Tag: Thanksgiving

Por esta razón en Thanksgiving hay juegos de NFL y no de NBA

Una de las fechas más icónicas en el calendario de festividades de Estados Unidos es la del Día de Acción de Gracias

Una de las fechas más icónicas en el calendario de festividades de Estados Unidos es la del cuarto jueves de noviembre, pues marca el Día de Acción de Gracias.

Una de las fiestas más emblemáticas para estar con familia, cenar platillos tradicionales y por supuesto, ver la triple cartelera de partidos que presenta la NFL.

Pero te has preguntado ¿por qué solo pasan partidos de la NFL y no de la NBA? la razón es muy simple, audiencia.

Hasta 2005 la NBA realizaba partidos el Día de Acción de Gracias pero la audiencia era bajísima comparados con los juegos de futbol americano, por lo que en 2006 se oficializó que el Thanksgiving es un día de descanso para los jugadores de la NBA en una apretada temporada de 82 juegos de temporada regular.

La NBA sin embargo tiene en la fecha de Navidad mucha actividad y grandes números de audiencia por lo que ese día la NBA hace su especial y programa hasta cinco partidos con las franquicias más importantes para ver a las superestrellas de la liga en un maratón de partidos.

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Saints choose their ‘Color Rush’ uniforms for prime-time Thanksgiving game vs. Bills

Saints choose their ‘Color Rush’ uniforms for prime-time Thanksgiving game vs. Bills

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Get excited: the New Orleans Saints announced that they will be wearing their popular “Color Rush” variant uniforms in their prime-time matchup with the Buffalo Bills on Thanksgiving. The gold-on-white jerseys are among the best looks the team has used in the Sean Payton (dating back to 2006), and also their winningest, with a 9-3 record and a win percentage of .750.

Hopefully it makes a difference. The Saints are managing a ton of injuries on offense and defense, working without their best running back (Alvin Kamara), offensive lineman (Ryan Ramczyk), and defensive lineman (Marcus Davenport). It’s an uphill battle against one of the NFL’s hottest teams.

For the curious, here is how the Saints have performed in each of their different uniform combos during Payton’s tenure as head coach, including the playoffs:

  1. “Color Rush” alternates: 9-3 (.750)
  2. White jerseys, white pants: 8-3 (.727)
  3. “Black and Gold” throwbacks: 2-1 (.667)
  4. Black jerseys, gold pants: 23-14 (.622)
  5. White jerseys, black pants: 42-26 (.618)
  6. Black jerseys, black pants: 46-32 (.590)
  7. White jerseys, gold pants: 33-24 (.579)

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Staff score predictions for New Orleans Saints vs. Buffalo Bills

Staff score predictions for New Orleans Saints vs. Buffalo Bills

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Are you buying into the shifting line for Week 12’s Thanksgiving nightcap between the New Orleans Saints and the Buffalo Bills, or do you think the Saints have a real shot at winning in a big spot?

It’s not going to be easy, but there’s reason to think the Saints could surprise a lot of people and upset the visiting Bills. New Orleans has run the ball effectively, averaging 117.9 rushing yards per game, while the Bills’ shaky run defense bottomed out with 264 rushing yards allowed in last week’s game against Colts stud Jonathan Taylor. If the Saints can overcome their injuries on offense and play tighter coverage on defense, they’ve got a chance.

Still, this doesn’t feel like it’ll be a high-scoring affair. Here are our score predictions:

Lions vs. Bears: Game day inactive players for Week 12

Four of the five inactive Lions are injury-related

Jared Goff is officially active and expected to start when the Detroit Lions take the field on Thanksgiving. That’s the biggest takeaway from the gameday inactive player lists for both the Lions and the Chicago Bears.

Goff was officially questionable with his oblique injury. After warming up, the Lions decided the regular starting quarterback was good to go. Tim Boyle, who started for Goff last week, will be the backup. Third QB David Blough is one of the five inactives.

The Lions inactive players:

  • QB David Blough
  • OLB Trey Flowers
  • OT Matt Nelson
  • WR Trinity Benson
  • RG Halapoulivaati Vaitai

All but Blough are injury-related.

As for the Bears…

  • QB Justin Fields
  • WR Allen Robinson
  • DT Akiem Hicks
  • DE Mario Edwards Jr.
  • RB Damien Williams
  • S Teez Tabor
  • TE Jesper Horsted

Seahawks QB Geno Smith shares holiday greetings on Thanksgiving

Seattle’s backup quarterback Geno Smith shared a holiday message on Twitter this morning.

The Seahawks won’t be playing until Monday night, so Seattle fans are free to enjoy the holiday and some rare stress-free football Thursday and through the weekend.

Seattle’s backup quarterback Geno Smith shared a holiday message on Twitter this morning.

Since it’s a holiday we don’t want to think too hard about it, but it’s tough not to wonder if Seattle might have a better record if Geno Smith had started the last two games instead of a clearly-not-right Russell Wilson.

Smith is not a better quarterback by any stretch of the imagination. However, he is healthy and at the very least he’s been more productive on third down this season, as others have pointed out.

Happy Thanksgiving from all of us, in any case.

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Lions vs. Bears preview: Who has the advantage?

In our weekly preview series, Alyssa Barbieri from Bears Wire and Jeff Risdon from Lions Wire went deep into the matchup to determine who has the advantage at the five key factors for winning football games in the NFL.

The Detroit Lions look to notch their first win of the season in a rematch with the Chicago Bears. Thursday’s Thanksgiving matinee gives head coach Dan Campbell his first chance to face a team for the second time. Hopefully it goes better for Detroit than the first matchup, a 24-14 loss in Week 4 at Chicago that was not nearly as close as the final score indicates.

When it comes to determining who wins football games, there are a number of factors that contribute to a victory. Solid quarterback play, winning the line of scrimmage, protecting the football and taking it away, controlling important situations and overcoming or taking advantage of an injury situation.

In our weekly preview series, Alyssa Barbieri from Bears Wire and Jeff Risdon from Lions Wire went deep into the matchup to determine who has the advantage at the five key factors for winning football games in the NFL.

8 reasons why the Jets should be thankful this Thanksgiving

It’s been another rough year for the Jets, but they still have plenty to be thankful for this Thanksgiving.

There’s usually not much for a 2-8 team to be happy about, but the Jets actually have a lot to be thankful for this Thanksgiving.

While the team has a ton of work to do (especially on defense), the Jets have solid pieces to build around over the next few years. The 2021 draft class looks like a slam dunk, while the 2020 class has a few strong contributors. The Jets also have a bevy of picks in 2022, which should help strengthen the team’s foundation.

Here, let’s put all the losing aside for a second and look at eight reasons why the Jets should be thankful this holiday season.

How to watch, stream NFL Thanksgiving day games

Find out how you can watch the NFL’s Thanksgiving day games here.

The Kansas City Chiefs are off for their bye week, but there is plenty of action in the NFL this week, including an exciting slate of Thanksgiving day games. Two games include AFC teams and the outcomes of those games could be important to playoff seeding for Kansas City.

Find out how to watch, stream and all the other important details for each game down below:

Ten things for Georgia fans to be thankful for this Thanksgiving

God, family and Georgia football: Ten things UGA fans should be thankful for this Thanksgiving.

God, family and the Georgia Bulldogs. Expect to hear those three phrases a lot this year at your Thanksgiving table.

In a time where things have been tough given the climate of this nation during the COVID-19 pandemic, we always have sports to fall back on.

And for Georgia fans, we have the No. 1 team in America to distract us from the craziness of the outside world.

As you begin to get in the holiday spirit and start to reflect on what it is you’re most thankful for this year, consider these items below to bring up as you and your family gather around turkey this Thursday.

Birdies, eagles and turkeys: PGA Tour pros dish on their favorite Thanksgiving traditions

We asked 10 PGA Tour pros at the RSM Classic about their favorite holiday tradition.

Tis the season to eat turkey.

And stuffing and pumpkin pie. It’s food glorious food from sun up to sundown. Throw in football and a good nap and is there any better day of the year than Thanksgiving? We think not.

Thanksgiving is a tradition-laden holiday, so we asked 10 PGA Tour pros at the RSM Classic in Sea Island, Georgia, what their favorite holiday tradition is and how they typically spend the day.

Most of them are gearing up to go to town on turkey, dressing, a variety of pies and wear the fat pants all weekend, but we had a few outliers planning to smoke brisket.

Whatever your tradition may be, we wish you a festive day and a safe and happy Black Friday.