http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/2...-compared-2016

Through the first six weeks of the NFL season, total viewership of games is down 7.5 percent compared to the first six weeks of 2016.

An average of 15 million people watched games for the first six weeks this year compared to 16.2 million people through Week 6 last season, according metrics from Nielsen.

Compared to the first six weeks of the 2015 season, NFL ratings are off 18.7 percent