Happy Thanksgiving!

Sports Observer Monthly wanted to wish everyone out there a Happy Thanksgiving! Now a few thoughts about the biggest aspect about Thanksgiving besides the food the Football. Every year the NFL takes center stage at homes across the country during the fourth Thursday in November. Every year two teams play on that day without question the Detroit Lions and the Dallas Cowboys. Now I'm all for tradition but I think this is one tradition that needs to be changed. The Lions SUCK! They went 0 and 16 last year and this year they are not fairing any better they are 2 and 8, and the Rams lone win is against the Lions. Now their opponent is Green Bay which has a OK record of 6 and 4. So the combined record in that game is 8 wins 12 loses. Not a game that makes people on the west coast to get up early to watch those two teams turnover the ball and play average football. The second game of the day is Dallas v Oakland Raiders. Dallas has been playing better as of late but they are playing the Raiders who SUCK too! The Raiders are 3 and 7 this year but have benched their starting QB and are going with a guy named Bruce Gadaskowski. Dallas is a respectable 7 and 3 but most of those wins have come against the bottom teams in the NFL. So the combined record in this tilt is 10 up and 10 down. This game makes silent football at my Aunt Doris and Uncle Dick's house on Thanksgiving Day seem fine because who would want to listen to this game anyway. The only thing that is going to come out of this game is more praise for Tony Romo and he is really not that good. Now on to the third game and anyone who is still after watching the first two games must still be in a coma after all the food they consumed that afternoon. It match's Denver v NY Giants. Now on paper this looks like a good match up to end the day, but Sports Observer Monthly is going to go one level deeper and look at the last ten games combined. In the last ten games combined these teams are 1 and 9 with Denver losing 4 in a row and the Giants having their own 4 game losing streak before beating Atlanta last weekend. So with two teams spiraling downward the final game is good for putting you to sleep after a turkey sandwich.

In changing who plays on Thanksgiving Day. The NFL needs to come up with a system that rotates all teams into the mix and provides the viewing public a great NFL match up on Thanksgiving Day. First either Dallas or Detroit should play every year so that's easy each team will play every other year and that will keep some tradition alive. Then the top four teams from last years playoffs will play and the final spot will rotate between the teams that did not make the playoffs. After that who cares who plays who because any way you slice it a good game will happen if four of last years playoff teams are in the mix. Hell anything would be better than Detroit v Green Bay, Dallas v Oakland and NY Giants v Denver. It has to change since watching football on Thanksgiving Day is a tradition and the NFL needs to make that tradition even better with great games.

A tip if you want to watch a great football game tomorrow look in on Texas v Texas A&M, now that's going to be a game. Again have a safe and Happy Thanksgiving from Sports Observer Monthly!