This year’s version of the Dallas Cowboys has something in common with the many iterations that have come before: they are still America’s Team. Good, bad or ugly, it doesn’t matter because people still want to tune in to watch the Cowboys.
The annual Thanksgiving day game often brings in gigantic numbers, with the huddled masses surrounding a television in order to avoid spending time with their families. This year was no different, as last Thursday’s game against the Washington Football Team was the most watched of the NFL season to date.
Of note: Washington-Dallas pulled in more TV viewers than any other NFL game this season.
— John Ourand (@Ourand_SBJ) December 1, 2020
Jerry Jones has become something of a carnival barker of late and his team, a kind of freakish side show that is somehow the dregs of a division barely worthy of its professional status. Dallas is truly worthy of the often used car crash analogy, people truly can’t look away.
The Cowboys always reigned supreme in terms of viewers during the regular season, but unfortunately for their fans that popularity hasn’t translated to playoff success. It’s hard to imagine the boost the NFL would get if the Jones family business ever got its act together to make a serious run.
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