# @frontofficesports on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2026-09-14T18:11:14.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Front Office Sports (@FOS) — https://gondola.cc/FOS

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Patriots-Seahawks was the least-watched NFL opening game in four years 📉 ⁠
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NBC Sports says last Wednesday’s kickoff game between the Patriots and Seahawks, won by Seattle 13–10, averaged 25.1 million viewers. That figure was down 11% from last year’s season opener, which aired on a Thursday, and was the least-watched start to an NFL season since 2022.⁠
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The audience figure surprised on multiple fronts. The NFL sought to make the most of the season start when it set the schedule in May, using the kickoff game for a highly anticipated rematch of last February’s Super Bowl LX. ⁠
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NBC Sports, meanwhile, was looking for a stronger beginning to the NFL season after a 65-minute rain delay in last year’s kickoff game between the Cowboys and Eagles derailed what was tracking to be a historic audience. ⁠
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Among the highly coveted group of viewers aged 18-49, though, the Patriots-Seahawks game represented the best audience since 2021 for an NFL season opener. The NFL has also achieved its first four-year run of kickoff games with more than 25 million in average viewership since 2013–16.⁠
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More on the NFL's viewership in bio.⁠
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