Why NFL ratings suck

TierbsHsotBoobs

https://twitter.com/JimmyTraina/status/935612785559527424

DerekJohnson

the ratings aren't down because of QBs

Doog_de_Jour

DerekJohnson said:

the ratings aren't down because of QBs

Agreed, but I don’t think any of those listed are going to be the face of their respective franchises anytime soon. Star power does count a little bit.

TierbsHsotBoobs

DerekJohnson said:

the ratings aren't down because of QBs

Hi.

Bad quarterbacks = bad football that no one wants to watch, regardless of political affiliation.

RaceBannon

Is this reason 1,007 or 1,008?

TierbsHsotBoobs

RaceBannon said:

Is this reason 1,007 or 1,008?

8,169

Fenderbender123

People care about the players. Just look at the NBA Finals ratings with Lebron or Jordan. The lack of superstar QBs is the biggest reason ratings are down.

Cable cutters and streaming are another (smaller) reason ratings are down.

allpurpleallgold

Bad quarterbacks, bad offensive coordinators, coward head coaches. I haven't watched any games the last couple weeks. And the next game I do watch will be illegally streamed.

doogie

NFL lost it’s “it” factor. Cool people with money don’t go now.

RaceBannon

Edgy

Fenderbender123

doogie said:

NFL lost it’s “it” factor. Cool people with money don’t go now.

Because of the lack of superstars.

DerekJohnson

TierbsHsotBoobs said:

DerekJohnson said:

the ratings aren't down because of QBs

Hi.

Bad quarterbacks = bad football that no one wants to watch, regardless of political affiliation.

you need to get out among people a little more

DerekJohnson

Fenderbender123 said:

People care about the players. Just look at the NBA Finals ratings with Lebron or Jordan. The lack of superstar QBs is the biggest reason ratings are down.

Cable cutters and streaming are another (smaller) reason ratings are down.

of course people care about players. But it isn't the main reason why ratings are down.

RaceBannon

My grand unified theory stolen from various sources

The NFL teams used to be fairly unique, at least the most popular ones. Pittsburgh with defense and running. SF with the West Coast.

Now they all seem to run the same chuck and duck shit that gets boring and repetitive fairly fast.

Decreased practice time and massive player movement leads to this sameness because you're throwing together a new team every July. A team gets to greatness and loses half the team

This is all good for the players who get paid and don't have to live in the film room all year. It does effect the product.

Pro coaches are cowards as APAG pointed out and don't dare to do anything different. Nobody says anything fun anymore. Fighting is now heavily punished.

And there is a negative effect from the external bullshit, Not just the anthem errrrr police brutality protests, but the pink shoes and every cancer in the world awareness and all that.

Every business has to know their customer. It's football. Stick to what you know

dnc

DerekJohnson said:

the ratings aren't down because of QBs

Disagree

TierbsHsotBoobs

DerekJohnson said:

TierbsHsotBoobs said:

DerekJohnson said:

the ratings aren't down because of QBs

Hi.

Bad quarterbacks = bad football that no one wants to watch, regardless of political affiliation.

you need to get out among people a little more

I hate poor people though.

TierbsHsotBoobs

dnc said:

DerekJohnson said:

the ratings aren't down because of QBs

Disagree

He's so much better than the trash in the OP.

oregonblitzkrieg

DerekJohnson said:

TierbsHsotBoobs said:

DerekJohnson said:

the ratings aren't down because of QBs

Hi.

Bad quarterbacks = bad football that no one wants to watch, regardless of political affiliation.

you need to get out among people a little more

Obviously a guy with nearly 40K hardcore husky posts, plus 100K twatters, plus who knows how many other posts under different handles across the web, probably never leaves the house at all. He may not ever leave his room.

PineapplePirate

I’m not gonna lie the NFL is boring as fuck this year. I hope Brady gets ring #6 and twatter goes full meltdown.

doogie

Peak football has occurred.

Another example: http://www.breitbart.com/sports/2017/12/01/empty-seats-aplenty-for-the-nfl-on-thursday-night-football/

Swaye

I think it's a ton of shit, but you are being political if you say the kneeling shit has had no effect. Now, I don't think it has had a huge effect, but maybe a third of the drop is people just saying fuck it stop kneeling. The rest, and larger percentage, is all the other shit mentioned here - franchises moving (no loyalty), players moving all the time (no trust), shit product (Hello terribad QBs), and cord cutters (streaming kicks major ass). And, as Race points out, it's not as much fun. I loved end zone dancing and other fun bullshit. So yeah, it's a bunch of things, but I have to tell you, I haven;t watched one game all year and do not miss it in the slightest. YMMV. CFB to me is so much more exciting. I don't think I will go back to NFL bullshit anytime soon, no matter if they are standing or not. Couldn't care less anymore.