Overview

• NFL Network posted its strongest Week 1 preseason viewership ever, led by the Browns–Panthers opener attracting 2.24 million viewers.
• The Miami Dolphins–Chicago Bears matchup topped all exhibition games with 2.34 million viewers.
• Four NFL exhibitions ranked among last week’s six largest live sports audiences, including two of the three highest-rated telecasts.
• Other NFL Network broadcasts ranged from 1.73 million to 2.18 million viewers, with Saints–Chargers (2.18M) and Texans–Vikings (2.15M) both exceeding two million.
• Shedeur Sanders has been ruled out of the Browns’ Week 2 preseason game at Philadelphia after suffering an oblique strain.