Record NFL Ratings Make Tony Dungy’s Comments On Taylor Swift Look Even More Stupid

The evidence continues to mount against Pro Football Hall of Fame coach Tony Dungy when it comes to his stance on pop superstar Taylor Swift.

Dungy recently came under fire for his comments about Swift and how her recent presence has alienated NFL fans.

Of course, there was plenty of evidence at the time proving that to be untrue. Now there’s even more.

CBS reports that Saturday’s AFC Divisional Round game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Buffalo Bills drew 50.393 million viewers. That number makes it the most-watched NFL divisional playoff game ever, per Nielsen. Ratings for the game were up 10% compared to last year and it was best non-Super Bowl playoff number since 2017’s Cowboys-Packers game.

Swift, of course, was in attendance supporting boyfriend Travis Kelce. And there was no shortage of mention of her on the broadcast.

Once again: nailed it, Tony.

Of course, it didn’t take the monster rating for anybody paying attention to know that Dungy was dead wrong.

A Marist Poll from December revealed the following:

• 80% of “Swifties” think the pop superstar is positively influencing the NFL.

• Regardless of demographic group, at least a majority say Swift is beneficial to the NFL. However, women (75%) are more likely than men (64%) to have this view.

• Most Americans (70%) have a positive impression of Swift. 30% have an unfavorable view of her.

Those 30% just have a way of being really, really loud about it.

The reality is two-fold.

For one, Swift doesn’t control whether or not she gets shown on screen during these games. That’s on the network producers, who wouldn’t show her if there was a demand to see her.

Secondly, she hardly gets any screen time at all in the grand scheme of a nearly four-hour broadcast.

None of the people who had a problem with Swift seemed to mind Jason Kelce on Sunday.

As it turns out, they might just have a problem with women instead. Which seems like a personal problem.