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Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!
This is a magical time of year and I hope that you all have a wonderful day no matter who you are with or what you may be doing
We do have those 3 NFL games to look forward to so let's enjoy them together on here and hopefully bring home some winners in the process
Heritage
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Buffalo at Detroit (CBS, 12:30 p.m.)
- Lions have actually covered six of last nine on Thanksgiving after extended Turkey Day failures prior, dropping nine straight vs. line between 2004-12.
- Detroit on 7-1-1 spread uptick at Ford Field, and 9-3 “over” since late 2021.
- Bills can stay in Detroit after last week, now 1-2-1 last four as visitor this season, also “under” 7-3 in 2022.
N.Y. Giants at Dallas (FOX, 4:30 p.m.)
- Cowboys 1-10 vs. spread last eleven on Thanksgiving.
- Though they have won and covered last three vs. G-Men including 23-16 at MetLife on Sept. 26.
- Cowboys have covered last four at Arlington in 2022 and 7-2 last nine vs. spread.
- NY 7-3 vs. number this season. NY also 30-11 “under” since 2020 campaign.
New England at Minnesota (NBC, 8:20 p.m.)
- Belichick 5-4 as dog since last season. Also 7-3-1 vs. spread reg season away since early 2021, and "under" last three this year.
- Vikes only 5-6 vs. line at US Bank Stadium since early 2021. Also 7-2 “over” last nine at home.
How the Thanksgiving tradition began
The Lions were first up to host games every year: In 1934, Lions owner G.A. Richards scheduled a holiday matchup between the Lions and the Bears. Earlier that year Richards had purchased the Portsmouth (Ohio) Spartans football team and moved it to the Motor City, renaming it the Detroit Lions. The Bears, the defending back-to-back world champions, beat the Lions 19-16 in front of 26,000 fans at the University of Detroit Stadium on Nov. 29, 1934.Now, more than eight decades later, Thanksgiving football has become a staple in Detroit with the Lions going 37-42-2 in the annual holiday classic. -- Woodyard
Thirty-two years later, the Cowboys joined as a home team: The Cowboys first played on Thanksgiving in 1966, beating the Cleveland Browns 26-14 at the Cotton Bowl. General manager Tex Schramm wanted more national publicity for the Cowboys -- this was before they were known as America's Team -- and thought the holiday game made perfect sense. The NFL was a bit worried, however, and guaranteed the Cowboys a certain amount of gate revenue. Some 80,259 fans showed up and a tradition was born. The Cowboys have played on every Thanksgiving Day since -- except in 1975 and 1977.
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