>And here's the kicker, the game is also simulcast for free on ABC. Between now and 2021, when this contract runs out, ESPN will lose over $600 million airing this one crappy wild card game a year. >This means the wild card game on ESPN is the worst contract in the history of American sports on television and I'm not sure there's even a close second. So ESPN will lose $75 million televising one playoff football game. >ESPN can only make around $25 million airing this wild card game.
>It's a battle between Matt McGloin/Connor Cook and Tom Savage/Brock Osweiler for the right to advance to play the New England Patriots and be executed on live television. >It turns out, and this is positively mind boggling, that ESPN pays $100 million dollars just to air this single wild card game. Christian McCaffrey, RB, New England Patriotsħ51KB, 857圆39px >This year ESPN will be televising the worst wild card game of the bunch in the worst time slot on the worst day for NFL football, the Oakland Raiders at the Houston Texans on Saturday afternoon. Adoree Jackson, DB, Kansas City Chiefsģ2. Charles Harris, OLB, Pittsburgh Steelersģ0. Takkarist McKinley, LB, Houston TexansĢ8. Marlon Humphrey, CB, Arizona CardinalsĢ5. Leonard Fournette, RB, Carolina Panthersġ1. Jonathan Allen, DE, Jackonsville JaguarsĨ.
