The New England Patriots suffered the end of their eight-game winning streak in a game that saw a small rise in the ratings over last week. But the NFL is still not winning because even with better numbers this week, Monday Night Football was still a loss compared to last year’s Week 14 game.
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That brought ESPN about 14 million viewers compared to its mere 10.844 million viewers for last week’s Monday evening game.
While that may seem like good news for the NFL — and ESPN — a review of last year’s Week 14 game shows a different story. As TV Ratings noted, this Monday’s game was “down ~7% vs the 9.1 for Ravens-Patriots MNF in week 14 last year.”
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