The league also reported that ratings grew by 7 percent over the previous year.
Regular season games NFL They averaged 17.9 million viewers, which was tied for the second-highest number since averages began being tracked in 1995.
Driven by increases of at least 24 percent in two of the five rights packages, the first year of the league’s new broadcast contracts marked a total increase of 7 percent over last season.
Four of the five television and streaming networks recorded increases in their NFL packages, the league reported. AP Photo/Elaine Thompson
The highest average in history was 18.1 million in 2015.
Hans Schroederthe media manager of the NFL, highlighted the number of teams that remained in with a chance of qualifying for the postseason heading into the final two weeks, as well as several close games throughout the 18-week campaign. Of the 272 games, 113 were decided by six or fewer points, the second most in league history.
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Over the past two seasons, 55.8 percent of games had a one-score margin (eight points).
“Everything starts on the field. You look at the number of close games as well as the number of young stars like C.J. Stroud [Houston Texans] and veterans like Matthew Stafford [Los Angeles Rams] who probably didn’t get enough coverage,” he said. Schroeder. “If you look at that, combined with the first year of the TV packages and some of the flexibility they had, that explains the numbers this year.”
Four of the five television and streaming signals registered increases in their packages.
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