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VikingDudeVikingDude Posts: 1,346 ✭✭✭
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So when is the NFL going to take away Detroit's automatic Thanksgiving Day game? You would think the NFL would want a game that would potentially draw more viewers.

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  • WeekendHackerWeekendHacker Posts: 1,445 ✭✭
    Everyone has the day off, the team doesn't matter. The game will be on in most football households even if it were the Browns & Lions.
  • jdip9jdip9 Posts: 1,894 ✭✭✭
    For fantasy purposes, it doesn't get any better than watching your players go up against DET. That alone draws viewers.
  • MichiganMichigan Posts: 4,942 ✭
    The game is just background noise to all of the confusion surrounding most Thanksgiving dinners, an extra turkey
    on TV shouldn't really matter, later in the day you have the Cowboys playing someone and then another game
    on the NFL network in the evening.
  • MLRMLEOMLRMLEO Posts: 269
    Why would you want your team playing on Thanksgiving day? Go RAVENS!
  • EstilEstil Posts: 7,058 ✭✭✭✭
    Let's see, Detroit hosts a game every year, as does Dallas. Who gets to host the third game?
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  • MichiganMichigan Posts: 4,942 ✭
    Not sure, I don't think there is a designated team for the third game but I might be wrong.
  • dirtmonkeydirtmonkey Posts: 3,048 ✭✭
    C'mon, we'll never get another Monday night game so let us continue to have this. image Although it does sometimes make it hard as a Lions fan to hold down your food when watching them play image
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  • VikingDudeVikingDude Posts: 1,346 ✭✭✭


    << <i>C'mon, we'll never get another Monday night game so let us continue to have this. image Although it does sometimes make it hard as a Lions fan to hold down your food when watching them play image >>



    Okay, we'll let you have this. My suggestion for holding your food down would be a little beer!
  • DaBeefDaBeef Posts: 2,478
    Detroit is going to put up a fight vs Green Bay.... They might even upset GB and knock em out of the playoffs...
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  • TheVonTheVon Posts: 2,725 ✭
    The NFL should institute the Flex Schedule thing they do later in the season for Thanksgiving. Can you imagine the ratings if they bumped up the Saints/Patriots game to Thanksgiving Day? But I guess they'll get those ratings come Monday night anyway.
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