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The NFL definitely had a robust Thanksgiving slate in retailer this season, which made the annual vacation video games even higher than most years. Five of the six groups had successful information headed into their Thanksgiving Day video games, tying a league-high set in 2011 and 2014 (the NFL began having three Thanksgiving Day video games in 2006).
The mixed file of the six groups taking part in this Thanksgiving is 39-21, and the .650 win share between the groups is the second-highest for the reason that Thanksgiving schedule went to a few video games. The highest win share was .682 in 2011.
Fans had been handled to a thriller within the first sport of the day, as Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills held off the Detroit Lions with a last-second area purpose in a back-and-forth affair that was a Thanksgiving basic. In the second sport, the Dallas Cowboys got here again from a halftime deficit to brush the New York Giants behind huge video games from CeeDee Lamb and Ezekiel Elliott. And within the nightcap, Kirk Cousins performed nicely within the prime-time lights — as did Justin Jefferson — because the Vikings beat the Patriots to go to 9-2. Here are our grades for each staff that performed on Thanksgiving:
Buffalo 28-25 over Detroit
Bills-Lions grades by Jeff Kerr (Love the grades? Hate the grades? Let him know on Twitter.)
Dallas 28-20 over New York Giants
Giants-Cowboys grades by Bryan DeArdo (Love the grades? Hate the grades? Let him know on Twitter.)
Minnesota 33-26 over New England
Patriots-Vikings grades by Tyler Sullivan (Love the grades? Hate the grades? Let him know on Twitter.)
