1. When I last left you in Friday's Traina Thoughts, I told you that ESPN's Sunday NFL Countdown pregame show had taken a big ratings hit this season, down 14.8 percent compared to 2016. What I didn't cover on Friday is the flip side to this story. The NFL Network's Sunday pregame show -- NFL GameDay Morning -- is experiencing a ratings surge. The show, hosted by Rich Eisen and features what has to be the biggest cast in pregame show history, is up 17 percent, averaging 620,000 viewers compared to 529,000 viewers in 2016.
Traina Thoughts: NFL Network Experiencing Some Of Its Best Ratings Ever
