2021 NFL Week 16 Score Report (and Week 15 Ratings, if they have them)

• 46.4375 PPG this week, 45.7 PPG for the season.  (Last year:  47.625 for the week, 49.39 for the season -- and remember last year's Week 17 had record scoring.)
• Home teams 10-6 for the week to go over .500 for the year at 119-117-1.  (Last year:  9-7 for 120-119-1)
• Over was 9-7 for 107-130-3.  (Last year:  7-8-1 for 116-118-6.)
• Favorites for the week:  8-7 ATS 10-5 SU  (Last year:  9-6 ATS 11-4 SU)
• Season favorites:  113-123-2 ATS 147-89-1 SU (Last year:  105-128-1 ATS 158-77-1 SU)
• Only 168 penalties this week (10 1/2 per game).  Season, for 240 games, 2,910 (12.12)  (Last year:  191 (Almost 12 per game) for 2,742 (11.4))
• Teams with more penalties this week were 7-5 for 94-109 for the season.  (Last year:  4-9 for 93-110)
• Two Cliffhangers for the week, 49 for the season.  (Last year:  4 for 44)
• Half the 16 games finished within one score.  112 for the season.  (Last year:  8 as well, but for 129 total)
• Six non-competitive games this week for 90 overall.  (Last year also had six, but for only 73)
• Five Last Chance Misses for 56 overall.  (Last year, 7 for 78)

Interesting side notes:

• That annihilation of Washington Sunday night was the biggest margin of victory in the NFL in over a year (NE 45 - LAC 0 Wk 13 last year).
• Dallas' 56 points were the most since Buffalo put 56 on Miami Wk 17 of last year.  
• Last time a team scored more was when Houston won 57-14 over Tennessee Wk 4 of 2017.
• There have already been more penalties and non-competitive games than there were all of last season.

Week 15 TV ratings from Sports Media Watch:

• Tuesday Night:  14.9 million viewers.  Better by almost 10% than the best of all five makeup windows from last year.
• Monday Afternoon:  NFL Network only:  5.86 million for Browns-Raiders.
• Monday Night:  Another Dualcast with ABC scores big:  15.84 million
• Thursday Night:  10.0 rating, 17.86 million viewers (up a third, give or take, in each metric over Week 15 TNF last year)
• Saturday Night:  Patriots-Colts NFL Network, 7.26 million.
• FOX National:  Packers-Ravens mostly:  11.6 rating, 22 million viewers (down 9% ratings, 4% viewers)
• FOX Regional:  Cowboys-Giants led a resounding thud.  7.6 rating, 14.06 million viewers (down 13% rating, 9% viewers)
• CBS Single:  7.0, down 17% rating.  12.92 million viewers, down 15%, with Titans-Steelers motivating many to try to finish their Christmas shopping.