NFL ratings problem

[tenureplan]

Nothing but **** games Thurs/Sun/Mon nights. No other reason.

 

[Allday.sixpack]

You think Cowboys and Eagles are ****?
Your expectations are off the chart.

 

[tenureplan]

Didn't realize that game already had a rating...my bad

 

[11thEagleFan]

You're exactly right, I've never seen anything like it. Other than a few exceptions, it's like the NFL and TV executives got together and asked, "Is there any way that we can get the Browns to play the Jaguars in primetime every week?".

 

[notoriousD_O_G]

You think Cowboys and Eagles are ****?
Your expectations are off the chart.

Yeah that will be a good one but most of these primetime games have been garbage. Especially Thursday.

 

[tbaydog]

I've been done with the NFL, only watch the Cowboys till JJ 17s that up........

 

[dorndawg]

The ratings are still pretty damn high, higher than everything else right? Is it possible the NFL was just at it's zenith in the last, say five years - and now isn't? That's not the end of the world yall; they're all still gonna be able to buy fuel for their jets.

 

[MSUDC11]

They got smashed by The Walking Dead on Sunday night. TWD did an 8.7 and the Seahawks/Cardinals did a 6.0.

Granted, that was TWD's most hyped episode ever and the NFL game ended up being a 6-6 tie. But still.

I agree that they've made some really weird choices for their primetime games. I'm not sure what the pecking order is and since it's all determined before the season, I know they try to mix things up a lot. I just can't make myself care about Titans/Jags or a Texans game (seems like they've been in primetime a lot).

At least we get Dak in primetime this Sunday night. Hopefully it's not his last start.

 

[jb1020]

I think fantasy football is the only reason rateings are still decent.

If it weren't for FF I don't think I'd watch it at all.

 

[FlotownDawg]

Thursday night games should go away. There is no reason for them. The match ups are always terrible, and the ratings are just as bad. I never watch the Thursday night game, watch college football instead. The overall gladiator nature of the NFL and just blind greed has turned me off to the league. I hardly ever watch anymore unless I tune in to the Cowboys game to see how Dak is doing. I still love college football for all the passion and pageantry, but the NFL just seems like a business that treats its players like horses that when they get broken down, send them to the glue factory.

 

[notoriousD_O_G]

Also the officiating in NFL games is HORRIBLE

 

[UpTheMiddlex3Punt]

Thursday night in the NFL is the equivalent of playing Wednesday night in college.

 

[coachnorm]

I wonder what the ratings will be when the Jaguars locate to London when Tottenham Stadium is complete? Eight home games with an additional time slot?

 

[karlchilders.sixpack]

I just simply don't understand

I've watched more Dallas games this year, than I have watched in ten years.

 

[Hankp22]

I haven't seen a game other than Dak all year

If it weren't for FF I don't think I'd watch it at all.

It has really been three years since I watched an NFL game in full. A lot of the reason I watched then was fantasy football.

However, I think the RedZone channel along with smart phones giving instant data has actually hurt the fantasy football demographic rating. Fantasy football players were always more interested in the stats than the results of the game. And with a smart phone in your pocket that gives instantaneous results/stats, then why watch the game unless you're genuinely interested in the outcome? My interest is fantasy football is actually waning. I'd rather watch Westworld.

Streaming certainly doesn't help. But I do feel the NFL has alienated some of their core fans and technology is driving the millennial/fantasy crowd away from the traditional rating calculation.