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Crazy NFL TV ratings in DC on Sunday

Boy Cord : 12/11/2018 10:28 am
Someone mentioned on another post that Eagles-Cowboys drew a larger audience in DC than Giants-Skins. Al Galdi on WTEM 980 ran through the gory details during morning rush this morning:

- Giants-Skins 14.0
- Eagles-Cowboys 19.8
- Skins average ratings in 2013 26.6 (Shananhan's last year and it was a dumpster fire)
- Skins average ratings in 2014 22.7 (Gruden's first year)
- Seacawks-Skins January 2013 playoff game 50.2

We all saw the empty stadium on Sunday, but the fans aren't even watching at home. I know the Skins started the game with Sanchez which would is like waiting for the trainwreck. However, they were still 6-6 with four to go against a hated division rival.



The Skins are like a ship that has been torpedoed  
Oscar : 12/11/2018 10:42 am : link
Is taking on water and certain to sink. Just because they were still technically above water at 6-6 does not mean there is any real reason for hope.
Sanchez  
mrvax : 12/11/2018 10:47 am : link
wasn't quite as bad as made out to be. Don't get me wrong, he was far from good but his Oline was like ours earlier and his receivers dropped 3-4 balls.
I'd like to see a breakout of each 15 minutes  
BestFeature : 12/11/2018 10:48 am : link
I'm sure half the audience left at halftime.
RE: Sanchez  
BigBlueDownTheShore : 12/11/2018 10:52 am : link
In comment 14214416 mrvax said:
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wasn't quite as bad as made out to be. Don't get me wrong, he was far from good but his Oline was like ours earlier and his receivers dropped 3-4 balls.


Agree. It really wasn't his fault. There is a reason why 2 QBs have already broken their legs behind that offensive line.

Johnson was just better, because he has some wheels, and could get away from the pressure.
RE: RE: Sanchez  
NoPeanutz : 12/11/2018 11:02 am : link
In comment 14214425 BigBlueDownTheShore said:
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In comment 14214416 mrvax said:


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Johnson was just better, because he has some wheels, and could get away from the pressure.

Also, the Defense had a 40 point lead with 20:00 to play. We haven't seen Johnson with the defense going full speed.
how did other lousy  
Enzo : 12/11/2018 11:17 am : link
teams do in the 1:00 slot this past weekend?
I understand that the game got out of hand ...  
Boy Cord : 12/11/2018 11:39 am : link
... early and fans bailed. However, the Skins were ass in 2013 and 2014 and averaged 60-80% more viewers than they did on Sunday.

With that being said, I am going to try to find heir average rating coming into the game. That is probably the more accurate comparison.
Greatest July and August...  
Racer : 12/11/2018 11:41 am : link
..NFL fan base by far.
those numbers in the original post  
Enzo : 12/11/2018 11:53 am : link
don't put it in any real context IMO. What was their rating for other late season 1:00 games when the team was going nowhere? What rating did other bad teams do in the 1:00 slot on Sunday (Jets, Bills, Cardinals, etc).
...  
Mdgiantsfan : 12/11/2018 12:46 pm : link
Not surprising at all since half the folks here are Dallas fans. Heck there is a t shirt that says “DC stands for Dallas Cowboys”.
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Stan in LA : 12/11/2018 1:04 pm : link
Snyder has been pure hemlock for that franchise.  
Don in DC : 12/11/2018 1:04 pm : link
They were a marketing powerhouse (if not an actual football powerhouse) when he bought them. They wait list for season tickets was decades long. Now they ADVERTISE tickets for sale for upcoming games on local TV.

I honestly feel bad for Skins fans, like my wife. It sucks to have a quality franchise squandered by imbecilic ownership. I should know, I'm a Knicks fan.
Don  
Frank in Silver Spring : 12/11/2018 1:13 pm : link
Like you, my wife is a Skins fan. Lovely woman, great mother, etc. But I wish her many more years of misery concerning her chosen NFL franchise.
Not a surprise.  
Dave in Hoboken : 12/11/2018 1:14 pm : link
Giants/Skins isn't a draw anywhere, especially the condition both teams are in. Still hilarious/sad, though.
RE: Snyder has been pure hemlock for that franchise.  
bradshaw44 : 12/11/2018 1:18 pm : link
In comment 14214729 Don in DC said:
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They were a marketing powerhouse (if not an actual football powerhouse) when he bought them. They wait list for season tickets was decades long. Now they ADVERTISE tickets for sale for upcoming games on local TV.

I honestly feel bad for Skins fans, like my wife. It sucks to have a quality franchise squandered by imbecilic ownership. I should know, I'm a Knicks fan.


I'm actually proud of the fanbase for standing up to the owner for this first time since he took over. His smoke and mirror show has warn off. They usually buy into the off season champ mentality. None of my skins fan friends had that mentality this year. It was surprising to see.
Well, also...all the biggest Redskins fans were at game  
George from PA : 12/11/2018 1:53 pm : link
And that area has a ton of out of towners
RE: Sanchez  
Ron from Ninerland : 12/11/2018 3:06 pm : link
In comment 14214416 mrvax said:
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wasn't quite as bad as made out to be. Don't get me wrong, he was far from good but his Oline was like ours earlier and his receivers dropped 3-4 balls.
Funny that they played so much better when Josh Johnson came in, even though they were losing by 40 points.
I haven't heard what the %  
Rover : 12/11/2018 3:46 pm : link
of Giants fans was Sunday.
RE: RE: Sanchez  
mrvax : 12/11/2018 3:53 pm : link
In comment 14214924 Ron from Ninerland said:
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In comment 14214416 mrvax said:


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wasn't quite as bad as made out to be. Don't get me wrong, he was far from good but his Oline was like ours earlier and his receivers dropped 3-4 balls.

Funny that they played so much better when Josh Johnson came in, even though they were losing by 40 points.


Josh can run surprisingly well. And he's better than Sanchez.

Gone are the days when the bleachers were  
Bluesbreaker : 12/11/2018 5:53 pm : link
bouncing up and down , they have had a ton of injuries
made a big play for a QB who's career may be over .
You got Dan Snyder and a coach thats likely going to get
canned . I think ratings are down across the board as well .
I stopped watching the NBA as a Knicks fan .
Seems anymore you put three superstars on one team and
Championship .
I made the mistake of parking...  
BamaBlue : 12/11/2018 7:48 pm : link
three blocks from the stadium the day before the game. Someone broke out my drivers side window. The good new was that nothing was stolen, the only thing they did was leave two Redskins/Giants tickets on my dashboard.
RE: those numbers in the original post  
Boy Cord : 12/11/2018 11:38 pm : link
In comment 14214552 Enzo said:
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don't put it in any real context IMO. What was their rating for other late season 1:00 games when the team was going nowhere? What rating did other bad teams do in the 1:00 slot on Sunday (Jets, Bills, Cardinals, etc).


The numbers in the OP show season averages for 2013 and 2014 which were absolutely dreadful seasons.
Aren't the Skins still top 2 in the NFL in team worth?  
widmerseyebrow : 12/12/2018 4:17 am : link
Which is fabulous because Danny won't have any incentive to change.
RE: RE: those numbers in the original post  
Enzo : 12/12/2018 9:45 am : link
In comment 14215422 Boy Cord said:
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In comment 14214552 Enzo said:


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don't put it in any real context IMO. What was their rating for other late season 1:00 games when the team was going nowhere? What rating did other bad teams do in the 1:00 slot on Sunday (Jets, Bills, Cardinals, etc).



The numbers in the OP show season averages for 2013 and 2014 which were absolutely dreadful seasons.

and because it's average, it's possible the ratings started out ok and then dropped off.
RE: Aren't the Skins still top 2 in the NFL in team worth?  
schabadoo : 12/12/2018 10:03 am : link
In comment 14215452 widmerseyebrow said:
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Which is fabulous because Danny won't have any incentive to change.


#5
This is making the rounds on some DC sports blogs because  
AJ23 : 12/12/2018 10:58 am : link
it came from a Post reporter, but it's entirely without context.

There is no comparison to other weeks (recent weeks, which can actually be used for comparison - numbers from 2013 cannot since TV ratings were much different). There is no comparison to other markets.

It doesn't consider the Giants-Skins game went up against Ravens-Chiefs, a much better game and important to a lot of people in the DC market.

The PHI-DAL game didn't have competition. The late game of the DH always is primed for high ratings
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