It is at least reasonable to ask if the NFL has reached a turning point from which it may never recover, at least in terms of reclaiming its heretofore unassailable perch as the most popular entertainment vehicle in America.
Please don’t misunderstand, we won’t be holding any tag days for the league soon. "Sunday Night Football" has been the No. 1 rated show on prime time TV for the past six years running and will be again this year, Sunday late-afternoon kicks get even more viewers than the SNF games and Super Bowl LII will absolutely be the most-watched TV show of the year again by a ridiculously wide margin.