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NFL Thanksgiving schedule: What games are on TV today?

Happy Thanksgiving, football fans! There are three NFL games scheduled today, plus a bonus Black Friday game tomorrow.

Happy Thanksgiving, NFL fans!

The league has three games on deck today plus a Black Friday bonus tomorrow. Here’s a quick look at the 2024 NFL Thanksgiving Schedule.

The action will begin at 10:30 a.m. MT (12:30 p.m. ET) when the Detroit Lions (10-1) host the Chicago Bears (4-7) on CBS. The Lions-Bears game will be available to stream on fuboTV (try it free).

After that, the Dallas Cowboys (4-7) will host the New York Giants (2-9) at 2:30 p.m. MT (4:30 p.m. ET) on Fox. The Cowboys-Giants game will also be available to stream on fuboTV (try it free).

Thanksgiving Day will wrap up with the Green Bay Packers (8-3) hosting the Miami Dolphins (5-6) at 6:20 p.m. MT (8:20 p.m. ET) on NBC. The Packers-Dolphins will be, you guessed it, available to stream on fuboTV (try it free).

The action will continue on Black Friday when the Kansas City Chiefs (10-1) host the Las Vegas Raiders (2-9) at 1:00 p.m. MT (3:00 p.m. ET). The Chiefs-Raiders game will be available to stream exclusively on Prime.

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Giants expected to make quarterback change for Thanksgiving game

The Giants are expected to start ex-Broncos QB Drew Lock on Thanksgiving after losing Tommy DeVito to a forearm injury.

The New York Giants are expected to have a new starting quarterback when they face the Dallas Cowboys on Thanksgiving.

After benching and then cutting Daniel Jones last week, the Giants surprisingly named Tommy DeVito their starter. That was an unexpected move because Drew Lock had served as the team’s No. 2 quarterback behind Jones up until Jones was benched. (Jones, meanwhile, has landed with the Minnesota Vikings.)

Lock now appears to be set to start against the Cowboys after DeVito suffered a forearm injury. DeVito did not practice on Wednesday and he is not flying with the team to Dallas, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter.

That presumably means Lock will start on Thanksgiving Day.

Lock, 28, was picked by the Denver Broncos in the second round of the 2019 NFL draft out of Missouri. He went 8-13 as a starter in Denver before being traded to the Seattle Seahawks as part of the Russell Wilson trade in 2022.

Lock served as Geno Smith’s backup from 2022-2023 and went 1-1 as a fill-in starter for two games last season. Thursday will mark his first start with the Giants and his first start in a regular-season game since Dec. 18 last year.

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Twitter reacts to Cowboys’ cooking Washington 45-10 on Thanksgiving

Here are some of the best comments from Twitter as the Dallas Cowboys carved up Washington for Thanksgiving.

The Dallas Cowboys invited Washington over for the 11th time on Thanksgiving. As had happened eight out of the last 10 visits, the Cowboys got the better of their NFC East rival on Turkey Day.

Fans got a treat to NFL history as Dallas cornerback DaRon Bland returned his fifth interception for a touchdown in a season. If the game wasn’t over by that point, in more ways than one, Bland’s pick-six did it.

Quarterback Dak Prescott was electric as he completed 22-of-32 for 331 yards and four touchdowns.

With the Cowboys blowing out Washington on Thanksgiving, it was fodder for Twitter. Here are some of the best remarks.

See the reaction Dak Prescott’s cadence draws from NFL fans

NFL fans gave their opinions as to Dallas Cowboys QB Dak Prescott’s new pre-snap cadence. Here were some of the best results.

Thanksgiving means family and football, which means the Dallas Cowboys dominate a significant portion of homes during Turkey Day get-togethers.

Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott changed his cadence going into the 2023 season. Previously using a version that was a holdover from Jason Garrett’s offense that was carried on down through Kellen Moore, Prescott went from saying “white 80 set” to something a little more conventional: “here we go.”

With audio turned up and the Cowboys playing in their own set aside game, football fans may have heard it for the first time this season. Of course, the cadence drew some responses. Here are some of the best.

Twitter reacts to the Packers’ 29-22 stunner over the Lions on Thanksgiving

Take a look at some of the best tweets to emerge from the Green Bay Packers’ 29-22 Thanksgiving win over the Detroit Lions.

The Green Bay Packers pulled off the upset.

Jordan Love threw three touchdown passes in his Thanksgiving game debut and the Packers curtailed the Detroit Lions all game, 29-22, Thursday afternoon at Ford Field.

Have the Packers finally found a worthy successor to Aaron Rodgers?

Detroit’s offense was troubled, losing three fumbles on the afternoon. The Lions were a horrendous 1-5 on fourth downs. To his brand, Dan Campbell passed up on cheap field goals to go for it while in range of kicker Riley Patterson.

Naturally Twitter was full of takes and comments. Here are some of the best to emerge.

Simone Biles’ husband Jonathan Owens returns fumble for touchdown for Packers vs. Lions

Packers safety Jonathan Owens, husband of elite gymnast Simons Biles, returned a fumble for a touchdown on Thanksgiving day.

Elite gymnast Simone Biles had a lot to be happy about on Thanksgiving Day — her husband, Green Bay Packers safety Jonathan Owens, returned a Jared Goff fumble for a 27-yard touchdown in the first quarter of Green Bay’s game against the Detroit Lions.

Ms. Biles could not contain her excitement.

The two tied the knot in April.

NFL Thanksgiving television and announcers schedule

The table is set and so are the announcers set for NFL Thanksgiving games

The NFL has a Thanksgiving trifecta for fans on Turkey Day. It starts with the Buffalo Bills at the sizzling Detroit Lions, continues with NFC East rivals the Giants and Cowboys dueling in Dallas, and is completed with the Minnesota Vikings playing host to the New England Patriots.

The TV schedule and announcers for the big holiday games:

Buffalo Bills at Detroit Lions

CBS: 12:30 p.m. kickoff, Announcers: Jim Nantz, Tony Romo, Tracy Wolfson

New York Giants vs. Dallas Cowboys

FOX: 4:30 p.m. ET kickoff, Announcers: Kevin Burkhardt, Greg Olsen, Tom Rinaldi, Erin Andrews

New England Patriots at Minnesota Vikings

NBC: 8:20 p.m. ET kickoff  Announcers: Mike Tirico, Tony Dungy, and Jason Garrett

Watch: Seahawks players share their favorite Thanksgiving dish

Watch several Seahawks players share what their favorite dish is for Thanksgiving.

There are some good games on tap for the NFL’s Thanksgiving slate on Thursday. The suddenly-hot Lions host the Bills in the matinee, then the Giants and Cowboys play in a game with huge playoff implications, then the Patriots and Vikings close things out. However, the main attraction for the holiday is always the food.

Watch several Seahawks players share what their favorite dish is for Thanksgiving.

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Jonas Brothers to perform at halftime of Giants-Cowboys Thanksgiving Day game

The Jonas Brothers are the halftime act on Thanksgiving when the Giants face the Cowboys

If the tradition of watching the Dallas Cowboys on Thanksgiving wasn’t enough, now you have a major music act performing at halftime.

The New York Giants will visit the Cowboys in what is shaping up to be a huge NFC East contest.

Bridging the halves on Nov. 24 will be the Jonas Brothers, who will entertain those at the stadium and watching across the land.

NFL referee home team winning percentages for Week 12

Here is a look at the winning percentages for NFL referees in 2021 as Week 12 kicks off.

The NFL and Thanksgiving go together like turkey and dressing. With three games on Turkey Day once again, it will be a Thursday chock full of pigskin.

The following is a list of each NFL referee’s home team winning percentage heading into Week 12 of the 2021 season. The assignments are according to Football Zebras while the stats are proprietary to this author.

Adrian Hill’s crew kicks off Week 12 with the Chicago Bears visiting the Detroit Lions at Ford Field. Shawn Hochuli has the Raiders-Cowboys game at AT&T Stadium. Brad Allen finishes off the night with Buffalo at New Orleans.

Scott Novak and Tony Corrente have the week off.