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are the results from last week if you want to comparePRL may exercise its powers under Regulation 5However theory doesnt always work in practiceWR Muhsin Muhammad Could see some looks if Smith is shut downBut that isn't what this article is aboutHe said it was the shiest drive he had all yearBut as they say better late than never 1Colorado had the edge in yards gained 148 to 89While the average came courtesy of a highThis article is also featured on lenNY's YankeesAnd those outside of our fair city are crying fowl.It began a few years ago, when the Lions were starting a new tradition of getting the stuffing beat out of them on Thanksgiving.“Take the Thanksgiving Day away from the Lions and give it to a team more deserving or at least one that’s easier on the stomach.”One of the biggest instigators was the late Lamar Hunt, the erstwhile owner of the Kansas City Chiefs, who whined yearly about the Lions and their Thanksgiving tradition.Rotate the game, Lamar said Let other teams get in on the fun. Other teams like his, for example.The movement gained momentum. Hunt garnered more and more support, until it was forgotten by many that it was Hunt’s idea in the first place. You could almost see the pitchforks and torches gathering in front of the league office.Hunt, among other things, thought that the quick turnaround from Sunday to Thursday benefited the Lions, who were used to doing it, so therefore they must have some sort of an advantage.HA!The Lions, after their latest Thanksgiving Day turkey, are now 33-35-2 on the holiday Yeah that’s some advantage, alright. They really clean up on Thanksgiving, don’t theyThe NFL went out and started scheduling its own Thanksgiving Night game on its own network, but that still hasn’t stopped the moaning about the 12:30 kickoff in Detroit.At issue is the Lions as a team, not a franchise. It’s nothing personal, the pitchforkers and torchers say. 
If we didn’t host a couple of Super Bowls, the Vince Lombardi Trophy wouldn’t have even crossed the state line.Hell, we don’t even have Matt Millen to rip anymore, so there goes one of our pastimes, right there.Yeah, the Lions are bad been bad for this entire century, so far The Lions wear bad like rice wears white. No argument there.So you don’t like them soiling your television set from 12:30-4:00 p.m. I’m sure you can manage.There’s this, too: WE have to watch them, so why should YOU be any different Who died and made you Kings of FootballYou don’t seem to understand. This is all we have here in Detroit when it comes to the Lions.
Every year, when the new NFL schedule is released, the first thing we do is ask, “Who’s the Thanksgiving opponent this year” The second thing we do is get our magnifying glasses out and look for possible wins for the Lions on the team’s agenda and squint realllllly hard.That’s pretty much it for now.I don’t care that the Lions stink. I don’t care that they’ve been the Washington Generals to the other team’s Harlem Globetrotters for the past six years. The ritual started in 1934, so that means we’re now in our second great economic depression of providing pro football on Thanksgiving Day.Besides, you have your precious rotating game on the NFL Network during prime time, so shutty.You think the Green Bay Packers want to take the game away from the Lions Thursday’s stinker makes two shellackings they’ve laid on the Lions in the past three years. I’m surprised they haven’t called dibs on it by now.Thanksgiving Day is special in Detroit. It’s enjoying the parade in the morning, then traipsing to Ford Field to watch the Lions get whacked in the afternoon. Then it’s back home to have dinner in the evening and bitch about how the Lions got whacked in the afternoon.And you’d take that away from usLook, all I know is that I don’t recall any blubbering about this game until Millen took over the Lions and turned them into a punch line. Talk about kicking a team’s fan base while it’s down.Finally, as much as I hate to invoke Bill Ford Sr.
as a heroic figure, the truth is that the NFL owes a whole lot to the Ford family. They pumped big time advertising dollars, via Ford Motor Company, into the league in the 1960s and ‘70s, when it was sorely needed.So quit your moaning and get your grubby hands away from our Thanksgiving Day game.We wouldn’t even know what to do with ourselves at 12:30. If you met some of our families, you’d see how attractive the Lions look, too.. Watching football takes many different forms.If you woke up this morning in Florida State slippers or a scarlet Oklahoma bathrobe, this article probably isn't for you.There exists a very healthy segment of the population who love college footballthepageantry, the spectaclebut can't help but cast an eye forward. Each game watched begs the question, what becomes of these young menFor the chosen few, Sundays wait.A much smaller segment of the population pays closer attention to those future NFL footballers than is probably recommended by your average physician.
