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Cowboys Continue Playoff Push – Host Raiders in Thanksgiving Showdown
The Dallas Cowboys return home this week after a crucial, character-building win against the Giants to take on the Oakland Raiders – a team that saw their playoff hopes all-but-dashed last week with their home loss to the Titans.
First Place in NFC North on the Line – Lions Host Packers Thanksgiving Day
Kicking off a terrific slate of games on Thanksgiving Day is an intriguing tilt between the Green Bay Packers and the Detroit Lions – two teams that have a chance to seize control of the NFC North but at times seem like they don’t want it.
NFL Power Rankings – Where Every Team Sits After Week 12
Week 12 is in the books and oh – what a week it was. The Broncos lost, the Chiefs suffered their second straight defeat and the Colts continue to slide down the Rankings at a rapid pace. Only two of last week’s Top 4 won this week – the other two were on byes! So how does it all affect this week’s Power Rankings?
The Baltimore Ravens and Pittsburgh Steelers are set to clash on Thanksgiving night in a battle of 5-6 teams. These AFC North rivals have put on some of the more entertaining defensive battles in recent memory, and with a national audience Thursday should be no different.
The favorites doubled up the underdogs 8-4 against the spread in Week 11 of the NFL season with the other three games ending as a PUSH. The total line was evenly split 7-7 and one game ended as a PUSH.
The Green Bay Packers are reeling without Aaron Rodgers, and now face a divisional foe in the Minnesota Vikings at Lambeau Field on Sunday.
The Detroit Lions are right in the thick of the postseason picture, while the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are beginning to make good on what was a terrible first half of the season. The two teams will meet on Sunday at Ford Field in Detroit.
The Pittsburgh Steelers will make the trip out to FirstEnergy Stadium in Ohio on Sunday to take on the Cleveland Browns.
Bruce Arians will get a look at his old team when the Indianapolis Colts arrive in Phoenix on Sunday to take on the Arizona Cardinals.
Two teams that are sitting under .500 but are still in the playoff race will face off on Sunday when the Titans arrive in Oakland to take on the Raiders in the Black Hole.
Chicago and Detroit are tied atop the NFC North standing but really the Lions hold the lead by virtue of their two wins over the Bears.
The Carolina Panthers won again on Monday Night Football coming from behind and then holding off New England on the final drive.
If the Kansas City Chiefs are truly a top team then they will snap right back after their first loss of the season to Denver last week. San Diego is in the great morass that is building for the final playoff spot in the AFC and needs every win they can get.
The Jets and Ravens will meet for the second time this season on Sunday, when the pair go head-to-head at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore in a battle for the second wild-card slot in the AFC.
The lowly Jaguars will roll into Reliant Stadium in Houston on Sunday to take on a Texans team that has turned out to be one of the most disappointing teams in the NFL this season.
49ers Head East – Visit Underwhelming Redskins Monday Night
The San Francisco 49ers will be looking to make up a little ground on the idle Seattle Seahawks this week when they travel to Landover Maryland to take on Robert Griffin and the Washington Redskins. It is a battle of two of the most hyped up and coming young QBs in the game – too bad neither is in peak form ahead of Monday’s contest.
