With an average of over more than 8.6 million viewers, the NFL Network's broadcast of the Browns victory over the New York Jets delivered the channel's highest ratings for "Thursday Night Football" in nearly three years.
According to the NFL, the game attracted 5.2 percent of households, an increase of 43 percent over the seven NFL Network exclusive games in 2017. Viewership peaked during the last six minutes of the game, when 10.3 million viewers tuned in to watch Mayfield engineer the game-winning drive.
Big night for #TNF - @nyjets vs. @Browns was most-watched Thursday Night Football telecast on @NFLNetwork since 12/10/15 - https://t.co/sUflEUn6wU pic.twitter.com/O6eKFrOYcY
— NFL Media (@NFLMedia) September 21, 2018