Thanksgiving week is typically one of the best of an NFL season, chock full of tradition even casual fans can appreciate while watching the Lions and Cowboys on Thursday afternoon. Unfortunately, this Turkey Day’s scheduled main course – Ravens at Steelers in primetime – has been postponed to Sunday after multiple Baltimore players and staff members tested positive for COVID-19.
So despite ongoing disarray in Detroit and Dallas, both teams facing opponents also buried below .500, those games will have to provide sufficient NFL Tryptophan for fans’ football fix. (It is worth mentioning that the Cowboys-Washington winner assumes first place in the NFC East, at least temporarily, despite what will be a 4-7 record for the victor.)
Meanwhile, Pittsburgh will have to wait a few extra days while trying to become the eighth team in the last quarter century to start 11-0 if it can sweep Baltimore.
However the sexy matchup of Week 12 has to be the Chiefs’ visit to Tampa Bay, Kansas City hoping to keep pace with the Steelers in the chase for the AFC’s top seed. Meanwhile, the Buccaneers look to right their ship after Monday’s loss to the Rams while striving to solidify their playoff standing amid a 13-year postseason absence.
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