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Members of the Houston Texans stand and kneel before the game against the Seattle Seahawks at CenturyLink Field on Oct. 29 in Seattle. The NFL saw its ratings drop in 2017 by a larger percentage than they dropped in 2016. (Otto Greule Jr/Getty Images)