If you’re looking for another serving of Chiefs or Rams on Thanksgiving, sorry to be the bearer of bad news — maybe as bad as our panel of “experts” performed in Week 11 … but I digress.
After dishing up the game of the season Monday, Kansas City and Los Angeles go on bye for the Holiday weekend, the final two teams to receive their in-season break. But while Patrick Mahomes and Aaron Donald are chowing down Thursday, the league has provided a tripleheader for the menu — one that includes a first-place team (Bears, Redskins, Saints) in every game. There’s also a nice appetizer in that Washington quarterback Colt McCoy will be making his first start since 2014 … a year when he led the Redskins to victory in front of a Dallas crowd.
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Seahawks at Panthers looks to be Sunday afternoon’s marquee matchup while you wait for the Packers and Vikings to decide who’s going to remain relevant in the NFC North on Sunday evening.
Happy Turkey Day and Black Friday. Enjoy the games … and the leftovers.