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rth’s most confident Welcome to SB Nation FanPulse — a survey of fans across the NFL http://www.thevikingslockerroom.com/authentic-latavius-murray-jersey , powered by SurveyMonkey. Each week, we send 32 polls to 100+ plugged in fans from each team. Vikings fans, sign up HERE to join FanPulse.It’s time to check out this week’s SB Nation FanPulse results, and this week we’re going to compare just how confident fans of all four NFC North teams are in their favorite teams. This week, three teams appear to be pretty optimistic. . .and, well, then there’s our friends from Detroit.Of the four teams in the NFC North, fans of the Minnesota Vikings are still the most confident in the direction of their team. While it isn’t as high as it was after the Week 1 victory over San Francisco, 92% of Vikings fans are still confident in the direction that the Vikings are heading.The percentage of Vikings fans that are confident in the direction of the team was at 97% in Week 1, rose to 98% in Week 2, and is now down to 92%. A tie will do that, I suppose.The second-most confident group in the division is the team the Vikings tied with last week, the Green Bay Packers.Prior to their season opener, 98% of Green Bay fans were confident in the direction of their team. That number dropped all the way to 78% after they won a squeaker against Chicago, but rose back to 85% this week after their tie against Minnesota.Right behind them is the only NFC North team that managed to get out of Week 2 with a victory, the Chicago Bears.Like Green Bay Womens Trae Waynes Jersey , Bears fans also saw a drop in confidence after their season opener, after they dropped from 93% to 82%. After their Monday night victory at home over Seattle, they saw a slight rise back up to 84%.And then, as we said, we have the Detroit Lions.The Lions’ 68% confidence level prior to the season opener was the lowest among all the SB Nation fan bases by almost ten points. After their blowout loss to the New York Jets in Week 1, confidence dropped to 32%, and after losing to San Francisco this past Sunday they’re down at 16%. The only two fan bases throughout SB Nation that are less confident in the direction of their teams (as things stand right now) are the New York Giants (16%) and the Arizona Cardinals (3%. . .yes, three percent). If Matt Patricia wants to get back into the good graces of Lions fans, he may actually have to start blessing the rains down in Africa. Personally.That’s a look at our FanPulse results for this week, folks. Don’t forget, if you want to be a part of our voting, hit the link up at the top of the article here and sign up! The new professional football league is doing things a bit differently, and I like some of their changes."WhiteFanposts Fanshots Sections Vikings 2018 SeasonVikings 2019 OffseasonU.S. Bank StadiumMinnesota Vikings PodcastsThe Alliance of American Football starts Saturday, and it has some interesting rule changesNew,49commentsThe new professional football league is doing things a bit differently, and I like some of their changes.CSTShareTweetShareShareThe Alliance of American Football starts Saturday Danielle Hunter Jersey , and it has some interesting rule changesThe Alliance of American Football logo. It’s not a shield. But that’s not the only difference.The AAF official page.For those of you that don’t know, there’s a new professional football league beginning this weekend! That’s right! The Alliance of American Football, an eight team league, begins playing games on Saturday, and running through April 27th, when their championship game will be played. All eight teams play over the weekend, with two games on Saturday and two games on Sunday, and games can be seen on CBS.They’ve already had some interesting developments, too! For example, the Memphis Express have a SCINTILLATING QB duel developing:WHERE CAN I GET TICKETS?Look, in all seriousness, these players aren’t quite at the NFL level, but they’re above college players. Kind of like a AAA system in baseball, if you will, and probably one last chance for a player to impress NFL scouts enough to get one more shot. All joking aside, I’m intrigued http://www.thevikingslockerroom.com/authentic-trevor-siemian-jersey , and I’m going to check out a few games. One of the things I find legitimately interesting about the new league, though, are rules that differ significantly from the NFL:Let’s break these down and discuss, because in the daily post, I got into a sub-thread discussion about how the overall NFL product isn’t all that great, and some of these things could rejuvenate the game.No extra point kicks. Every team must go for two. Look, if you’re a Vikings fan, I don’t know HOW you can disagree with this one. You can still kick field goals, but no more extra points. I really like this one.No kickoffs. Teams start at the 25. Ehhh, I’m on the fence about this one. I still think a good kick returner is a weapon in football. But that said, the NFL is trying to backdoor eliminate the play, so if they are, just do it. If not, move the kickoff back, and allow for more returns. Either way, get off the fence. Credit here to the AAF for making a decision and going with it Womens George Iloka Jersey , whether you agree with it or not.Onside kicks will be replaced by an option to attempt a 4th and 10 at the team’s own 35. I LOVE this rule. I was talking with Fil on the daily thread, I mean artistformerlyknowasfil,...I mean Fake Fil...whatever, and he had some great stats that support this being a better option than an onside kick:Personally, I think the 4th and 10 option would add a ton of drama and excitement to a game, as opposed to a play that is 90% dependent on a kicked football bouncing exactly the right way at just the precise moment. And even when that does happen, you still need an opposing player to mis-handle the ball.There’s a bit of a caveat to this, though. You have to be down by 17 points, or either team can use this option when there are under five minutes left in the game. I don’t like the caveat; I’d prefer that option be open to both teams the whole game.30 second clock, no TV timeout, and 60% less commercials: If there was a demand for AAF advertising right now, they’d have as many commercials as the NFL. That’s just a supply and demand thing right now—if the AAF grows, they will have more commercials. I do, however, love the 30 second clock and the no TV timeouts. I think it will speed the game up, there will be less dead time in between plays Dalvin Cook Jersey , and the flow of the game won’t be interrupted nearly to the extent an NFL game is. (Extra point, commercial, kickoff, commercial, injury on first down, commerical).And I like Kevin Cole’s tweet about the AAF being a lab or testing ground of sorts, for these rule tweaks, and to see if they work or not. I really think the NFL needs some tweaking around the edges with stuff like this, as soon as they can figure out what a catch is.What do you guys think? Good ideas, bad ideas, or something in between?