Thanksgiving Day NFL Games

**wonkadog** · 11-21-2008, 08:54 AM

So Mike and Mike today were whining about having to watch the Lions every Thanksgiving and wish the league would change it up. I personally would rather have the Cowboys and Lions continue to play on Thanksgiving because I don't care about either of them. It's great to eat, cheer for whoever is playing the Cowboys, and then fall asleep during the Lions game when they're down 21-3 in the 1st quarter. Thoughts?

**cybsball20** · 11-21-2008, 08:57 AM

It was kind of funny. I like how they said Detroit was luccky, at least they don't have to watch it because of the black-out...

**CTAClone** · 11-21-2008, 08:57 AM

I heard a few weeks back an interview with Jimmy Johnson about the Thanksgiving day games. He was saying that only a few teams want to have the thanksgiving game because it's hard to find workers to work during Thanksgiving. I thought that was a load of crap. He's still a Cowboy homer.

I hate that the Cowboys get to play every thanksgiving and we get to hear how they are "Americas" team. I don't really care about the Lions. One of the ideas on the show was to have the winner of the game gets to host the thanksgiving game the next year. I thought that was a great idea.

**isuarch80** · 11-21-2008, 09:08 AM

I think it should be a rotation as well...

My other idea is that you let the two losers of the conference championship game host the games on Thanksgiving (or the 2 super bowl participants).

We need a whole other thread on my thoughts on the NFL Network only on dish though :)

**wonkadog** · 11-21-2008, 09:16 AM

I guess I just like not having teams I care about play on Thanksgiving since I'm not always able to watch the entire games.

**Aclone** · 11-21-2008, 09:18 AM

It looks like Atlanta-Phoenix is a Thanksgiving Day game, according to the commercials last night. I was surprised.

Fine with me if the Cowboys and Lions are the ones stuck with playing on a holiday. With family, those games are usually in the background anyway.

**tejasclone** · 11-21-2008, 09:19 AM

Even as a Lions fan, I have no basis for an argument to keep the Thanksgiving game. I guess you could argue it is the only tradition for a long-suffering team and fanbase. Well, that and the tradition of losing.

I like the idea of having the winner host the next year's TG game or some other kind of rotation.

**cycopath25** · 11-21-2008, 09:20 AM

I don't like either teams, but I am a sucker for tradition. Leave it as it is.

**cycloneworld** · 11-21-2008, 09:21 AM

I think its a good opportunity for the NFL to showcase some elite games because basically everyone is watching on Thanksgiving. They should do the flex scheduling thing like NBC does. Give us a meaningful, top notch game(s).

**htownclone** · 11-21-2008, 09:22 AM

I like having the cowboys and lions and having it the same every year mostly for tradition. I can't imagine having a game where the Raiders were playing the Chiefs or Texans or Seahawks this year. There are a lot of NFL teams I could care less about and would rather watch Cowboys/Lions than some other crappy matchups we might have.

**ketchupnmustard** · 11-21-2008, 09:38 AM

Why don't the Cowboys and Lions just play each other every Thanksgiving? That way both teams' crapulence is isolated to a single game and their "fans" are pacified.

Then the NFL can put on a game involving 2 relevant teams.

**wonkadog** · 11-21-2008, 09:43 AM

I guess there's more people who can watch the games uninterrupted than I thought. Like others have suggested, the games are usually kind of in the background at our Thanksgiving and I can't watch them as I would like to if one of "my" teams were playing so I'm glad to have a couple of crappy games to pacify me.

**jtd9046** · 11-21-2008, 10:07 AM

I don't really care either way but I currently live in MI and have a lot of friends whose Thanksgiving traditions revolve around the game (no matter how bad the Lions are). Let them keep this tradition, they deserve it for being Lions fans.