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NFL LIVE THREAD Wildcard WeekendHere are all the games you shouldn't watch this week!Sat Indianapolis at Buffalo Los Angeles Rams at Seattle Tampa Bay at Washington Sun Baltimore at Tennessee Chicago at New Orleans Cleveland at Pittsburgh In Memoriam Danny Lee (BENDER2)

NFL LIVE THREAD WEEK 17Here are all the games you shouldn't watch this week!Miami at Buffalo Baltimore at Cincinnati Pittsburgh at Cleveland Minnesota at Detroit New York Jets at New England Dallas at New York Giants Atlanta at Tampa Bay Green Bay at Chicago Las Vegas at Denver Jacksonville at Indianapolis Los Angeles Chargers at Kansas City Arizona at Los Angeles Rams Seattle at San Francisco New Orleans at Carolina Tennessee at Houston Washington at Philadelphia In Memoriam Danny Lee (BENDER2)

The year of the coronavirus was a major disaster for professional sports as every league suffered ratings declines, and lost billions in revenue in 2020. TV viewership was not off by just a little, either. It was off an average of 50 percent over last year’s numbers. Even though many Americans were stuck at home as their jobs and cities shut down, TV viewership for sports still cratered. According to Front Office Sports, one of golf’s big games, the U.S. Open, lost 56 percent of its viewers over 2019. Basketball suffered greatly, as well. The NBA finals were down 49...

NFL LIVE THREAD WEEK 16Here are all the games you shouldn't watch this week!Minnesota at New Orleans (Fri) Tampa Bay at Detroit (Sat) San Francisco at Arizona Miami at Las Vegas Atlanta at Kansas City Cleveland at New York Jets Indianapolis at Pittsburgh Chicago at Jacksonville New York Giants at Baltimore Cincinnati at Houston Denver at Los Angeles Chargers Carolina at Washington Philadelphia at Dallas Los Angeles Rams at Seattle Tennessee at Green Bay Buffalo at New England In Memoriam Danny Lee (BENDER2)

Cincinnati Bengals v Pittsburgh Steelers Getty Images The Pro Football Hall of Fame announced the death of Kevin Greene on Monday afternoon. Greene, who was 58, was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2016 after starring as a pass rusher over a 15-year NFL career. The road to Canton started when Greene walked onto the Auburn football team and was drafted by the Rams in the fifth round of the 1985 draft. He had seven sacks in his second season, became a starter in his fourth season, and went on to compile 72.5 sacks while playing for the team...

Sen. Mitt Romney: "[Trump] is leaving Washington with a whole series of conspiracy theories and things that are so nutty and loopy that people are shaking their head."

NFL LIVE THREAD WEEK 15Here are all the games you shouldn't watch this week!Los Angeles Chargers at Las Vegas Buffalo at Denver Carolina at Green Bay Tampa Bay at Atlanta San Francisco at Dallas Detroit at Tennessee Houston at Indianapolis New England at Miami Chicago at Minnesota Seattle at Washington Jacksonville at Baltimore New York Jets at Los Angeles Rams Philadelphia at Arizona Kansas City at New Orleans Cleveland at New York Giants Pittsburgh at Cincinnati In Memoriam Danny Lee (BENDER2)

A pro football game on a Wednesday afternoon is rare. Advertisers getting a pricing discount for NFL games is also usually unheard of. But it’s happening. TV networks are feeling the strains of disappointing NFL ratings, as they are forced to restructure deals with advertisers to make up for the smaller audience, and their opportunity to make money off remaining games during the lucrative holiday season narrows. NBC made the unusual move of lowering the price it charged advertisers that already had committed to run in a Baltimore Ravens vs. Pittsburgh Steelers game planned for Thanksgiving night after a Covid-19...

The NFL enjoyed a rebound in the ratings and a relatively rare week of good fortune over the Thanksgiving holiday, but it did not last. One week after having their best ratings week of the year, the NFL faceplanted with a 14.5 million viewer average for Week 13. That number represented a 29% drop in viewership from Week 13 of last season. For the year, the league is averaging 15.2 million viewers per week, an eight percent drop season-to-date.

NFL LIVE THREAD WEEK 14Here are all the games you shouldn't watch this week!New England at Los Angeles Rams Houston at Chicago Dallas at Cincinnati Kansas City at Miami Arizona at New York Giants Minnesota at Tampa Bay Denver at Carolina Tennessee at Jacksonville Indianapolis at Las Vegas New York Jets at Seattle Green Bay at Detroit New Orleans at Philadelphia Atlanta at Los Angeles Chargers Washington at San Francisco Pittsburgh at Buffalo Baltimore at Cleveland In Memoriam Danny Lee (BENDER2)

The Las Vegas Raiders defeated the New York Jets 31-28 on Sunday afternoon. Up 28-24 with less than a minute remaining in the outing, New York punted the ball away to the Raiders. Las Vegas started off at their own 39-yard line with 42 seconds left and zero timeouts. First quarterback Derek Carr delivered a 15-yard strike to tight end Darren Waller, who subsequently spiked the ball. Then came an incomplete pass, which halted the proceedings. Finally, Carr found wide open rookie receiver Henry Ruggs to take a 30-28 lead. One extra point later and the Raiders found themselves walking...

NFL LIVE THREAD WEEK 13Here are all the games you shouldn't watch this week!New Orleans at Atlanta Detroit at Chicago Cleveland at Tennessee Cincinnati at Miami Jacksonville at Minnesota Las Vegas at New York Jets Indianapolis at Houston Los Angeles Rams at Arizona New York Giants at Seattle Philadelphia at Green Bay New England at Los Angeles Chargers Denver at Kansas City Washington at Pittsburgh Buffalo at San Francisco Dallas at Baltimore Week 13 Bye Teams: Carolina, Tampa Bay In Memoriam Danny Lee (BENDER2)

The NFL has fined the New Orleans Saints $500,000 and stripped them of a 2021 seventh-round draft pick for violating league COVID-19 protocols, a person with direct knowledge of the discipline told the Associated Press on Sunday. The New England Patriots were fined $350,000 for similar violations, the person said, speaking to the AP on condition of anonymity because neither the league nor the teams have announced the fines or loss of draft pick. New Orleans was fined as a repeat offender; Sean Payton previously was docked $150,000 and the team $250,000 because the head coach failed to properly wear...

NFL LIVE THREAD WEEK 12Here are all the games you shouldn't watch this week!Houston at Detroit Washington at Dallas Baltimore at Pittsburgh Las Vegas at Atlanta Los Angeles Chargers at Buffalo New York Giants at Cincinnati Tennessee at Indianapolis Carolina at Minnesota Arizona at New England Miami at New York Jets Cleveland at Jacksonville New Orleans at Denver San Francisco at Los Angeles Rams Kansas City at Tampa Bay Chicago at Green Bay Seattle at Philadelphia In Memoriam Danny Lee (BENDER2)

How is it that the NFL has been able to keep its jet-setting roster of thousands of athletes, coaches, and staff largely COVID-free, while religiously testing these employees for COVID-19, while the rest of America registers some 40,000 new reported “cases” each day? Hint: It has nothing to do with masks, Andy Reid’s face shields, or some type of collective, incredibly responsible human behavior exhibited by men in their twenties and thirties. The NFL has set a science-based standard for COVID-19 testing, one that our schools, universities, local governments, and other institutions with sufficient resources can learn a lot from....

Philadelphia Eagles tight end Dallas Goedert got violently knocked out last June at a South Dakota bar. This week, some additional clarity emerged on what transpired leading up to the confrontation and what that means for all parties involved.

Nick Chubb was about to get Cleveland Browns bettors a great backdoor cover. Then he took a left turn just before the goal line. The Browns were 3-point favorites at the beginning of the week, went to 3.5 and then 4 points at BetMGM as the week went on. They led the Houston Texans 10-7 with about a minute to go and it looked like a push or loss for Browns bettors. Then, Chubb broke free. Chubb was running to daylight down the sideline, no Texans defender anywhere near him. It was an easy touchdown. Then, just before he scored,...

While 'little people' told to cancel Thanksgiving, Speaker plans lavish party. The office of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., is responding to backlash over a planned dinner she is hosting with new Democratic members of Congress as coronavirus cases continue to spike throughout the country.

NFL LIVE THREAD WEEK 10 Here are all the games you shouldn't watch this week! Indianapolis at Tennessee Houston at Cleveland Washington at Detroit Jacksonville at Green Bay Philadelphia at New York Giants Tampa Bay at Carolina Denver and Las Vegas Los Angeles Chargers at Miami Buffalo at Arizona Seattle at Los Angeles Rams San Francisco at New Orleans Cincinnati at Pittsburgh Baltimore at New England Minnesota at Chicago Week 10 Bye Teams: Kansas City, Dallas, Atlanta, New York Jets Keep them prayers up for our FRiend Danny (Bender2) rehab is a long hard road.

There was a time when Bill Belichick and the Patriots meant big time ratings for whichever network was televising them, that time is apparently over. The Patriots took on the New York Jets on Monday night and not only was there virtually no one in the stands to watch the game, but there was also virtually no one watching at home either. According to Sports Media Watch: The Patriots’ narrow Monday Night Football win over the Jets averaged 9.83 million viewers on ESPN, down 30% from last year (Cowboys-Giants: 13.98M) and the network’s least-watched Week 9 contest since 2004 (Browns-Ravens:...