Comments on: AFC and NFC Championships draw 47.7 million, 42 million viewers http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/21/afc-and-nfc-championships-draw-47-7-million-42-million-viewers/ ProFootballTalk on NBCSports.com Sat, 25 May 2013 00:57:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: ripster65 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/21/afc-and-nfc-championships-draw-47-7-million-42-million-viewers/#comment-2282773 Tue, 22 Jan 2013 03:49:19 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1656906#comment-2282773 Consider that there were only about 2 weeks of camp before last season and what Jim Harbaugh did with that team. Then this season the Kaepernick call was apparently just plain genius. 2 of his 9 starts were playoff comeback victories and his 10th start will be in a Super Bowl that he’s actually favored to win. I know many don’t care for Harbaugh but if you can’t see what he’s accomplished in so little time, you’re blind. Everything from drafting well, game planning, surrounding himself with quality coaches and the mentality he brings to the 49ers. They’ve pretty much beaten every elite QB they’ve played, some more than once (and if you’re one of the”Eli’s elite” crowd, don’t forget they did beat him last regular season).

I wonder if Jerry Jones is watching how this is supposed to work?

]]> By: closisgood http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/21/afc-and-nfc-championships-draw-47-7-million-42-million-viewers/#comment-2281850 Mon, 21 Jan 2013 22:15:02 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1656906#comment-2281850 Insert the Dallas Cowboys and the superbowl ratings from every year ever would get crushed.

]]> By: raiders757 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/21/afc-and-nfc-championships-draw-47-7-million-42-million-viewers/#comment-2281831 Mon, 21 Jan 2013 22:08:37 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1656906#comment-2281831 @ Pitt: I keep seeing a small minority across several sites calling this the “worst match-up”. Are you kidding me? Of the four teams left, this was the best possible outcome for any fan of football without any vested interest in the teams involved. Any other match-up would have more than likely been a one sided blow out.

]]> By: rockthered1286 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/21/afc-and-nfc-championships-draw-47-7-million-42-million-viewers/#comment-2281812 Mon, 21 Jan 2013 22:00:38 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1656906#comment-2281812 cmich2006 says:
Jan 21, 2013 4:15 PM
Not surprising the patriots ravens game drew less there isn’t ant interest in the ravens despite Roger constantly pushing them upon America
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I’m sorry, in what world does The Rog push the Ravens on everybody? RG is cut from the same cloth as Tags. Remember when Tagliabue told Baltimore we were better off investing in a museum than a football team? Neither commish was/is/will be a fan. We’ve proven them wrong by racking up the best home record in the last 5 years in the NFL, which is a testament to this fanbase in Baltimore.

]]> By: larrybrown43 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/21/afc-and-nfc-championships-draw-47-7-million-42-million-viewers/#comment-2281806 Mon, 21 Jan 2013 21:58:55 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1656906#comment-2281806 Next year’s NFC ratings will be much higher with RGIII playing in the game.

In fact, with Kaepernick and Wilson the NFC future is very bright. Plus, throw in the older guards of Rodgers, Eli, and Brees.

]]> By: dirtyjersey9er http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/21/afc-and-nfc-championships-draw-47-7-million-42-million-viewers/#comment-2281804 Mon, 21 Jan 2013 21:58:31 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1656906#comment-2281804 Def a dropoff between Atlanta and NY. I mean for the love of god they couldn’t even get their fans to buy all the seats. It was close to sounding like a neutral setting crowd at the end. Same thing with the week before.

]]> By: bartlettruss http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/21/afc-and-nfc-championships-draw-47-7-million-42-million-viewers/#comment-2281749 Mon, 21 Jan 2013 21:38:07 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1656906#comment-2281749 The Ravens – 49ers games drew almost the same both years. The difference is in the NFC Championship was that one year the Giants were there and one year the Falcons were there. Popularity of Eli over Matt Ryan due to commercials and family ties? There’s only about a 2% drop in the AFC game which had the same two teams, but the difference in the NFC game is a drop of about 18%.

Of course I don’t know what time the shows aired last year which could be meaningful.

]]> By: realfann http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/21/afc-and-nfc-championships-draw-47-7-million-42-million-viewers/#comment-2281703 Mon, 21 Jan 2013 21:26:38 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1656906#comment-2281703 So the numbers were huge just not huge.

Got it.

]]> By: mrlaloosh http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/21/afc-and-nfc-championships-draw-47-7-million-42-million-viewers/#comment-2281693 Mon, 21 Jan 2013 21:24:25 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1656906#comment-2281693 Falcons skewed the numbers. Even people in Atlanta don’t care about thar choking team. So u know the rest of the country says “Falcons, meh”.

]]> By: pitt4059 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/21/afc-and-nfc-championships-draw-47-7-million-42-million-viewers/#comment-2281675 Mon, 21 Jan 2013 21:18:10 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1656906#comment-2281675 Worst super bowl matchup. Nobody outside of Baltimore cares about ray lewis or the ravens. worst team down the stretch and backed into the playoffs because pittsburgh sucked. SF was lucky not to have played seattle instead of atlanta. seattle would have walked all over them.

]]> By: cmich2006 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/21/afc-and-nfc-championships-draw-47-7-million-42-million-viewers/#comment-2281667 Mon, 21 Jan 2013 21:15:11 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1656906#comment-2281667 Not surprising the patriots ravens game drew less there isn’t ant interest in the ravens despite Roger constantly pushing them upon America

]]> By: newcalistadium http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/21/afc-and-nfc-championships-draw-47-7-million-42-million-viewers/#comment-2281627 Mon, 21 Jan 2013 20:59:36 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1656906#comment-2281627 Atlanta isn’t a NFL town, they are a college football town. The ratings are directly related to the difference in viewership between NY and ATL as NFL fans.

]]> By: Deb http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/21/afc-and-nfc-championships-draw-47-7-million-42-million-viewers/#comment-2281618 Mon, 21 Jan 2013 20:57:11 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1656906#comment-2281618 You could argue the significantly lower ratings for the NFC Championship were because the Falcons generate less interest nationwide than the Giants. But why the somewhat lower ratings for the Pats/Ravens rematch? Viewing could have dropped off in the second half when the game ceased to be close. Or … maybe people can only stomach so much Jim Nantz and Phil Sims. When they’re calling a game, my thumb is always hovering over the mute button. I dread CBS having the Super Bowl.

]]> By: rockthered1286 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/21/afc-and-nfc-championships-draw-47-7-million-42-million-viewers/#comment-2281567 Mon, 21 Jan 2013 20:37:39 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1656906#comment-2281567 I for one watched Animal Planet during the NFC Champsionship game. Figured if I wanted to see a falcon do something impressive that was my best bet.

]]> By: eleventy4 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/21/afc-and-nfc-championships-draw-47-7-million-42-million-viewers/#comment-2281563 Mon, 21 Jan 2013 20:36:27 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1656906#comment-2281563 Maybe just because the Packers, Saints and Broncos were already out? Although that would be a stupid reason.

]]> By: mavajo http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/21/afc-and-nfc-championships-draw-47-7-million-42-million-viewers/#comment-2281557 Mon, 21 Jan 2013 20:35:34 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1656906#comment-2281557 NFCC down by 15 million this year. Not really surprising. You swapped the New York market for the Atlanta market.

]]> By: ravenmuscle http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/21/afc-and-nfc-championships-draw-47-7-million-42-million-viewers/#comment-2281555 Mon, 21 Jan 2013 20:34:16 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1656906#comment-2281555 Obvious reason for lower ratings…New York is a huge market and not having the rotten Jets or Giants in the mix makes a huge difference.

Of course now that the Jets and Giants both suck the ratings will ALWAYS be a little lower.

]]> By: gator2006 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/21/afc-and-nfc-championships-draw-47-7-million-42-million-viewers/#comment-2281549 Mon, 21 Jan 2013 20:30:59 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1656906#comment-2281549 Maybe it was lower because of the 3 day weekend – vacations and such.

]]> By: thestrategyexpert http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/21/afc-and-nfc-championships-draw-47-7-million-42-million-viewers/#comment-2281538 Mon, 21 Jan 2013 20:25:08 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1656906#comment-2281538 I would like to know what the NFL would attribute to the lower ratings from last year and if they have a plan next year to boost those numbers. There’s a lot of money on the line and it doesn’t seem like the NFL is fully capitalizing on the opportunity to draw more people in.

]]> By: ravenmuscle http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/21/afc-and-nfc-championships-draw-47-7-million-42-million-viewers/#comment-2281535 Mon, 21 Jan 2013 20:24:38 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1656906#comment-2281535 Face Facts…the Ravens are America’s team
They crushed the Dolts and crushed Manning and Brady in their home parks.

]]> By: sosleepyinseattle64 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/21/afc-and-nfc-championships-draw-47-7-million-42-million-viewers/#comment-2281534 Mon, 21 Jan 2013 20:24:02 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1656906#comment-2281534 It’s not surprising when you consider that they were up against killer competition of a “Kourtney & Khloe Take Miami” marathon.

]]> By: chc4 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/21/afc-and-nfc-championships-draw-47-7-million-42-million-viewers/#comment-2281517 Mon, 21 Jan 2013 20:15:36 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1656906#comment-2281517 At least we didn’t have to watch Josh Freeman and his beer gut play in the game.

]]> By: onebucplace http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/21/afc-and-nfc-championships-draw-47-7-million-42-million-viewers/#comment-2281507 Mon, 21 Jan 2013 20:10:18 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1656906#comment-2281507 The glare from Matt Ryan’s forehead probably drove away a few million viewers by itself.

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