Texans Jets draw 11.56 million for Thursday Night Football

Cayenne pepper and water might have helped Aaron Rodgers, but it didn't improve ratings.

Thursday night's Texans-Jets game on Amazon Prime drew 11.56 million viewers. That's a slight decrease from the Titans-Steelers game in Week 9 last year, which was 11.65 million.

The New York market would normally attract more attention, but the Jets had lost five straight. After a sluggish and ugly first half, some might have decided to watch something/anything else.

Thursday Night Football averages 13.0 million viewers per game. That's a four percent increase over last year's average through Week 9.