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NFL draft first round averages 13.6 million viewers

Posted on 4/27/25 at 11:34 am
Posted by RLDSC FAN
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Posted on 4/27/25 at 11:34 am
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NEW YORK (AP) — The first round Thursday of the NFL draft averaged 13.6 million viewers across television and digital platforms, according to the league and Nielsen. It was the second-most watched first round on record.

The draft was televised on ESPN, NFL Network, ABC and ESPN Deportes as well as being available online. It is an 11% increase over last year, which averaged 12.3 million.

The first-round record remains 15.5 million in 2020.

The NFL also announced that 205,000 fans attended the first round in Green Bay.



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Posted by VermilionTiger
Member since Dec 2012
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Posted on 4/27/25 at 11:38 am to
That 2020 draft was something special

Roger sitting in his chair sipping on some whisky

What a time

This post was edited on 4/27/25 at 11:39 am
Posted by grape nutz
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Posted on 4/27/25 at 11:46 am to
When did the NFL hire hordes of fake fans to fake clap and fake cheer to drown out the boos of the actual disappointed fans. The entire thing seems like a bad script now.
Posted by Tarpon08
Cut Off, LA
Member since Dec 2014
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Posted on 4/27/25 at 11:46 am to
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That 2020 draft was something special Roger sitting in his chair sipping on some whisky What a time



Andy Reid with the exercise equipment in the background was GOAT.
Posted by RLDSC FAN
Rancho Cucamonga, CA
Member since Nov 2008
55750 posts
Posted on 4/27/25 at 11:49 am to
Vrabel and his weird kids was funny
Posted by NIH
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116997 posts
Posted on 4/27/25 at 11:52 am to
Go woke go broke
Posted by WestCoastAg
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Posted on 4/27/25 at 11:56 am to
It's amazing how much of an unstoppable behemoth the NFL has become
Posted by TackySweater
Member since Dec 2020
19769 posts
Posted on 4/27/25 at 11:58 am to
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Go woke go broke

What a tired schtick lol
Posted by QJenk
Atl, Ga
Member since Jan 2013
16600 posts
Posted on 4/27/25 at 12:19 pm to
2020 was such a wild time. It was a fun yet extremely weird draft to watch.
Posted by StansberryRules
Member since Aug 2024
2688 posts
Posted on 4/27/25 at 12:21 pm to
Like everything else the NFL does, the draft is extremely tacky and overproduced.

But apparently fake corporate slop is what the viewing public wants.
Posted by 9Fiddy
19th Hole
Member since Jan 2007
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Posted on 4/27/25 at 12:28 pm to
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Andy Reid with the exercise equipment in the background was GOAT.

I’d say this was greater

Posted by castorinho
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Posted on 4/27/25 at 12:32 pm to
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It was the second-most watched first round on record
That's fricking nuts
Posted by RLDSC FAN
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55750 posts
Posted on 4/27/25 at 12:39 pm to
Posted by PeteRose
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Posted on 4/27/25 at 1:29 pm to
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When did the NFL hire hordes of fake fans to fake clap and fake cheer to drown out the boos of the actual disappointed fans. The entire thing seems like a bad script now.


This is especially true when a team drafts some DLineman from a small school in the 3rd round and the camera shows a bunch of yelling exited fans. They never even heard of the guy that just got drafted.
Posted by lsufan1971
Zachary
Member since Nov 2003
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Posted on 4/27/25 at 1:37 pm to
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Go woke go broke


lol NFL draft viewership at 15.5 million is more than college football first rd playoff games((avg 10.2 million) The NFL is printing money.
This post was edited on 4/27/25 at 1:38 pm
Posted by VermilionTiger
Member since Dec 2012
38224 posts
Posted on 4/27/25 at 2:05 pm to
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When did the NFL hire hordes of fake fans to fake clap and fake cheer to drown out the boos of the actual disappointed fans. The entire thing seems like a bad script now.


They don’t

They find the most over the top fans in attendance and tell them they are going to put the hard cam on them and that they have to react like crazy lunatics who just won the lottery

Day 2 and 3 they bring people in from outside that don’t have tickets just to put on a show
Posted by stlslick
St.Louis,Mo
Member since Nov 2012
14556 posts
Posted on 4/27/25 at 2:09 pm to
It's one of the few sports, like NBA, where the guys being drafted are going to be pro's, year 1.

nhl and mlb, guys are 3-4 years away, if they even get there.



Posted by tigerfan84
Member since Dec 2003
23339 posts
Posted on 4/27/25 at 2:11 pm to
What did the NBA playoffs do on the same night?
Posted by CBandits82
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Member since May 2012
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Posted on 4/27/25 at 7:36 pm to
NFL is a living money tree
Posted by Madking
Member since Apr 2016
58696 posts
Posted on 4/27/25 at 7:41 pm to
That’s a lot of people with no life whatsoever. The NFL draft is the most boring sports event on TV by light years.
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