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The Thanksgiving games are Chicago at Detroit, Buffalo at Dallas, and New Orleans at Atlanta. Last year, it was all NFC on Thanksgiving, and in 2017, only one AFC team played on Thanksgiving. I think it should be mandated that the Thanksgiving night game be an AFC vs. AFC matchup in order to balance out the Detroit and Dallas home games.
"Every time you lose, you die a little bit. You die inside. Not all your organs, maybe just your liver." - George Allen
Rupert Patrick wrote:The Thanksgiving games are Chicago at Detroit, Buffalo at Dallas, and New Orleans at Atlanta. Last year, it was all NFC on Thanksgiving, and in 2017, only one AFC team played on Thanksgiving. I think it should be mandated that the Thanksgiving night game be an AFC vs. AFC matchup in order to balance out the Detroit and Dallas home games.
Only if it's a contest between two original AFL teams/franchises!!
Rupert Patrick wrote:The Thanksgiving games are Chicago at Detroit, Buffalo at Dallas, and New Orleans at Atlanta. Last year, it was all NFC on Thanksgiving, and in 2017, only one AFC team played on Thanksgiving. I think it should be mandated that the Thanksgiving night game be an AFC vs. AFC matchup in order to balance out the Detroit and Dallas home games.
Only if it's a contest between two original AFL teams/franchises!!
That sounds like something the Remember the AFL guy would say.
"Every time you lose, you die a little bit. You die inside. Not all your organs, maybe just your liver." - George Allen
Nice little (in lieu of 100th Anniversary) touch by having Rams play at their very original home, Cleveland, Thurs Night in Week #3.
Any player(s) still alive from that '45 championship squad? Perhaps do the coin-toss, or be presented at halftime, etc.
I wouldn’t have minded seeing the league break the scheduling formula to have the Bears & Cardinals square off Thanksgiving Night...not at Soldier, but at Wrigley (throwback unis, of course)!