Chanur
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NFL 2018 - 2019 -- Watch America's favorite sport wither away and die
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Rengak
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Ratings wise, no. Who knows if this is a one year uptick or not.
NFL Scoring Is Up, And So Are Ratings
TV Long View: NFL Ratings Up While Broadcast Nets Bleed Viewers
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Chanur
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Uh the NFL was amazing this year. Lions sucking ruined your experience. That's on you. There were a bunch of other interesting teams and great games.
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pharmakos
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Wasn't a rhetorical question, if you think I was trying to imply anything. Definitely am aware that Lions making exceptionally horrible decisions (even compared to prior Lions seasons! Which is saying something) ruined the whole thing for me. And yeah, probably shouldn't have let it ruin it for me, but meh.
I've still got my Seasons4U subscription going for the rest of the season, any good games I should go back and watch? I guessI should at least check out that one that went 46-43 or whatever.
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Kaines
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The Cowboys Eagles game that went into OT was pretty damn entertaining.
And let's not forget the greatest game of the season.
And let's not forget the greatest game of the season.
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zzeris
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The NFL was an improvement because they tried to go back to focusing on football. The media's ongoing OCD on social issues really made me and many others just say, 'forget this shit'. Between racism, CTE, transgender bathrooms, faggots kneeling, and multiple players beating on women, it was too much. We wanted football, not The View.
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Merrith
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The games went on as usual. Some people choose to let themselves get distracted by whichever things bother their side of whichever discussion.
But in general league continues to push more and more offense, which if you judge ratings this year, worked I guess.
But in general league continues to push more and more offense, which if you judge ratings this year, worked I guess.
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pharmakos
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So, there was a surprising amount of people that were doomsaying before the season started. Which is nothing unusual for this forum on any given topic, I suppose. But it seems the general consensus is they were wrong, then? NFL actually made some good moves to correct their apparent trajectory from last year?
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They clamped down hard on any controversy aside from how bad the reffing is. If next season starts with a bunch of kneeling by ultra-privileged millionaires, the ratings will again plummet until the NFL again clamps down on it.
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Chanur
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For me the primetime games last year were not that compelling. It seemed much better this year.
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Looks like they are tapping Kubiak to be OC. Sounds like Elway wanted Rams' QB Coach Taylor, but he declined so they went with Kubes. I am somewhat hopeful, since Kubiak has proven to be a pretty good OC and it is way less stress than being HC.
Fangio gives me hope he can get Denver's defense back into top five status again and really unleash Von and Chubb on the league.
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Merrith
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Agreed ratings mostly up for increased offense and host of great prime time games this year. Monday nights being subpar has been a thing for a few years now, at least in regards to Sunday Night, since Sunday gets the flex option to replace games with good ones later in the season.
I'm sure some of the "controversial" things if they were to come back in greater force would cause some ratings drop. Although I think most of the snowflakes in those instances have already been cleared out. They love to tell you at parties about how they don't watch the NFL anymore despite 20% of their wardrobe being their old team's gear...about as much as vegans love to tell you they don't eat meat. Amusing either way.
I'm sure some of the "controversial" things if they were to come back in greater force would cause some ratings drop. Although I think most of the snowflakes in those instances have already been cleared out. They love to tell you at parties about how they don't watch the NFL anymore despite 20% of their wardrobe being their old team's gear...about as much as vegans love to tell you they don't eat meat. Amusing either way.
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Rengak
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My mom stopped watching last season, but was back to mainlining red zone and sunday night games this season.
Merrith
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I have quite a few friends, Ravens fans mostly, who love to preach about how they have quit watching the NFL. Few of them were straight up die hards previously. To each their own.