NFL Schedule Leak said:
Week 12 (Nov. 24-28 — Thanksgiving)
Thursday, Nov. 24 (Thanksgiving)
Bills at Lions, 12:30 p.m. ET (CBS) (Source)
Giants at Cowboys, 4:30 p.m. ET (Fox) (Source)
Patriots at Vikings, 8:20 p.m. ET (NBC) (Source)
The NFL once again screwed up Thanksgiving. The team with the longest active drought out of the 4 not named Detroit or Dallas is New England, whose last appearance was only 10 years ago.
The games should have been Jaguars-Lions, Buccaneers-Cowboys and Rams-Chiefs. The exclusion of the Jaguars is insulting as they are still the only team yet to play on Thanksgiving, and the exclusion of the Rams is insulting on two fronts - they are the defending champs and have the longest active Thanksgiving drought.
These three games were what I wanted because Detroit and Dallas should be hosting the home opponents with the longest active Thanksgiving drought, and the night game would pit the remaining team with the longest active drought versus its opponent with the longest active drought.
Don't be surprised if members of Congress representing cities whose teams have very long Thanksgiving droughts drew up legislation that would remove antitrust protections from the NFL.
