The Kansas City Chiefs' hopes of playing meaningful football this season weren't the only thing crushed in Week 13. As it turns out, the Chiefs' visit to Jerry's World to face the Dallas Cowboys on Thanksgiving Day set all manner of viewership records.
While Thanksgiving Day brought nothing but complaints from Chiefs Kingdom, the NFL and CBS were grateful for the cornucopia of viewers provided by K.C and Dallas. Projections for the game's audience were already high, but even optimistic guesses fell short of the actual results.
According to Richard Deitsch of The Athletic, the Chiefs-Cowboys broadcast drew 57.