Patriots-Chiefs rating was the lowest for an opener since 2009

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1. If last night is any indication, NFL ratings are going to be a big story again in 2017. The Presidential election took a big chunk of viewers last year, with the league's ratings down 14 percent pre-election on Nov. 8 and just one percent post-election. However, the rating for last night's Chiefs-Patriots game was down considerably from past season openers.


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[Born2Steel]

Obviously it has to do with SteelerNation watching.

[polamalubeast]

No excuse this year for the low ratings!

Goodell finally has what he deserves!

[GBMelBlount]

I wonder if some people who might have otherwise watched the football game, did not, because they already knew the Patriots were going undefeated and winning the Superbowl again.

[SteelerFanInStl]

The Chiefs aren't a big TV draw and I think that a lot of people probably just assumed that the Pats would win and they didn't want to see that.

I almost threw up having to watch that crap by Marky Mark at the beginning of the game telling everyone how great the Patriots are.

[GBMelBlount]

The Chiefs aren't a big TV draw and I think that a lot of people probably just assumed that the Pats would win and they didn't want to see that.

I almost threw up having to watch that crap by Marky Mark at the beginning of the game telling everyone how great the Patriots are.

I got some good vibrations from him and thought the Pats had the right stuff.

[ALLD]

Part of it is from the hurricanes. Part of it is douche'-bags riding the bench during the anthem. Part of it bad refs. People just are not as passionate about the NFL as they used to be.

[SteelerFanInStl]

I got some good vibrations from him and thought the Pats had the right stuff.

I see what you did there.

[Butch]

I wonder if some people who might have otherwise watched the football game, did not, because they already knew the Patriots were going undefeated and winning the Superbowl again.

I don't watch that team unless the Steelers are playing them.

The fact that they lost the game is good, but it's only one game so I am not going to over react to it.

[DesertSteel]

Who cares? It's still the highest rated program on TV.

[Kittyfish]

The Chiefs aren't a big TV draw and I think that a lot of people probably just assumed that the Pats would win and they didn't want to see that.

I almost threw up having to watch that crap by Marky Mark at the beginning of the game telling everyone how great the Patriots are.

That's pretty much why I didn't bother to watch. Now of course I regret it deeply, I would have loved to have seen the Pats get their butt kicked!

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