The NFL's ratings crisis

The season is the same length it's been for 20 years. Didn't seem to be a problem until now.
In fact, there was a period in the 1990s, I think, when teams used to have two bye weeks per season. Everyone pretty much agreed it sucked, so they went back to one after a couple of years.

 

The default national game for this Sunday's early CBS window is Raiders-Jaguars. Bet that will be a ratings winner.

 

It's the only game in its time slot.

 

What do you mean?

 

No you're thinking of Pats-OOPbots, which is the CBS late game. (And it won't be the only late game here, where we'll get Falcons-Chargers for the single Fox game.)

 

Next week, Jacksonville at Tennessee. Every fucking year. Jacksonville at Tennessee on a Thursday. STOP TRYING TO MAKE FETCH HAPPEN, GRETCHEN.

 

I confused the London game.

 

I'm sure everyone in LA will wake up early for the 6:30 a.m. Rams kickoff

 

I'm thinking of going up, if only because tickets will be cheaper than Aldi produce (and almost as fulfilling).

 

The second and third largest TV markets in the country will not be watching Packers-Bears tonight. That's not gonna slow down this trend.

 

Excellent work here. This is my thought exactly. The sport's brutal nature deters viewers not so much because they fear seeing a catastrophic injury but because minor injuries compel stoppages of play and commercial breaks. If you don't have Sunday Ticket, you're never more than three minutes from a three minute break. Or so it seems.