The NFL Thread 2011: New York Giants Win Super Bowl XLVI

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RolStoppable said:

amp316 said:

RolStoppable said:
I have to agree on the Lions and Thanksgiving thing, because I remember (hopefully correctly) a strong Packers team with Favre losing in Detroit like ten years ago. This is something that shouldn't be taken lightly.

I am glad that they kept the Lions on Thanksgiving (they've been a fixture on that day forever) since there were talks of the team being taken off of it a few years ago since the ratings for the games were way down.  It's a shame that the NFL was talking about it.

I don't know the exact pairings, but could it be that the ratings went down, because even the Lions' opponents more often than not happened to be teams not really worth watching? Two teams with negative records in the middle of November or not even a divisional matchup (am I allowed to use this word here?) certainly wouldn't scream "watch this game".

Actually, they normally would put the Lions against a really good team and people would think that they were going to get thrashed.  As Vetteman said though, the Lions usually play well on that day and the games normally were close. 

Divisional matchup sounds American enough.  Good show!  *Wait, what did I say?*