Tuesday, September 11, 2018

No, America was NOT ready for some blowouts -- the MNF ratings sucked

The overnights are in, and, unless the NFL wants to manipulate some better matchups than some 20+-point blowouts, it may be finally time to put the kibosh on the Week 1 MNF doubleheader.

Jets-Lions was the worst first game since the ESPN experiment started:  7.5, down 4% from last year, never got higher than a 9.0.  Sixth-worst Week 1 MNF ratings in history.

The second game topped that, tied for the second-worst Week 1 rating in the history of the program, as the Rams fourth-quarter rout of the Raiders did 7.0 -- even with last year's late game.

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