NEW YORK (AP) — Average TV viewership for the four NFL wild-card telecasts was down about 7 percent from a year ago — in line with lower ratings during the regular season,Stan Smith Shoes Cheap, but also perhaps a result of four routs this time.
One factor that frequently affects how many people watch a sporting event is the competitiveness, and there's been little of that so far in the 2017 postseason. The 19-point average margin of victory in the four games — none was closer than 13 — made it the most lopsided first round of the playoffs since 1981.

According to numbers released Monday by the league, the weekend's playoff games averaged about 30.3 million viewers,Jordans From China, compared with about 32.7 million for those games in January 2016.
Last year,Stan Smith Discount, the average point difference in the wild-card round was 12.5. One game was decided by one point, another by two.
The most-watched game this year was on Sunday night,Wholesale Jerseys From China, when the Packers beat the Giants 38-13,Cheap Air Jordan 11 Free Shipping, drawing a 21.3 household rating and 39.3 million viewers nationally. The equivalent game last year — Green Bay beating Washington 35-18 on Sunday night — got a 21.8 household rating and 38.9 million viewers.