8 minutes ago, EagleJoe8 said:

Got mine in February.

Bunch of middle aged to old guys on here.  And you get a colonoscopy and you get a colonoscopy and...

But seriously, great test for catching s... before it gets bad.  

 

5 minutes ago, jamiller said:

Someone here answered this before.  No one wanted these games years ago and these teams stepped up and took them. So the NFL rewards them and they keep them.  This is the way abbreviated version.  

It's been decades. Fans don't want to see these same bums play every year.

Thanksgiving should always have the Lions and Cowboys on it.  

1 minute ago, judunno said:

It's been decades. Fans don't want to see these same bums play every year.

Meh.  maybe WFT can do something. Seattle would have been a good game?  But now, maybe not. Not ruling him out yet (Geno).

 

And I remember Dallass lost once. So that was fun.  

1 hour ago, LeanMeanGM said:

Rainy and Windy.  Ben VanSumeren runs 40 times AND covers Travis Kelce like a blanket.

VanSumeren is my udfa pick for the Eagles.

Keaton Mitchell is my udfa pick for the Ravens.

He's done well.  Based on that data point,  I'm thinking VanSumeren does well.

6 minutes ago, jamiller said:

Meh.  maybe WFT can do something. Seattle would have been a good game?  But now, maybe not. Not ruling him out yet (Geno).

 

And I remember Dallass lost once. So that was fun.  

They had a real shot with Geno. Injuries starting to take their toll for both teams.

6 minutes ago, judunno said:

Them playing every Thanksgiving always ruins my Thanksgiving. Never understood why they get that game every year. Like some sort of America's Team BS or something. I know the other teams aren't complaining because they get to stay home with their families. Detroit was fun to watch for the 10 years that Barry played. Need to stop show casing these teams on Thanksgiving. 

I recall reading that the Thanksgiving game thing goes back to like the 1950s or 1960s. The league was looking for two teams that were willing to sacrifice their Thanksgiving to play and the Cowboys & Lions were the teams that either volunteered or were coerced into playing. I don't know what the per game pay was then but it's a safe bet that it was considerably less than it is today.

15 hours ago, mattwill said:

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@mattwill

Chiefs 17 Eagles 37

Hurts 2 passing, 2 Rushing Tds

9 minutes ago, Random Reglar said:

Rainy and Windy.  Ben VanSumeren runs 40 times AND covers Travis Kelce like a blanket.

VanSumeren is my udfa pick for the Eagles.

Keaton Mitchell is my udfa pick for the Ravens.

He's done well.  Based on that data point,  I'm thinking VanSumeren does well.

If you're not sure if serious after reading this...

Serious lmao

1 hour ago, NothingClever said:

Doing liquid

Don't normally drink beer for night games because work comes too early the next morning, but I'm a snacker during games so that's out the window

I'm super hungry now, and my wife is torturing me by watching people reviewing buffets on youtube

Probably too late now but green Jello helped me. I never really felt hungry and that was a concern of mine. Just remember with Jello nothing red, orange, yellow or purple. That pretty much leaves green.

We’ll be calling him Ben VanSuperman before the nights over 

@mattwill

Eagles 31

Chiefs 24

Hurts rushing Td

Aj 100 receiving yards and a td

@mattwill

Eagles - 27

Chiefs - 24

Bonus:  Eagles rush for over 200.

30 minutes ago, jamiller said:

Someone here answered this before.  No one wanted these games years ago and these teams stepped up and took them. So the NFL rewards them and they keep them.  This is the way abbreviated version.  

Yeh, there are two times the Cowboys didn’t play on Thanksgiving since ’66. It was in ‘75 & ‘77. There was a ton of success with Thanksgiving game for the Lions prior to ‘66, the Cowboys were a newer team and they wanted to promote a newer team to gain more fans. The St Louis Cardinals played in ‘75 & ‘77 in place of the Cowboys for the same reason, to increase their exposure.

1 hour ago, paco said:

West Coast bias

Get less sleep,  or skip work, depending on where you live.  

Maybe Nolan Smith can do this tonight for the anniversary 

 

Just now, Random Reglar said:

Get less sleep,  or skip work, depending on where you live.  

I always hope for a nice, easy win on MNF. If this game goes down like the Dallas game, I won't be able to fall asleep until about 2am.

42 minutes ago, BigEFly said:

Have kids in Travis’ and Jason’s age range, I can only imagine being Papa Kelce and going to dinner with the family on Thanksgiving with Travis bringing Taylor only to be upstaged by this woman.

 

On the other hand, if things get serious, Taylor could do worse for a sister-in-law.

Wow, so the Lions first Thanksgiving Day game was in 1934…they’ve hosted a game every year except ‘39 - ‘44 because of WWII.

1 hour ago, bpac55 said:

Bombs away!

 

I might be more concerned if I was Mahomes. Remember Andy calling something like 40 or 50 passes with McNabb in the rain and wind?

47 minutes ago, judunno said:

Them playing every Thanksgiving always ruins my Thanksgiving. Never understood why they get that game every year. Like some sort of America's Team BS or something. I know the other teams aren't complaining because they get to stay home with their families. Detroit was fun to watch for the 10 years that Barry played. Need to stop show casing these teams on Thanksgiving. 

Nope. I love the tradition. And the tradition is Detroit and then Dallas. It would be super weird if it were ever changed. (And yes, I know that in the seventies the Cardinals hosted the second game a couple of times.)

Seems like KC is pretty concerned about the field conditions… driving rain, tarp off two hours+ before the game.

3 minutes ago, eglz1 said:

I might be more concerned if I was Mahomes. Remember Andy calling something like 40 or 50 passes with McNabb in the rain and wind?

Remember when McTurd didn't know you can tie in the NFL?

8 minutes ago, Joe Ball said:

Wow, so the Lions first Thanksgiving Day game was in 1934…they’ve hosted a game every year except ‘39 - ‘44 because of WWII.

Yeah, and it was always the Packers til Vince Lombardi's complaints were finally heard and they started switching it up. Lombardi felt it was unfair that the Packers had to play a road game on three days rest EVERY year.

Kareem Jackson suspended 4 games again