Ratings Juggernaut Continues
Sunday's AFC Championship Game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Buffalo Bills drew huge ratings for the NFL and CBS.
According to Puck's John Ourand, the game averaged 57.7 million viewers, making it the most-watched AFC Championship Game since at least 1988.
Quarterback Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs outlasted quarterback Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills, winning the game 32-29 to advance to a third consecutive Super Bowl.
Ourand noted that Chiefs vs. Bills was also the most-watched non-Super Bowl game since the Minnesota Vikings vs. New Orleans Saints NFC Championship Game during the 2009 season.
Additionally, this year's AFC Championship Game viewership was up 4 percent from last year's game between the Chiefs and Baltimore Ravens.
Source: Bleacher Report
Hurry-up Vikings, we ain't getting any younger!
While I certainly wouldn’t agree with watching Mahomes get injured as being the only reason to watch the SB, and I wouldn’t advocate for intentionally trying to injure a player, if a defender is ever waffling on whether or not to hit Mahomes, the most rational choice is to definitely hit him. “Being the more physical team” is definitely a time honored strategy for trying to win games.
If you're going to draw the penalty ANYWAY for NOT hitting him - then hit him.
Do it early in the game & get in his head. If the refs are going to protect him regardless - I say make it count.
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