The start of NFL season was awful. But with 22 of 32 teams in playoff contention with two weeks left (and ratings on the rise!), an exciting finish looms
The start of the 2016 NFL season was a disaster by any measure. September and October produced bad football, bad ratings and good reason to actually think: “You know, maybe reading my high school friends’ insane posts about the election on Facebook would be a better use of my time than watching this game.” But a funny thing happened on the way to the NFL joining the list of big names that passed away in 2016: it came back to life.
Maybe there’s nothing that will ever erase the trauma of seeing all the penalties and punts that plagued the entire first half of the season. But like a team going worst to first, the NFL is on the verge or producing – dare I say it – a good year. The 2016 NFL season has essentially been the opposite of the 2016 Minnesota Vikings: abysmal at the start; undeniably good at the end. (Many also predicted that NFL ratings would rebound and that the Vikings would collapse. Nailed it!)
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