Week 13 of the 2024 NFL season brings three Thanksgiving video games to soccer followers. The primary of the three video games kicks off in Detroit, the place the Lions will host the Chicago Bears in Detroit’s annual Thanksgiving Day recreation. The NFL motion continues all through the day with the Dallas Cowboys internet hosting the New York Giants within the afternoon, and the Inexperienced Bay Packers internet hosting the Miami Dolphins at Lambeau Discipline Thursday evening.
Because the league has performed for the previous two seasons, the NFL will honor John Madden in every of the three video games.
The legendary coach-turned-broadcaster was synonymous with the vacation, from the turkey legs he would hand out to participant who impressed him most in the course of the recreation he was on the decision for, to his love of turducken (a hen stuffed right into a deboned duck stuffed right into a deboned turkey):
This 12 months, all six groups will put on patches honoring Madden:
As well as, a particular Madden coin — heads is a Madden silhouette, tails is a turducken — shall be used for the coin toss at every recreation. There may even be tributes to the NFL legend on the printed, and on the sector, for all three video games.
Thursday evening’s recreation between the Packers and the Dolphins may even characteristic the unique “Madden Cruiser.” Recognized for his concern of flying, Madden traveled to video games throughout his broadcasting days in a transformed Greyhound bus. The unique Madden Cruiser, which is on show on the Professional Soccer Corridor of Fame, made a particular journey to Inexperienced Bay for Thursday evening’s recreation, and shall be featured within the broadcast:
Moreover, the MVP of every recreation will obtain a Madden trophy and select a highschool or youth soccer program to obtain a $10,000 donation from the NFL Basis.
Glad Thanksgiving everybody.
