Do we really wanna see Detroit play every Thanksgiving?

Why doesn't the NFL give out Thanksgiving Day games to better teams? The Lions are bad every single year and have been for decades yet we have to watch them play every time. Wouldn't we all rather see an important game this late in the season every year?

Detroit's on the upswing. They've got a lot of young talent they need to develop, and between the draft, trades, and free agency they should be better within a few seasons. Remember Miami was, what, like 2-14 before they put together a good season. Anyways, yes I think Detroit should keep the game, it's tradition.

Megatron is good enough to make mewatch the Lions.

I would like to see them mix up the teams. I don't so much care about if they've been good or bad, just some different teams would be nice. An AFC and an NFC matchup.

I would like to see them mix up the teams. I don't so much care about if they've been good or bad, just some different teams would be nice. An AFC and an NFC matchup.

duxup

Not really since they usually get the early afternoon game.

Plus there is an important game tonight between the Giants and Broncos.

I don't want to see them or the cowboys. Tradition, my ass. I want good football. Why not put a matchup people want to see like colts vs. patriots and so on?

I don't want to see them or the cowboys. Tradition, my ass. I want good football. Why not put a matchup people want to see like colts vs. patriots and so on?

Renegade_Fury

This.

Keep the Cowboys and Lions but put your important matchup later in the night. Tradition is important.LoseEagles1245

I have no problem at all with the lions or any of the og teams that play every thanksgiving i love it! Seeing a different team because they are'nt really that good is like saying i wanna see exspansion teams play the texans that would be even worse to watch.

[QUOTE="LoseEagles1245"]Keep the Cowboys and Lions but put your important matchup later in the night. Tradition is important.cell_dweller

Traditions that suck aren't worth keeping...

No not really..it doesnt bother me that much i just wont watch the lions play

Besides Cowboys and Lions fans who is it suppose to be a tradition for? I know I sure as hell don't care about sports traditions unless it involves my favorite teams. Y2Jfan23

Rewarded? Playing on short rest and prep isn't a reward.............X360PS3AMD05

I'd like to see different teams...its annoying seeing Detroit and Dallas play EVERY year

it time for different teams.

Yeah, we know because the NFL is just fine appeasing its bandwaggon fanbase. :roll:

Let's look at this year's matchups and consider these were scheduled before the season even started.

GB vs. Detroit
Oakland vs. Girls
NYG vs. Den

I think PTI got it right when they said these horrendous games are supposed to make us pay attention to our families. I know it did in my case.

those games should be flex games, and have some good teams play on thuresday. the bad side of that is the teams that would play have less time to prepare. but they get paid enough so htey should suck it up.ocdog45

I'm from the Detroit area and I don't give a **** how bad they are, I wanna watch them play on Thanksgiving. It's a tradition.

Would people rather see Saints/Patriots on Thanksgiving or on Monday night? Monday night...dodgerblue13

Keeping tradition for the sake of it is just stupid IMO. This isn't a religion, it's a freaking sports game. Why not show some good games instead of lopsided ones on a day that everyone can watch?

What's a baseball tradition? :?

Boy, I had no idea people were such fans of bad football.

So if it's football it's ok for it to suck? That makes no sense, especially when it's 3 bad games in a row.

[QUOTE="cell_dweller"][QUOTE="LoseEagles1245"]Keep the Cowboys and Lions but put your important matchup later in the night. Tradition is important.SilentSoprano

Traditions that suck aren't worth keeping...

at one point those teams WERE good you know...

obviously good enough for them to get a tradition

teams are gonna suck...it's common knowledge...just because they suck doesn't mean take away their tradition

i say let's just put the cowboys and lions against each other every thanksgiving...so that way they still both play AND we have room for 2 other games like colts vs. pats seeing as how that's becoming a november tradition these past couple of seasons

Its obvious that the NFL wanted the Packers, Cowboys, and Giants to win when they made the schedules. They probably wanted to pass it off as important to the playoff standings or the division leads. They knew the Lions and Raiders were guaranteed to suck, and the Broncos were supposed to be horrible at the beginning of the year.LoseEagles1245

[QUOTE="LoseEagles1245"]Its obvious that the NFL wanted the Packers, Cowboys, and Giants to win when they made the schedules. They probably wanted to pass it off as important to the playoff standings or the division leads. They knew the Lions and Raiders were guaranteed to suck, and the Broncos were supposed to be horrible at the beginning of the year.duxup

I think a lot of you people don't realiz that the schedules in the NFL are always known well in advance before the season starts. So there is a good opportunity that a matchup that was once considered a good one, 6 weeks later look pathetic because thats how the NFL goes. Thats why they have flex games. You can't please everyone and not every matchup no matter primetime or not will be a good one.

I think a lot of you people don't realiz that the schedules in the NFL are always known well in advance before the season starts. So there is a good opportunity that a matchup that was once considered a good one, 6 weeks later look pathetic because thats how the NFL goes. Thats why they have flex games. You can't please everyone and not every matchup no matter primetime or not will be a good one.

xscrapzx

I think a lot of you people don't realiz that the schedules in the NFL are always known well in advance before the season starts. So there is a good opportunity that a matchup that was once considered a good one, 6 weeks later look pathetic because thats how the NFL goes. Thats why they have flex games. You can't please everyone and not every matchup no matter primetime or not will be a good one.

[QUOTE="Renegade_Fury"][QUOTE="xscrapzx"]

I think a lot of you people don't realiz that the schedules in the NFL are always known well in advance before the season starts. So there is a good opportunity that a matchup that was once considered a good one, 6 weeks later look pathetic because thats how the NFL goes. Thats why they have flex games. You can't please everyone and not every matchup no matter primetime or not will be a good one.

xscrapzx

[QUOTE="xscrapzx"][QUOTE="Renegade_Fury"] I do realize that, hence why I was complaining even more so about the matchups. Everyone knew Oakland and Detroit would be bad, and everyone assumed Denver would be awful as well. Renegade_Fury

[QUOTE="Renegade_Fury"]

[QUOTE="xscrapzx"] Detroit has always had the Thanksgiving game so thats a given. I don't think everyone thought that Denver was going to be bad this year, I mean at the time they made the schedule Cutler was still on the team. Secondly you don't know how any team is going to be. I mean I understand the Raiders are the laughing stock, but you still don't know. Any given Sunday.xscrapzx

Are you joking? GB was one of the most hyped up teams going into this year. Everyone had Rogers leading them to the playoffs. Detroit on the other hand was coming off a 0-16 season; there was no way in hell they were going to get better. Then there's setting up Dallas against Oakland of all teams. Tell me who is going to win that one? Yeah, I thought so. The Giants have been a SB contender for the last 3 years now. You even said they went 12-4 last year. So what if they lost Buress, they were still viewed as a premier team, and were very much favored to go far in the playoffs once again. Denver on the other hand was going on a downward spiral and it was assumed Shanahan was going to get fired by the end of last year. You can throw the conspiracy card as much as you want in my face, but all of these looked like one sided matchups no matter how you slice it.

NO WAY

DETROIT IS SO BAD