Most watched Thursday night game since 2018?

[Davidson Deac II]

Surprising ratings from our game. 

https://sports.yahoo.com/texans-vs-panthers-most-watched-232115866.html

The Darnold factor? 

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According to NFL Media, the Texans’ 24-9 loss to the Carolina Panthers in Week 3 was the most-watched NFL Network exclusive Thursday Night Football game since 2018 with 7.9 million viewers consuming the game across television and digital platforms.

Interesting and surprising.  Maybe some of the off season attention related to Watson caused more people to watch?  NFL starting to recover from the ratings drop?    

Edited September 25, 2021 by Davidson Deac II

[Panthers Rhule]

14 minutes ago, Davidson Deac II said:

Surprising ratings from our game. 

https://sports.yahoo.com/texans-vs-panthers-most-watched-232115866.html

The Darnold factor? 

Interesting and surprising.  Maybe some of the off season attention related to Watson caused more people to watch?  NFL starting to recover from the ratings drop?    

I think Darnold is a part of it but I think it's the team as a whole. Also, Carolina isn't hated by many fans of most other teams. So I think we are a team that many can kind of root for. We also have some nice stories that are easy to support like Darnold, Rhule and staff plus we have some other exciting young players. I think many were curious to see if we are for real. Carolina is creating a buzz.

Edited September 25, 2021 by Panthers Rhule

[Davidson Deac II]

1 minute ago, Panthers Rhule said:

I think Darnold is a part of it but I think it's the team as a whole. Also, Carolina isn't hated by many fans of most other teams. So I think we are a team that many can kind of root for. We also have some nice stories that are easy to support like Darnold, Rhule and staff plus we have some other exciting young players. I think many were curious to see if we are for real. Carolina is creating a buzz.

Hope you are right.  And I hope we continue to create that buzz.

[WarPanthers89]

I bet sports betting has added to the NFL popularity as well. It keeps getting bigger and bigger. I see a draft kings commercial every 5 min on Hulu live 

Edited September 25, 2021 by WarPanthers89

[hepcat]

The game was hyped up more than other games. I think the NFL realizes the Panthers might be a contender this season. I have a feeling if the wins keep coming we might get flexed into a Sunday Night game later in the season 

[KB_fan]

Tons of people had CMC in fantasy...

[Panthercougar68]

I watched the game at a bar in Seattle and was the only one in Panther gear but everyone was cheering for us.

[Donald LaFell]

Maybe a lot of Texas was watching to check us out for next week

[RumHam]

jets fans checking in on darnold. fantasy football people who promply shut it off when mccaffrey died.

[cookinbrak]

Yeah, a lot of NY people watching and saying  "So, it's not Darnold that sucks? WE KNEW THAT!!"

[BlackPanther21_]

3 hours ago, hepcat said:

The game was hyped up more than other games. I think the NFL realizes the Panthers might be a contender this season. I have a feeling if the wins keep coming we might get flexed into a Sunday Night game later in the season 

Isn't the Bills game a possible flex game? Like the packers game last season was originally supposed to be at 4 PM IIRC.

It says the time is TBD.

Edited September 26, 2021 by BlackPanther21_

[jfra78]

It's because for some reason this game wasn't on Amazon prime like most TNF.  It was only on NFL network

[Luciu5]

5 hours ago, Panthercougar68 said:

I watched the game at a bar in Seattle and was the only one in Panther gear but everyone was cheering for us.

That's odd.  If I was a Seahawks fan, I'd have been cheering for the AFC team.

[Move the Panthers to Raleigh]

6 hours ago, Panthers Rhule said:

I think Darnold is a part of it but I think it's the team as a whole. Also, Carolina isn't hated by many fans of most other teams. So I think we are a team that many can kind of root for. We also have some nice stories that are easy to support like Darnold, Rhule and staff plus we have some other exciting young players. I think many were curious to see if we are for real. Carolina is creating a buzz.

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