are the lions any longer entitled to a t-day game?

Watching the Lions in their blue jerseys while enjoying my first beers of the day and tuning out the idiotic babble of my relatives is a treasured, if not sacred, tradition. There's often appetizers as well, which I usually like better than the actual dinner. The Detroit Lions: The Official Football Team of Getting Half-Crocked On Beer And Eating Little Sausage Slices Off Of Multicolored Toothpicks. Go Lions!

 

How about the Lions versus Notre Dame? that's sure to attract a big audience. (although it might make you want to puke your turkey dinner)

 

Why would watching Notre Dame get its ass kicked make me want to vomit?

 

No. Give it to a good team.
Like Oakland.

 

The schedule HAS to be determined in advance. Too many people involved to up and change games on a moment's notice. Players, coaches, stadium workers, game officials, TV personnel, media and even the poor fan who actually pays money in order to attend.

This isn't baseball where you have 81 home games and can hand out rain checks like candy. Moving games is a logistical nightmare. To move a Sunday game from a 4 p.m. start to an 8 p.m. start is hassle enough, but at least it's the SAME DAY.

As for TV, the networks really don't care much. They know they have a captive audience anyway because of the date. So save the Colts-Pats and Giants-Cowboys for dates when the league NEEDS to give people a reason to watch. People will watch on Thanksgiving because there's nothing better to do.

As for good teams, who knows anymore? The Dolphins went 1-15 last season. The Falcons went 3-13. The Seahawks were in the playoffs. Teams change so much from year to year that it's anyone's guess who is going to be good by late November. For all we know, the Lions could be in the thick of the playoff race next Thanksgiving.

 

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The first three lines were solid. The fourth one seemed forced.

 

Good post.

 

Look, here's the bottom line. It's just not a deal-breaker whether the Lions are 2-11 or 12-1. It's an NFL game on Thanksgiving Day. For most people, it's background noise, pop-in viewing.

Let Detroit keep its tradition, even if tradition isn't everyone's cup of tea.