The great thing about Thanksgiving weekend is we get an extra dose of NFL football. You sit down as a family, watch the first half of the Detroit game (no need to watch the second half), then you eat and finish in time to fall asleep watching the Cowboys game. Plus, two days off from work.
As Holidays go, it doesn’t get much better than Thanksgiving.
TEN @ DET
Am I the only one who feels cheated by the fact that I’m not going to get to see the first ever 11-0 vs. 0-11 match-up? The Titans weren’t going to go undefeated, but the least they could have done was last through Thanksgiving.
Thanks to the Titans’ loss last week, there’s absolutely no reason to watch this game. Unless you’re a fan of early-in-his-career Mike Tyson fights. Because this game is going to closely resemble some of those.
SEA @ DAL
Do you think Wade Phillips realized he’d be working through every Thanksgiving dinner when he accepted the Cowboys’ head coaching job?
It’s amazing how bad of a job the NFL did putting together Thanksgiving day games this year. Dallas-Seattle has
Georgia Tech-Cumberland potential.ARI @ PHI
On the one side, you have the Arizona Cardinals and their potential MVP quarterback. On the other side, you have the Philadelphia Eagles and their recently benched (then un-benched) quarterback. Should make for good TV. Unfortunately, nobody will be able to see it because it’s on the NFL Network.
As much as I’ve bashed McNabb this season, the dude has pride. I think he’s got one more great performance in him. It may be his last one in Philadelphia, but my guy tells me McNabb carries his Eagles to victory this Thursday.
NO @ TB
New Orleans has a chance to really jumble up the NFL South standings. As inconsistent as they’ve been, they have a chance to pull within one game of first in their division this weekend.
Tampa Bay, meanwhile, has continued their run of boring dominance this season. They’ve somehow managed to score 77 more points than they’ve allowed, yet they don’t have a single offensive player on their team that intrigues anyone.
With all due respect to the “Defense wins championships” crowd, you still need some semblance of an offense. With or without Reggie Bush, the Buccaneers will be able to slow down the Saints. But they won’t be able to stop them altogether.
And they just don’t have enough offense to keep up…
MIA @ STL
What better way to bounce back from a tough loss to a division opponent than a trip to St. Louis to face the NFL’s version of the Washington Generals?
Channing Crowder is a talented, young player who presumably has a bright future in the NFL. But he needs to take a step back, and figure out which guys on his team he should be emulating. There are plenty of great guys on that Dolphin defense (Vonnie Holliday is a good example). Follow their examples.
Joey Porter is a piece of garbage. You emulate him, you become a similar piece of garbage.
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about 1 month ago
The all-time record for consecutive games won all against teams with winning records is six, by the Vikings in 1970 I believe. If the Giants win this Sunday they'll tie that. If they win out the season (unlikely) and Philly beats Arizona this week (50-50) they'll run it up to nine in a row. If they do that and then win the whole enchilada it'll be 12 wins in a row all against teams with winning records. Amazing if it happens.
How can you say there are no intriguing players on the Tampa offense. Jeff Garcia looks like an extra from the movie "Cruising" who escaped from a level one burn unit. Now that's pretty intriguing.
from about 1 month ago
Good point on Garcia. He should give all post-game press conferences with his helmet on, ala early-in-his-career Ricky Williams.
about 1 month ago
St. Lou = Washington Generals???? Im not sure this analogy works so well. I think its more like Detroit Lions = Wash. Generals.
from about 1 month ago
The Washington Generals beat the Globetrotters 100-99 on January 5, 1971. That one win immediately vaults them above the Detroit Lions and into St. Louis Rams territory....
about 1 month ago
this article sucks
from about 1 month ago
this comment sucks
about 1 month ago
Well, that was sure one exciting day of Thanksgiving football, was it not? Three very intense, nerve-racking, and edge-of-your-seat thrillers!
The closest game was 25 points. The average margin of victory was 30 points.
from about 1 month ago
But the good news is, I was spot on in all three predictions...including the McNabb bounce-back game. Which, in the end, is all that really matters. :)
about 1 month ago
I got killed by the resurgent Mcnabb and i benched Westbrook. Unbelievable. I should of read this column earlier =P
And Jeff Garcia is good. Only real quarterbacks tape down their shirt sleeves.
from about 1 month ago
Benched Westbrook? Ouch. I would have played him just because Arizona's defense sucks.
about 1 month ago
we are on the same page on the majority of your predictions, or my predictions. lol i missed philly. thoght az would bring more to the table besides a turkey, they brought the turkey. lol check out my teams on the bubbles article on week 13. my week 13 prime picks in the nfl disappeared! how can an article vanish?? lol i emailed Zander on that one! have you ever had a n article vanish off the site sean?? i have new england today, that could be tough! GReen bay must win to stay on track for stealing that division. as you said if New Orleans can pull off a small upset coupled with a carolina loss in green bay that division really gets tight. I have San Diego to somehow stay alive today too agaginst Atlanta. Thats a shot in the dark too. lol but 10-4 11-3 13-2-1 12-4 last 4 weeks. I am staying hot and only 7 games away from a big screen tv on the local radio station contest for the season picking games. I really need a new flat screen, need 12-4 this week again lol 2-1 so far! wish me luck thomas
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