So much for me being a member of the "virtue signaling anti NFL crowd", eh?
The FACT of the matter is that overall viewership of NFL games is down, and has been down all season; and the FACT of the matter is that statistically, a single game with high viewership does not offset the multiple data points which indicate a season-long reduction in viewers.
I stated facts. There was no "virtue signaling" in my original post, and there was no anti-NFL bias in my original post. There is no way any rational person could have read either of those things in to my comment.
However, I think it is reasonable at this time to infer from your post that you are a troll.
These are the top six TV markets in the USA:
New York (#1)
Los Angeles (#2)
Chicago (#3)
Philadelphia (#4)
Dallas-Fort Worth (#5)
San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose (#6)
This is the record of the teams in those areas:
new York Jets 5-11
New York Giants 3-13
Los Angeles Rams 1st year in LA previously St. Louis Rams
Chicago Bears 5-11
Dallas Cowboys 9-7
Oakland Raiders 6-10 and moving to Las Vegas next year
Philly Eagles 13-3
San Francisco 49’s 6-10(they were 0-10 till Brady’s backup)
Overall TV ratings were down cause the teams in the biggest TV markets sucked, and I won’t even bring into the discussion how cord cutters have driven the ENTIRE TV viewership down.