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NFL Thanksgiving Tradition: Let the Lions Play and Lose

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Ford Field, Detroit / 26.11.2020 20:12:13

For more than 80 years, the tradition in the NFL mark that Detroit Lions play in the Thanksgiving Day as locals … And most of the time they lose, as happened in 2020 at stumble by score 41-25 against the Houston Texans, by those Deshaun Watson had a great performance.

The quarterback pitched for 4 annotations with only 17 completed passes, two of which found Will Fuller in the zone promised for an equally round noon of 6 receptions and 171 total yards.

The Texans have won three of their last four games already with Romeo Crennel as coach, recalling that the disastrous 0-4 start cost him his job Bill O’Brien.

Otherwise with Lions who have lost four of the last five, who this Thursday suffered on offense the absence of probably their two most influential players: Kenny Golladay and De’Andre Swift.

Récord de Detroit Lions and Thanksgiving

It was in 1934 the Lions played their first game on Thanksgiving Day, a tradition interrupted only by the Second World War. Since then his record is 37 wins, 42 losses and 2 draws.

NFL. Week 13, next matches

  • Houston Texans (4-7) host the Indiannapolis Colts on Sunday, December 6 at 12:00 noon.
  • Detroit Lions (4-7) visit the Chicago Bears on Sunday, December 6 at 12:00.

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