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The Ravens are big in Brazil.
Their last-second 34-31 win Sunday over the Dallas Cowboys at Rio de Janeiro’s Maracanã Stadium averaged 24.9 million viewers, according to CBS, making it the most watched international game in NFL history.
The audience peaked with more than 30 million viewers, according to the network. The fourth quarter featured 20 points and the fastest game-winning drive in modern NFL history. In the final seven seconds of regulation, quarterback Lamar Jackson hit wide receiver Zay Flowers on a 27-yard completion to set up kicker Tyler Loop for a game-winning 56-yard field goal.
“It was a great experience, and the crowd was great,” running back Derrick Henry said. “I think they said it was, like, 70,000-plus [attendance]. Felt the energy from the time we got here. I really enjoyed playing in Brazil.”
CBS’ top broadcasting team of Jim Nantz, J.J. Watt and Tracy Wolfson were on the call for the game, which kicked off in a TV-friendly late-afternoon window, showcased a high-scoring game between one of the NFL’s most popular teams (Dallas) and one of its most popular players (Jackson), and was being held in Rio de Janeiro — on a scrutinized playing surface — for the first time in league history.
Meanwhile, in Brazil, the broadcaster Globo reported that 21.4 million people tuned in to watch the game across the network’s platforms, according to a story on the Brazilian sports news site Lance!





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