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No, we can’t get enough of Patrick Mahomes vs. Josh Allen.
Just look at the numbers.
CBS drew a massive average audience of 31.2 million viewers for its national broadcast of the Kansas City Chiefs-Buffalo Bills showdown on Sunday – marking the most-watched NFL regular season game since 2007, excluding Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve games.
It ranks as the fourth most-watched game in a national broadcast window dating back to at least 1988, and it is among the 10 most-watched NFL regular season games in any window, excluding Thanksgiving matchups.
The audience is the biggest for a regular-season NFL game (holidays excluded) since a New England Patriots vs. Indianapolis Colts showdown – featuring Tom Brady and Peyton Manning – in Week 9 of the 2007 season.
Surely, the NFL and CBS hopes for a postseason rematch after the Bills’ 30-21 victory spoiled Kansas City’s perfect record. The outcome also put the Bills (9-2) in range to surpass the Chiefs (9-1) in the race for the No. 1 seed in the AFC playoffs.
The last time the teams met in the playoffs? CBS averaged more than 50 million viewers – more than any NFL game ever outside of a Super Bowl or conference title game — for the Kansas City victory in the AFC divisional round in January.
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