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End the Tradition...Flex Thanksgiving

Dajesus

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It makes me so angry that every year I have to watch a meaningless game involving the Lions and Cowboys. The last game I remember watching the meant anything was the 1994 game between the Cowboys and Dolphins. This year we have the 1-9 Lions vs the 6-4 Packers and the 3-7 Raiders vs the 7-3 Cowboys. Big surprise the first game of the day was a blowout. If any game needs to be flexed it is Thanksgiving.
 
the thing is, the schedule makers could have easily matched up Dallas with the Giants and Denver with Oakland. thus, you'd have two rivalry games to add some spice. but no, that would have been too much suspense for thanksgiving i guess
 
no they couldnt have matched dallas vs the giants. they need dallas to host an afc team so cbs can air the game.
 
It makes sense. Every year i get to be thankful that i'm not a lions fan.
 
Dajesus said:
It makes me so angry that every year I have to watch a meaningless game involving the Lions and Cowboys. The last game I remember watching the meant anything was the 1994 game between the Cowboys and Dolphins. This year we have the 1-9 Lions vs the 6-4 Packers and the 3-7 Raiders vs the 7-3 Cowboys. Big surprise the first game of the day was a blowout. If any game needs to be flexed it is Thanksgiving.
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why u dont enjoy watching 35-10 blowouts every year when the game is over by the half? i agree 100% screw tradition, its unbearable to watch these 2 teams year in and year out. i also cnt stand the cowboys, so ya flexing would be a good idea.
 
Leave the day games keep changing the night games. People are to quick to dump tradition, I understand why you want to but leave some tradition in the game.
 
Back in the 90s the Lions had Barry Sanders to watch on Thanksgiving, he was at least exciting to watch even though he was on such a bad team.
 
I'm in favor of tradition and keeping Detroit and Dallas on Thanksgiving. I would like to see better matchups, though.

And you never know, it's possible that Detroit could develop into a good team and the matchups would be better.............what am I saying, it's the Lions -- the black hole of the NFL.
 
I've hated this scheduling tradition for a long time. I agree with making the T-day games something special, but you could do that without keeping Detroit & Dallas, or opening it up to just anything. (Complete flex probably won't work, BTW, because of the need to schedule the stadia and staff. Moving an afternoon game to evening must be relatively simple by comparison.)

Anyway, my idea: The losers of the previous season's two conference championship games host the Thanksgiving games. Or, it could be the previous year's Super Bowl teams, but I like the idea that making the conference title games gets you a little bit of a consolation prize the next season. Plus, you should get decent teams playing more often than not.

This year, that would make it Baltimore and Philadelphia. Ravens-Steelers and Eagles-Giants would both be good games.
 
NYCphan said:
I've hated this scheduling tradition for a long time. I agree with making the T-day games something special, but you could do that without keeping Detroit & Dallas, or opening it up to just anything. (Complete flex probably won't work, BTW, because of the need to schedule the stadia and staff. Moving an afternoon game to evening must be relatively simple by comparison.)

Anyway, my idea: The losers of the previous season's two conference championship games host the Thanksgiving games. Or, it could be the previous year's Super Bowl teams, but I like the idea that making the conference title games gets you a little bit of a consolation prize the next season. Plus, you should get decent teams playing more often than not.

This year, that would make it Baltimore and Philadelphia. Ravens-Steelers and Eagles-Giants would both be good games.
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You beet me to it. I think it should be each Super Bowl host a game against a division rival. If you have to leave Dallas in one of the games as they usually field a competitive team. Detroit has had what one playoff team in the past 20 years, but they are gauranteed a national broadcast every year. That is just stupid.
 
yeah...and the cowboys suck balls ! we would kill them !
 
Watching the Lions every year makes me want to put a fork in my eye, and Dallas often gets matched up against a bad team. Sure would be nice to have competitive games on TG a little more often.

Whatever, Go Giants tonight.
 
It's the only thing those poor Lions fans have to look forward to every year. Let them keep their dang game.
 
I guess i'm in the minority. I like the games the way they are, i think adding the third game is a big reason for that though. The Lions and Cowboys have both had their down periods, and their opponents in recent years have clearly not matched up well with them, but thats why we have now a third game to balance that out.
 
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