A Lot of Fans Skipped Thursday Night Football in Dallas

Dallas and Washington entered this season with playoff aspirations and are both clinging to the outside fringes of contention as the calendar nears December. Consequently, it appears as though a lot of fans said “no thanks” to attending the game.

Around kickoff, a lot of fans had not yet arrived:

Either a late-arriving crowd (7:30 pm kickoff) or #Dallas fans irked. AT&T Stadium @ kickoff. White seats=empty. pic.twitter.com/dPypXAbIjF
— Liz Clarke (@lizclarketweet) December 1, 2017

Midway through the first quarter, the scene was still bleak:

Midway through the first quarter and a lot of folks are sitting this one out. pic.twitter.com/BeiMMCrT7F
— michael phillips (@michaelpRTD) December 1, 2017

The NFL is still far and away the most popular sport in America, but this amount of empty seats at an intra-division rivalry game where it’s not as though either team has been putrid this season is yet another cause for concern for the league.