Putting together a couple longer-form posts for today for a specific reason, but there is bigger news:
- It now appears the New England Patriots have a coronavirus outbreak. Stephon Gilmore has tested positive. Patriots will not practice today.
- And the Titans plans for Week 5 are on hold -- ANOTHER PLAYER POSITIVE. That makes NINE.
- Make that TEN. Another Titans positive reported this morning by ESPN.
- Hurricane Delta (yes, the hurricane season this year has gone all the way through the alphabet and is now in the Greek letters) may move Monday Night Football (should we make it that far -- see above!) to Indianapolis from New Orleans. It would still be New Orleans vs. the Chargers.
NFL Week 4 Ratings:
- Sunday Night Football was down about 40% in both ratings and viewers vs. last year. 8.4 rating (-39%) and 15.08 million viewers (-37%)
- The better Monday Night Football matchup was on CBS, and ESPN paid for it: While CBS nearly matched Sunday Night Football for their highest rated show since January, ESPN lost 17% to about 8.65 million viewers and the smallest Week 4 MNF since 2005!
- CBS National: -12% ratings, -6% viewers (mostly what was left over, Raiders-Bills) Lowest non-week 17 National window in exactly three years.
- CBS Regional: Lost about a third, year over year, both ratings and viewers (Chargers-Buccaneers mainly, only three games in the window, and even Tom Brady couldn't save it!)
- FOX Single: -7 ratings, but +2% viewers. And, whaddya know, Browns-Cowboys was one of two major games in the window.
Other:
- Keith Olbermann has resigned from ESPN to resume online political commentary. Starting with this:
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