NFL’s sluggish 2026 start continues as Melbourne game averages 18.5 million viewers on Netflix
Look, getting 18.5 million Americans to tune in to watch anything in 2026 is nothing to sneeze at. But for an NFL game, it’s a sign the league may have hit a wall in how far it can extend its reach. The NFL announced Monday that the San Francisco 49ers’ shellacking of the Los Ang