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America’s Team: Cowboys 10 most memorable Thanksgiving Day games

With 52 Thanksgiving games on their resume, the Cowboys have plenty of holiday memories to choose from. Cowboys Wire picks out the 10 best.

America’s Team is as much a part of the All-American holiday as parade floats and candied yams. The Dallas Cowboys will host their 53rd Thanksgiving Day game in 2020. This season’s edition will mark the tenth time Dallas has welcomed their division rivals from Washington for the traditional late afternoon tilt. That’s the most of any Cowboys Thanksgiving opponent.

Over the years, the club’s Thanksgiving Day series has created some of pro football’s most memorable moments, including several chapters that are absolutely indelible within the Cowboys’ own storied history. To celebrate, Cowboys Wire takes a look back through the archives to dish out the ten quintessential Thanksgiving games that have meant the most to the team.

But the feast can’t be all deep-fried turkey and pumpkin pie; mixed in with some of the franchise’s most satisfying wins are also a few standout games that didn’t go Dallas’s way. Consider them the unpleasant cranberry sauce that your weird aunt brings every few years and makes you have at least a small helping of.

Weather forecast: Chance of snow in Denver won’t phase Chiefs

Snow is expected but it won’t phase the Kansas City Chiefs.

The Kansas City Chiefs and Denver Broncos could get some football weather on Sunday afternoon at Empower Field at Mile High.

Forecasts for the game from Weather.com, AccuWeather, and the National Weather Service all call for over 60% chance of snow ahead of and throughout the Week 7 game. Projections show anywhere from 1-5 inches and upwards of 12 inches of snow accumulation throughout the day. Temperatures are expected to stay right around 20 degrees, which would make it the coldest game of the season for the Chiefs.

This team appears unphased by the wintery forecast, however. Chiefs starting QB Patrick Mahomes, who has described himself as a “snow-game guy” spoke on the topic willingly on Wednesday.

“It’s going to be a snow game, so I’m pretty excited for that as well,” Mahomes said.

As for the coaching staff, they won’t be altering their preparation because of the weather. The only advice that coaches have for their players includes ball security and equipment usage. That message was delivered on both sides of the ball.

“I know that we did play a snow game last year, it was against these guys, it was at home,” Steve Spagnuolo told reporters on Thursday. “The elements are what they are, everybody’s got to deal with it. Coach Reid addressed it this morning and we just roll. You can’t let anything take you off course from what you’re trying to do. The only thing I can think of when you ask that question is, I just go back to what’s the field conditions and let’s be smart with footwear and all that. Guys, DBs, keep your feet underneath you, the little things like that. But other than that, I don’t think the game plan changes.”

“Nah, we just go play,” said RB coach Deland McCullough. “Make sure you got the right cleats on and go out and ball. That’s our opportunity to run the ball more, so shoot you don’t have to tell those guys nothing but secure the ball and get positive yards.”

The kicking game shouldn’t be impacted much with wind gusts ranging from 5-10 mph throughout the game. This is the week that Harrison Butker will have some extra distance on his kicks, given the thin air in Mile High Stadium. That’ll certainly be something to watch despite the wintery conditions.

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Packers seek 700 snow shovelers ahead of Seahawks game Sunday

The Seattle Seahawks’ postseason matchup with the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field on Sunday could feature up to 10 inches of snow.

The Green Bay Packers are already looking for a little help this weekend ahead of their divisional-round matchup against the Seattle Seahawks.

Recent weather forecasts are now predicting a storm that could result in up to 10 inches of snow on Saturday night and the team is soliciting fans to help shovel at Lambeau Field.

According to Green Bay’s website, up to 700 shovelers are needed to help on Sunday morning. Shovelers must be at least 18 years old to participate and will be paid $12 per hour for their efforts. Free, temporary parking will be available and the Packers will provide all the necessary shovels.

 

Wintery conditions could present a significant advantage for the Packers, who are used to playing in heavy snow and cold temperatures.

Seattle coach Pete Carroll recently said the Seahawks have been preparing for the frigid weather before departing for Green Bay. For example, the Seahawks have opened the doors of their training facility to allow the chilly air to fill the building and give the players a good sense of what they can expect this weekend. Seattle also practiced outside on Thursday.

If the Seahawks emerge victorious, they will advance to the NFC Championship Game for the first time since the 2014-2015 postseason, but it will be no easy task. After all, Seattle has not won in Lambeau Field since 1999. The game will start at 3:40 p.m. PT on Sunday.

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Seahawks preparing for cold in Green Bay but have won in worse weather

The Seattle Seahawks are attempting to replicate the frigid temperatures of Green Bay before facing the Packers in the divisional round.

Much ado has been made about playing late in the season Green Bay, which often features some of the worst weather of all NFL venues. From snow to bitterly cold temperatures, anything is possible at Lambeau Field.

The Seahawks advanced to the divisional round of the playoffs after beating the Eagles and the matchups have been set. Seattle will square off against the Packers Sunday afternoon – make that early evening in Wisconsin.

Coach Pete Carroll and the Seahawks are used to wild weather at home, rain often being the case on gamedays in Seattle. Carroll was asked about the forecasted conditions for Green Bay this weekend.

“It looks like it’s going to be about 10 degrees colder than it was the other night, so, big deal,” Carroll said Wednesday. “That’s nothing. It was comfortable the other night. That was fine. It didn’t have any factor at all. If it’s in the twenties or whatever, 29 or 28, where it’s supposed to be, that’s no big deal. But, I’m not going to overlook the factor that the fellas might be thinking. We’ve already started to deal with that. You have to be very disciplined about that as well.”

Seattle is going through its own cold snap – with freezing temperatures and light snow possible all week before the Seahawks depart – and Carroll is making the most of the opportunities to replicate the upcoming weather. Plus, the temperature in Green Bay is expected to be downright balmy compared to when the Seahawks faced the Vikings in January 2016 in what proved to be the third-coldest game in NFL history.

“It depends on how the field is – if we can get out, we will,” Carroll explained. “We’re opening it up and blowing the air in to make sure. We’re not going to quite get it to where it’s going to be there. One thing we know that we’ve played in weather 50 degrees colder than it’s going to be.

“We’re really not going to worry about it.”

As of Thursday, the forecast for Sunday in Green Bay is partly sunny skies and 24 degrees. Kickoff is scheduled for 3:40 p.m. PT.

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Jake Plummer posts funny video about Broncos QB Drew Lock’s ‘sweet move’

Broncos quarterback Drew Lock appeared to turn on fake hash marks with a foot stomp during Sunday’s snowy game against the Chiefs.

The Denver Broncos and Kansas City Chiefs played Sunday’s game at Arrowhead Stadium in the middle of a pretty big snowstorm (these pictures from the game are amazing).

To try to help fans view the white hash marks on the field, CBS had digital hash marks appear on the field in green. The network must have had some glitches though because the fake lines appeared on and off throughout the game.

At one point in the second quarter, the digital hash marks clicked on at the exact moment that Broncos quarterback Drew Lock put his foot on the ground. Former quarterback Jake Plummer posted a video of the moment on Twitter and joked that Lock’s stomp was a “pretty sweet move.”

Some lighthearted fun is probably welcomed by fans in Denver after watching what was otherwise a forgettable performance from the Broncos. Up next for Denver are home games against the Lions and Raiders.

Broncos fans are probably willing to trade moments of humor for a few wins to close out the season, even if it means falling in the draft order.

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Connecticut shifts entire high school football playoff slate because of snow

The entire Connecticut high school football playoff quarterfinal and semifinal slate was shifted to avoid Tuesday’s snow storm.

We’re just at the outset of the inclement weather season, but it’s already wreaking havoc on prep sports schedules in the Northeast, starting with the state football playoffs in Connecticut.

As reported by the Hartford Courant, the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference announced Monday that the state’s complete slate of football tournament quarterfinals, which were scheduled to take place Tuesday night, will instead be played Wednesday. The schedule shift will also impact the state semifinals, which will move from Sunday, Dec. 8 to Monday Dec. 9.

The one day delay gives teams a fifth rest day following their Thanksgiving Day rivalry games, with the semifinals then played on the prescribed four days rest.

The decision to shift the state’s entire slate of games was made in an effort to maintain a sense of equality among the teams, rather than play one clutch of games Tuesday and another Wednesday, thereby giving one team an additional day of rest before the state semifinals, a respite that can be critical when the games are played so close together.

Of course, the games going ahead on Wednesday is dependent on the weather cooperating then. Much further delay and the state semifinals and state championship may be even more delayed themselves.