TV Ratings Fall For Every NFL Wild Card Game

[YosemiteSam]

This is from Forbes

Link to full article

 

[sean10mm]

This wild card round was nothing but garbage games except the Giants-Packers game. Nobody wants to watch the Dolphins, Lions, Carr-less Raiders or Texans play football.

It will be interesting to see the ratings for the next round, only the Texans-Patriots game looks like a stinker in the making. Steelers-Chiefs, Packers-Cowboys and Seahawks-Falcons could all be real good games.

 

[Sportsdude360]

Yep, especially the Packers-Cowboys game.

 

[Teague31]

Have no fear NFL

America's Team is here

 

[Jinxx13x]

I know one team where the number will be POSITIVE Just saying

 

[Nightman]

DAL vs GB will be huge......the rest will be down

 

[jrumann59]

DAL vs GB will be huge......the rest will be down

I think Pitt-NE will be up. The rest will be down

 

[Hoofbite]

This wild card round was nothing but garbage games except the Giants-Packers game. Nobody wants to watch the Dolphins, Lions, Carr-less Raiders or Texans play football.

It will be interesting to see the ratings for the next round, only the Texans-Patriots game looks like a stinker in the making. Steelers-Chiefs, Packers-Cowboys and Seahawks-Falcons could all be real good games.

Agreed. 2 games had starting QBs out and 2-score deficits at halftime. Anyone who started watching likely didn't finish the game.

 

[Nightman]

I think Pitt-NE will be up. The rest will be down

It is NE-HOU yawn and PITT-KC

 

[Doomsday]

The Lions at the Seachickens had my interest until the Lions dropped 3 passes on 3rd down in the early part of the game.

Knew it was pretty much over at that point.

 

[big dog cowboy]

Each of the four NFL Wild Card games fell in ratings compared with last year

Last year all 4 road teams won and were interesting. This year, all 4 favorites won and the games were clunkers.

 

[Cowboy Brian]

I posted a few years ago that the NFL was diluting its brand with all of the extra days. Scarcity creates a build up of anticipation. The NFL was talking about going to 18 games - used to love the idea, now think they should go the other way. Go to 14 games - and with all of the new players in the content wars, sell rights by teams or by divisions, and use all mediums. Apple is getting into the game, that means Google and Samsung are already working on their versions since all these company's copy themselves like its is their calling. Netflix, Hulu, traditional cable, premium cable, and the old horse who used to be the only guy at the table - the broadcast networks. Revenue would skyrocket beyond belief.

Honestly love the idea... Otherwise expand the season, not in games but lengthen the timeline. Instead of 16 games in 17 weeks make it 16 games over 20 weeks. Plus they could spin it as helping players physical health,and it'd increase the scarcity factor and would reverse this downward trend.

 

[Walker]

Looking forward to the Dal / GB and Hawks/Falcon games. The AFC is boring.