NFL opener TV ratings down 8.5%

[MinnesotaFats]

Down 8.5% from 2017 and below 16, 15, 14, 13 as well.

[krk1030]

Did you see that shit show?

[Art Vandelay]

Late start with rain, ceremony, etc. Not a marque matchup anyway. And then the game started and the penalties and inept play kicked in. Poor ratings not a surprise

[Mac4Lyfe]

And it was weather delayed which didn't help keep viewers.

Ryan and Foles are probably the 2 worst QBS we'll see this season. They are both horrible watches. Wentz needs to return asap.

[SamsNCharge99]

US OPEN woman's semi finals was much better entertainment, I maybe watched 2 plays all game

[Mac4Lyfe]

US OPEN woman's semi finals was much better entertainment, I maybe watched 2 plays all game

That was boring too. Osaka dominated Keys. I spent most of my evening bashing a couple SBR posters. Lol

[USCPHILLYGUY]

Philadelphia 32.9/54

[ikid2groove415]

Down 8.5% from 2017 and below 16, 15, 14, 13 as well.

Biggest reason ? People are watching it on stream - iPhone/mobile-ipad/tablets -

[MinnesotaFats]

Biggest reason ? People are watching it on stream - iPhone/mobile-ipad/tablets -

I've heard that a lot, but honestly I've never seen anyone stream a game. I'm 38 so my friends aren't tech incompetent....never seen it streamed.

[Venom72]

Biggest reason ? People are watching it on stream - iPhone/mobile-ipad/tablets -

This^^ plus like others have said that game was horrible and the delay made it even worse, its way to early to start the "the ratings are down cause of the protests!!" narrative if thats what your going for

[lakerboy]

Late start with rain, ceremony, etc. Not a marque matchup anyway. And then the game started and the penalties and inept play kicked in. Poor ratings not a surprise

Lol. Not a Marquee matchup? Really?

[goduke]

Penalties every play ruin the flow every game. The refs need to take game flow into consideration or stop huddling up after every flag is thrown. You threw the flag you call the penalty immediately after the play and move on

[Mac4Lyfe]

I've heard that a lot, but honestly I've never seen anyone stream a game. I'm 38 so my friends aren't tech incompetent....never seen it streamed.

My son streams games all the time. He rather watch the game on his 5" phone screen instead of my 150" theatre screen. Most of his friends watch on their phones while playing video games on their TVs.

I stream on my phone/tablet when i'm out the house.

[BestPlay2day]

I would blame the late start and the boring 1st half. I turned the game off early in the 2nd qtr. Did turn it back on and watched late in the 4th qtr.

[Ratpack]

was watching the movie patti cakes and big brother following game with comments on twitter

[Mac4Lyfe]

Penalties every play ruin the flow every game. The refs need to take game flow into consideration or stop huddling up after every flag is thrown. You threw the flag you call the penalty immediately after the play and move on

I mentioned years ago that the PI penalty is killing the game. There's a 3 to 5 second pause after every play where everyone is waiting for a flag. It's ridiculous. One side is lobbying for a flag, even putting on an acting job, trying to fake out the refs, while the other side is trying to sneak back to the huddle, hoping they don't get flagged, like a school kid sneaking into class.

[thechaoz]

I've heard that a lot, but honestly I've never seen anyone stream a game. I'm 38 so my friends aren't tech incompetent....never seen it streamed.

Im 38 and I streamed it on my phone

[jjgold]

That’s a ton

Ghetto beliefs ruining game

[bonzaii]

But, butt, butt I thought it was cuz of the elections. No one wants to sit through a 3 and half hour fcking game with commercials galore.

[bonzaii]

That’s a ton

Ghetto beliefs ruining game

uhhh no. A lot of the people who complain about this don't even watch football anyway.

[MMXVII]

Its almost like people want to watch football instead of old men throw yellow cloth on the field to get their face time on TV.

[jrgum3]

The game is awful so what did you expect? They literally called a penalty on every play. Granted replay showed that most of the penalties were warranted it still affects the flow of the game and makes it unwatchable.

[pavyracer]

They should have had Colts-Bengals instead. The ratings should have been through the roof.

[franklee168]

Only people with action on the game watching now.

[slambam]

Too many penalties, refs decide the game all too often, don't even know what some penalties are, never know what a catch is, replay is terrible, too many arrogant turds who get cocky when they knock a guy out down by 20, too many injuries, same teams always win, etc

[Emily_Haines]

rain delays, safety rules, women announcers, tons of commercials, penalties on every play

expect ratings to continue the decline

[jjgold]

Terrible

Watch other things

[pavyracer]

Reason why it sucks.

After the kickoff which lasts 5 seconds there is 2 min of commercials. Then there is 40 seconds in the huddle followed by 2 false starts, one for each team, and a 15 second explanation by the referee. Then the first actual play is a run for no gain, followed by an incomplete pass and a pass completed for 5 yards which results in a punt where a penalty is commited by the special teams followed by an explanation by the referee and a 2 minute timeout. The following process is repeated multiple times until a challenge flag is thrown where after a 3 min booth review the referee fails to overturn the obvious bad call his assistants made on the field.