//Al Michaels Has Message For Those Pushing ‘NFL Ratings Tank’ Narrative: ‘What Are You Talking About?: TRAINA THOUGHTS

Al Michaels Has Message For Those Pushing ‘NFL Ratings Tank’ Narrative: ‘What Are You Talking About?: TRAINA THOUGHTS

NBC’s Al Michaels has a message for those who say NFL ratings are tanking

1. If you read yesterday’s Traina Thoughts, you know that the NFL’s ratings for the 2020 season are down just five percent year over year.

Viewership has increased each week, but many people believe the ratings for this season have “tanked” because of some low numbers in Week 1.

I asked Sunday Night Football play-by-play man Al Michaels what he thinks of the narrative some people have put out there about the NFL being in trouble because of its ratings.

Michaels had some strong words. 

“The biggest joke to me is when I look at some of these websites that deal with ratings and Hollywood and all his stuff. It’s always like, ‘Sunday Night Football ratings tank.’ I’m going, “EXCUSE ME?!’ It’s been No. 1 for 10 years in a row. You look at the Emmys–the Emmys–we beat the