2023 NFL Week Four Score And Ratings Report

Yes, I deleted the post.  I probably am not going to be able to do any more than number-crunching for the time being.  The Politicals are even going to be on ice for a while.

I'm not even going to be able to do After Further Review anymore, especially Jake The Asshole.  My readers find out what THAT motherfucker believes outside of football (even with my dis-endorsement and statement vis-a-vis the collation of some of the plays of the week), and... 

Just start looking up #Rigged on X.  Videos are popping up pretty well for many of the fucked plays.

The Monday nighter was a joke -- 11 sacks for the Seahawks is the most in a game for a team in five years, and tied for #9 all-time.  At least 18 games now have had a team get 11 sacks.  A special-teams ejection for the Giants was missed, even though the personal foul was called for the punch/forearm!

Last week of the full 16-game schedule for the time being.

• 43.56 points per game for the week.  Season average:  44.61.
• First London game this week as well, so home teams went 7-8 -- 30-33 for the year.
• Over went 7-9, 28-35-1 for the year.
• 10-5-1 against the number, in a rare week for favorites.  And even rarer, even this far into the season:  Favorites are over .500 against the spread!!  30-28-4.
• Straight up, only the Bengals, Steelers, and Saints lost for 13-3.  41-21 for the year.
• Team with more penalties was 7-6 this week, 31-24 for the year.
• 209 penalties, pretty on par for the full 16 game schedule.  816 for the year.  (12.7 per game)
  

And now the ugly:

• Do not let the league fool you -- only HALF of the first four weeks' games have even finished within one score.  Only six this week.
• Two Cliffhangers, so only nine of the first 64 games have had a lead tie or change (at least one) in the final two minutes.
• Only two Last Chance Misses -- the Panthers and Bears.  14 for the year.
• But the biggest stat?  Half the games never got within 8 points in the fourth quarter.  I think eight is the most I've seen since I started tracking the stat, but I'm on my third different computer since I did, and at least one has completely expired.  That makes 23 of those, more than a third of the first four weeks' games.
• The average NFL game, through four weeks, is 28.6-16 (or a margin of about 12.6).
• Funny, I thought that number would be larger.
  

From Sports Media Watch:

• Thursday Night:  Packers-Lions drew for Amazon.  6.3 in the local markets, 13.5 million viewers (9% ratings increase for the local TV markets, 15% viewer increase, including Amazon)
• For the first three weeks, they're up 19% viewers.
• Sunday Night:  25.15 million on Neilsen, only behind a Cowboys-led national window in Week 2. 22% up viewers, the 12.9 rating up 15%.
• Biggest number to crunch:  An 83 share for Kansas City.  Meaning, out of every six television sets turned on, five were watching the Chiefs.
• Well, second-biggest:  SMW notes that the game Sunday night was the most-watched prime-time television program (Nielsen measure only, no streaming) since the Super Bowl.
  
• Sunday National (mainly Cowboys-Patriots):  11.3, 23.37 million (down 11% rating and 5% viewers from last year -- a Patriots-Packers led situation) 
• Monday (Giants-Seahawks):  9.2, 16.6 million -- best Week 4 since Favre's first game against the Packers as a Viking (2009)
• Sunday Single (mainly Dolphins-Bills):  8.4, 16.86 million (up 5-10%)
• Sunday Regional (mainly Eagles-Commanders):  6.6, 13.2 million (down 10-13%).
• FOX has not had a good season.  Six of their seven game windows have scored declines.