by season’s end, but Patrick Mahomes is dinged up and Russell Wilson does play for Pete Carroll who seems intent on holding back his franchise QB from true greatness, so I guess we will just have to wait and see. Maybe the $100 million man really doesn’t run the show in Oakland.As the Raiders prepare to face Chargers safety Derwin James, Raiders coach Jon Gruden claims that he wanted to draft James in April.“We wanted to take Derwin James,” Gruden told reporters on Wednesday. “Everybody wanted Derwin James.”So why didn’t the Raiders take Derwin James? Gruden blamed the inability to take James on the fact that the Raiders had used a first-round pick in 2016 on safety Karl Joseph Womens Austin Ekeler Jersey , and that the Raiders used a second-round pick in 2017 on safety Obi Melifonwu. (In other words, “It was like that when I got here.”)聽But consider Gruden’s assessment of James, and ask yourself whether the presence of Joseph and Melifonwu should have really mattered.“He’s an intimidating player, he is a physical presence,” Gruden said of James. “I think he’s got range to play deep, he’s got coverage ability. He can run through you http://www.thechargerslockerroom.com/authentic-melvin-gordon-jersey , he can run around you, he can run right over you. He is a dynamite young player and he’ll be one of the building blocks in L.A. for a long time for the Chargers.”He’ll be one of the building blocks unless he doesn’t sign a second contract with the Chargers. Although the NFL typically imposes punishment for tampering not just when the gun is smoking but when a bullet is seen exiting the muzzle, Gruden’s comments make it clear that the Raiders would be interested in getting James away from the Chargers at some point, if he can.