The NFL hasn’t had a bigger audience for a regular-season game since Joe Montana’s 49ers beat Phil Simms’ Giants, 7-3, at Candlestick Park on Dec. CBS announced that the Raiders’ 36-33 overtime win over the Cowboys averaged an estimated 38.531 million viewers, the NFL’s most-watched regular-season game on any network since 1990. This will probably be arguably the most-watched game other than the Super Bowl, and I hated that it got down to just throwing the ball up and getting penalties to get your big plays.” He also referred to the Las Vegas Raiders as “Oakland.” … Jones was correct about the television audience, by the way. Just throw it out there and get a penalty. Cowboys owner Jerry Jones lamented: “I call it ‘throw-up’ ball. Corner Anthony Brown’s fourth defensive pass interference, a 33-yard Raiders gain in overtime, set up Vegas’ game-winning field goal. Their 110 penalty yards on third down were the most by any team in a single game since at least 1991, per the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. The Cowboys’ 166 penalty yards were a franchise record. Referee Shawn Hochuli and his crew stole the show on Thanksgiving Day, calling the Cowboys and Raiders for a combined 28 penalties worth 276 yards.
… Speaking of raging fires, the NFL’s officiating crisis continues. So that’s one fire the NFL seemingly has put out. Kroenke then recently threatened to settle the case only for himself if he didn’t get assurances of help covering costs from the league and other owners, per the Sports Business Journal. This was a point of contention at last month’s owners meetings in Manhattan, when Kroenke angered other owners by indicating he may back out of a promise to cover tens of millions in legal expenses, per ESPN. It was not immediately clear how much Kroenke and the NFL’s 31 other ownership groups would cover individually. Louis an expansion franchise in the future.
The settlement does not include a promise from the NFL to grant St. Louis relocation lawsuit, as first reported by the St. The NFL and Rams owner Stan Kroenke will pay $790 million to settle the St.