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I'm not sure I like this.. it's a Thanksgiving tradition here in my family to watch the Lions, one of the few teams reliably worse than our Browns, get stomped on Thanksgiving.

Please do... I'm so sick of seeing Detroit get whipped, and the Cowboys facing poor teams on Thanksgiving....

Given that Seattle has been one of the best NFC teams over the last 5 years, I'm not sure how one can say Dallas gets to face a poor team on Thanksgiving.

Years ago when the league asked franchises to play on Thanksgiving, only two volunteered. Now everyone else is whining because it's not fair?! Too bad, they all had their chance and blew it.

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Originally posted 07:31 AM ET  12.02 by Keepinitreeuh

One of those Jonas Brothers may have been adopted...

lol.

as for expanding the T-Day games to other teams, please. Please do. Have it feature last season's AFC/NFC conference champs vs a divisional rival. Doesn't a NE vs Jets/Bills game and Giants vs Redskins/Dallas game on this past T-day sound much better than the junk the NFL hands us on every T-Day?

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Originally posted 08:11 AM ET  12.02 by pw

lol. as for expanding the T-Day games to other teams, please. Please do. Have it feature last season's AFC/NFC conference champs vs a divisional rival. Doesn't a NE vs Jets/Bills game and Giants vs Redskins/Dallas game on this past T-day sound much better than the junk the NFL hands us on every T-Day?

Of course being a Dallas fan, I hope they don't change it. But, if they do, I think that is a GREAT idea!

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Originally posted 08:03 AM ET  12.02 by 1Chico

Please do... I'm so sick of seeing Detroit get whipped, and the Cowboys facing poor teams on Thanksgiving....

The Cowboys can't help who the schedule puts in front of them, and these schedules are made a year+ in advance. Nobody knew the Lions would be this bad or that the Seahawks would loose almost thier entire starting line up to injury

I say stick with tradition on this one.

Wilbon made the point yesterday that the Big 3 auto makers have always stood by the NFL and are among the top advertising dollar generators in the country. He argued that it would be wrong for the NFL to turn its back on Detroit and cancel a tradition like the Thanksgiving game, especially given all the layoffs and bad economic news hitting Detroit. Not saying I agree or disagree but just wanted to mention that there is more to this decision than just the Lions suck and don't deserve the spotlight.

Sure why not. The NFL has already done away with every other tradition it ever had. Why not this one also.

They should Chris-Cross the previous years NFC & AFC champions and it would most likely produce a competive and watchable game; most teams don't slide down that far in one year.
example: It would have produced Giants vs Chargers & Patriots vs. Packers this past Thanksgiving.
Beside NOBODY wants to see D-triot....... and the turkey would stay down easier without the cowgirls dancing around.

i say make everyone play on thursday. make it a short week with a mandatory "bye" week. give them the weekend off. I dont know how you would have the monday night game but think about it..mostly everyone is off on thanksgiving. i would love to see my team play. just an idea.

Some excellent points being made here. I agree that only Detroit and Dallas stepped to the plate and took the games when nobody else wanted them. KC complained for years about that and when they finally got a game on Thanksgiving, it was on the NFL Network and nobody saw it, not even Lamar Hunt. Also, the Ford advertising dollars carry a lot of weight, especially at Fox. With Sunday night, Monday night and Thursday night football, does it really mean that much anymore to be on Thanksgiving?

A "marquee" matchup based on last year could well have featured Bears vs Clev or JAX vs Den.

Both would be dogs in my opinion. I don't think the system is broken, no need to fix it.

i say make everyone play on thursday. make it a short week with a mandatory "bye" week. give them the weekend off. I dont know how you would have the monday night game but think about it..mostly everyone is off on thanksgiving. i would love to see my team play. just an idea.

Even as a Dallas Fan I agree with you!!!!!!!!!!!!!

As a life long Lion fan, I say the Lions have played themselves out of being part of the Thanksgiving day tradition. Spread the wealth.

How about this Sheriff Goodell: Instead a bunch of games, let's just have a couple good game, i.e. no more Detroit or Dallas hosting. Let's revolve it, line up rivalries that will most likely matter for post season play, and none of that includes that crap you dish out on NFL Network. Enough of the junk games already!

And i agree with the Bye. If you are going to have Thursday night games, incorp a way that those teams don't play the Sunday/Monday before or after. Cripes, Goodell, get a clue.

If change is coming, I suggest that before any team is placed on schedules that the NFL have each team draw a card out of a conference hat, the two teams that draw an NFC turkey card play each other and the two teams that draw AFC turkey cards play each other on
Thanks Giving day and allow crazy celebrating by players if they want on that day only. Then the NFL can go ahead with scheduling, I think it puts some fun back in the game.
God Bless America and Our troops

I am no Lions fan, and sure they suck. But I would HATE it if the NFL threw out one of its traditions. I grew up watching the Lions on Thanksgiving and 40 years later, I would to see that tradition continue. As for the Cowboys, I don't care if that tradition continues, as they came later.