Thanksgiving Traditions

Thanksgiving traditions run deep in some families. For some people they wake up have Thanksgiving breakfast, maybe play a little pick up game of turkey bowl or tackle football, and then every one gets to sit down and have a huge thanksgiving dinner. Then there are families like the Detroit Lions and the Dallas Cowboys, their tradition of playing a football game on Thanksgiving thursday has been going on for years. Even though this tradition runs deep it happens to be a lot more important this year then many of the others in the past. For starters, the Detroit Lions have struggled the past couple seasons and have suffered important injuries and losing records in the past, however, this year is different. The Lions did not lose their starting quarterback Matthew Stafford like last year, and they started off to a great start and have a record of 7-3 currently. This Thanksgiving is a very important run for the playoffs as the face the visiting division rivals the undefeated Greenbay Packers. I bet that the Lions would be the first team to upset the reigning Superbowl Champs. Another important game is the Dallas Cowboys facing the Miami Dolphins. This game may not be the "big game" making it in the head lines but in my eyes this is a huge game. Because the Eagles won last week against the New York Giants we might still have a chance to make it into the playoffs by winning a wildcard game. And since we need to win the division and the Dallas Cowboys are in the Eagles division it would help the Eagles so much if the cowgirls would lose to the Dolphins and the Eagles could beat the New England Patriots on Sunday.