​ The NFL ratings are taking a serious sack this season. The league has a huge viewership problem on their hands.





In Week 9, ratings dropped again when compared to last year, with the prime time Broncos vs. Raiders game on Sunday Night Football dropping 20 percent as reported by Sports Business Daily.

Tough Week 9 Sunday ratings for NFL: CBS' nat'l window and NBC's "Sunday Night football" each -20%; Fox's singleheader -9% — Austin Karp (@AustinKarp) November 7, 2016

Thus far in the 2016 season, 26 of the 27 prime time games have taken a beating compared to last year's numbers head to head. The one exception to that was the New England Patriots primetime game Week 3 against the Houston Texans on Thursday Night Football.





That’s right, a Patriots game in which Jacoby Brissett was the starting QB, was the sole NFL game that saw an increase in ratings when compared to last year. How incredible is that? This just shows us one thing and one thing only: Patriots fans dominate the ratings. If that game was Tennessee v. Houston, it would be the lowest rated sporting event in the history of mankind.





It’s all of New England vs. everyone else, even when it comes to ratings. Why? Because fans of this team will stop what they are doing and watch their team play, no matter who is under center. They are the most loyal bunch you will ever come across. 99 percent of people outside of New England couldn't name the Patriots third-string starter, but it doesn't matter; the whole world tunes in to us. It's the Howard Stern effect. They want to see what we're going to do next.





The Patriots continue to bail out the NFL even though they have been kicked and dragged through the mud.