Week 2 Notes: Ratings, Kickers, and the Washington Redskins Getting Told To Fuck Themselves

Ratings Overnights (from Sports Media Watch):

• Week 2 National window fell to CBS this year, and it fell 12% over last year's Week 2 National Window on FOX.  Not good when 80% of the country got Patriots-Jaguars.  Pretty much even to last year's first CBS National window.
• Sunday Night Football was up 10% over last year's Week 2 SNF, and that had the Cowboys.  However, vs. last year's SNF Cowboys-Giants, down 13%.  And, since 2010, only one of the 15 meetings between the two marquee sides is rated worse.
• FOX Single Window (36% Packers-Vikings, 25% Cardinals-Rams) up 18% from last year's single window, but down 11% from two years ago.
• Week 2 Regional Window for CBS:  Up 11% from last year, down double-digits from two years ago.
• Thursday Night:  Down 14% in ratings, 13% in viewers.

Five of the seven primetime games have fallen in ratings, and one of the other two was one of the worst Cowboys-Giants ratings in years.

Other news:

• Cleveland is releasing their kicker after basically hanging their loss on him.  Never mind the team is 4-45-1 in their last 50 games, no!!
• The LeVeon Bell fiasco continues:  Chiefs over Steelers as the pall continues to hang.
• No word yet on the Vikings, but one person has noted that the Vikings have had three punters and three kickers in just over two seasons.
• And you can add Washington to Buffalo and Oakland as situations this league better get a look at if Deadspin's report of the supposed home opener with Indianapolis is any indication. 

The Redskins CLAIMED 57,000 showed up, but if there were 25,000 there at all to see that debacle...

One Twitter video scanned the stands during a Redskins drive, and if there were even 15,000 in that video, I'd be stunned.  But I guess that's what happens with six winning seasons (none better than 10-6) and two playoff wins since they won the Super Bowl...

in 1991-92...