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The NFL and NBC have been largely blasted for putting one of the six wild-card games behind the Peacock paywall. The decision to take a victory lap on the numbers is only John O'Korn Jersey making a bad look worse.During Sunday's Lions-Rams broadcast, NBC play-by-play voice Mike Tirico pumped up the viewership numbers from the Chiefs-Dolphins playoff game, which was the first NFL playoff game ever broadcast exclusively on a streaming service and unavailable on cable. Tirico called it the "most streamed event of any kind in the U.S., ever.""Congratulations to our Comcast and NBC Universal teammates, and thanks to commi sioner Roger Goodell and our partners at the NFL and all the fans on this record-setting collaboration," Tirico said. "A milestone moment in media and sports history."NBC celebrates the Peacock game, calling it the "most streamed event ever" with 23 million viewers and thanking Roger Goodell and the NFL.Mike Tirico calls it "A milestone moment in media and sports history."NBC also thanks you for your subscription fee. Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) MORE:The decision by NBC to tout the numbers was at best a tone-deaf moment considering how widely panned the decision was to put the game behind a paywall. Since the decision was made for the game Lamarr Woodley Jersey to be carried exclusively on a streaming service, many blasted the decision as a cash grab for the NFL and NBC, and a measure that prevented fans already paying for cable to be forced to shell out more money to subscribe to Peacock to watch a postseason game.Among the most vocal opponents to the Peacock game was Basketball Hall of Famer and current basketball analyst Charles Barkley, who called the decision "greedy" and said that "to screw your fans like that, it's just not cool at all," .Showing this game not on cable, thats low cla s, Barkley said. Thats not cool, theyre just being greedy pigs. Im glad some NFL players are taking some shots at them I know the NFL is the biggest thing in the world, but to put this game on Peacock and make people have to buy Peacock, thats just low cla s. Im disgusted."Chiefs defensive end CharlesOmenihu also called out the decision and gave out Peacock subscriptions, Zavier Simpson Jersey per Awful Announcing.Following NBC's bit promoting the "milestone moment," fans were quick to call out NBC for celebrating such a controversial decision.NBC running an ad to share the succe s of the Peacock viewership numbers Sam Hoppen (@SamHoppen) Did NBC really just run a highlight package specifically to congratulate themselves for making everyone watch Peacock? Aaron Schatz (@ASchatzNFL) NBC taking a victory lap over the Peacock streaming data when everyone hated them for it is peak network executive idiocy. Jay Rigdon (@jayrigdon5) Tirico called the Peacock game "a milestone moment in media." It's more like a milestone in making consumers pay twice for something. Jeff Agrest # (@ Luke Wilson Jersey JeffAgrest) Theyre just celebrating in your face that they made you pay that Peacock subscription fee to watch the Dolphins-Chiefs playoff game and you complied. David Furones (@DavidFurones_) Peacock had 22.9 million people cancel their service on February 13th. New world record Mobland Injured (@racjac23) Me cancelling my subscription this morning Michael Muscato, CPDT-KA (@muscatoracing) MORE: , the game reached 27.6 million total viewers and peaked with an average of Dominique Funchess Jersey 24.6 million viewers. It had an average of approximately 23 million viewers. that topped the previous NFL streaming record of 15 million.We couldnt be prouder of our partnership with Peacock and are thrilled with the results of the first-ever exclusively live streamed NFL playoff game, NFL commi sioner Roger Goodell said in the release. To best serve our fans, we need to ensure games are available to them as their viewing habits change and this includes digital distribution as we continue to help shape the future of the sports and entertainment industry.