[Jaguar_insider]

Agree or Disagree?

10. Cheerleaders

9. Oakland's "Black Hole"

8. PreGame Huddle (speeches, chants)

7. The Flyover!

6. the Terrible Towel

5. Mascots

4. Touchdown Celebrations

3. Tailgating

2. Thanksgiving Games

1. Super Bowl Sunday

[sniperhare]

I don't know what the Oakland one is, and the towels the Steelers fans wave never seemed that great to me. We could print some up ourselves, what's the big deal?

[johnnyp2k9]

all of them are great, right now the nfl is the greatest show

[KingIngram052787]

The draft?

[JaguarsWoman]

One of them has to be the Lambeau Leap!

It satisfies the league's touchdown celebration rules and gets the fans involved. I have seen players do it in other stadiums, not just the Packers at Lambeau Field, and the players never get tired of doing it.

I hate the fact one of the games is in Detroit because the Lions suck, but I love watching football on Thanksgiving. If it was not always the Cowboys and Lions, but a rotation among all 32 teams, I would rate it higher.

My favorite TV tradition is Sunday night games. Watch football for 6-7 hours, eat supper, then watch more football for ~3 hours after that. Can it get any better for people with NFL Sunday Ticket?

[D6]

One of them has to be the Lambeau Leap!



I hate the fact one of the games is in Detroit because the Lions suck, but I love watching football on Thanksgiving. If it was not always the Cowboys and Lions, but a rotation among all 32 teams, I would rate it higher.

If it wasn't for the Lions, NFL Thanksgiving Day football probably wouldn't exist today. Certainly, there wouldn't be 3 games on Thanksgiving Day. This tradition, which goes back to 1934, is bigger than the current state of the team. Back in the 1990's when the Lions made the playoffs 6 times and won 7 Thanksgiving Day games, the only complaints were the Lions and Cowboys had an unfair advantage by playing annually on Thanksgiving Day.

[jag86fan]

One of them has to be the Lambeau Leap!

It satisfies the league's touchdown celebration rules and gets the fans involved. I have seen players do it in other stadiums, not just the Packers at Lambeau Field, and the players never get tired of doing it.

I hate the fact one of the games is in Detroit because the Lions suck, but I love watching football on Thanksgiving. If it was not always the Cowboys and Lions, but a rotation among all 32 teams, I would rate it higher.

My favorite TV tradition is Sunday night games. Watch football for 6-7 hours, eat supper, then watch more football for ~3 hours after that. Can it get any better for people with NFL Sunday Ticket?

Actually, some of the most exciting Thanksgiving Day games I've seen were Lions games. They absolutely go all out on Thanksgiving Day.

On a side note I truly believe that the only reason they went winless last season was that they started Daunte Culpepper against our Jags.

[JaguarsWoman]

Actually, some of the most exciting Thanksgiving Day games I've seen were Lions games. They absolutely go all out on Thanksgiving Day.

On a side note I truly believe that the only reason they went winless last season was that they started Daunte Culpepper against our Jags.

I wasn't saying no Lions games on Thanksgiving were interesting. I know they went to the playoffs in the 1990s. But one win by the Lions on Thanksgiving was courtesy of a stupid referee giving the ball to the coin toss loser because he misheard a Steeler's call and Pittsburgh never got the ball in overtime. So the Steelers should have won that game.

Are you serious? The only reason the Lions were winless last year was their other quarterback, Dan Orlovsky, ran out of the end zone for a safety on his own. They lost that game by those two points. QB Drew Stanton played against us in garbage time.

[TexasJagsFan]

But one win by the Lions on Thanksgiving was courtesy of a stupid referee giving the ball to the coin toss loser because he misheard a Steeler's call and Pittsburgh never got the ball in overtime. So the Steelers should have won that game.

So just because they won the toss, you win the game.

Your logic never ceases to amaze me.

[jag86fan]

I wasn't saying no Lions games on Thanksgiving were interesting. I know they went to the playoffs in the 1990s. But one win by the Lions on Thanksgiving was courtesy of a stupid referee giving the ball to the coin toss loser because he misheard a Steeler's call and Pittsburgh never got the ball in overtime. So the Steelers should have won that game.

Are you serious? The only reason the Lions were winless last year was their other quarterback, Dan Orlovsky, ran out of the end zone for a safety on his own. They lost that game by those two points. QB Drew Stanton played against us in garbage time.

Yes, I'm serious. Culpepper didn't know the playbook and the Lions wasted an opportunity to win by starting him. It was a stupid desperation move by an inept FO. Orlovsky basically started off in the hole. They even stuck him in when they manged to get in the red zone. The Lions were making things up as they went on when they should have just started Orlovsky and seen if he had the same success that every other mediocre QB was having against us.

This post has been edited by jag86fan: Sep 21 2009 09:30 PM

[D6]

I wasn't saying no Lions games on Thanksgiving were interesting. I know they went to the playoffs in the 1990s. But one win by the Lions on Thanksgiving was courtesy of a stupid referee giving the ball to the coin toss loser because he misheard a Steeler's call and Pittsburgh never got the ball in overtime. So the Steelers should have won that game.

Are you serious? The only reason the Lions were winless last year was their other quarterback, Dan Orlovsky, ran out of the end zone for a safety on his own. They lost that game by those two points. QB Drew Stanton played against us in garbage time.

The 1998 Thanksgiving Day game probably would have been won by the Lions in regulation time if the Steelers didn't get one or two major breaks as a result of bad officiating. This was something that practically no one in the media focused on after that game.


Despite the Dan Orlovsky Safety, the Lions lead the game 10-2 in the 2nd half. A combination of 3 horrific officiating calls in the 2nd half, a significant play call mistake in a 3rd and 1 situation, and poor execution on a short pass that went the distance for the Vikings, were the major factors of why the Lions lost that game. For that record, that was the only game I thought the Lions should have won all season, based on what transpired in the game.

[D6]

Yes, I'm serious. Culpepper didn't know the playbook and the Lions wasted an opportunity to win by starting him. It was a stupid desperation move by an inept FO. Orlovsky basically started off in the hole. They even stuck him in when they manged to get in the red zone. The Lions were making things up as they went on when they should have just started Orlovsky and seen if he had the same success that every other mediocre QB was having against us.

Gil, I agree with you that it was a mistake by the Lions to start Daunte Culpepper when he only had 3 full days of practice, after signing with the team. Dan Orlovsky injured his hand in the previous game at Chicago and as a result, was unable to play for several weeks. The only other option was Drew Stanton. For some reason ( s ), the previous coaching staff was reluctant to give Stanton the opportunity. This went beyond Stanton's injuries, that cost him plenty of practice time. Stanton still was better equipped to start against the Jaguars. The reason Stanton came in on goalline plays is that Daunte Culpepper didn't even know those plays well enough to execute them in a game. There's only so much a QB can pick up in a few days of being with a team.


The truth of the matter is once DE Dewayne White was injured in the late 1st QTR or early 2nd QTR of that game, the Lions Defense was totally overmatched against the Jags Offense. Before White got injured, the Lions Defense was playing well. It probably wouldn't have been enough to ultimately win the game. Especially with the QB situation. But I do believe the game would have been much more competitive if the Lions had Dewayne White for 4 QTR's.

[jag86fan]

Gil, I agree with you that it was a mistake by the Lions to start Daunte Culpepper when he only had 3 full days of practice, after signing with the team. Dan Orlovsky injured his hand in the previous game at Chicago and as a result, was unable to play for several weeks. The only other option was Drew Stanton. For some reason ( s ), the previous coaching staff was reluctant to give Stanton the opportunity. This went beyond Stanton's injuries, that cost him plenty of practice time. Stanton still was better equipped to start against the Jaguars. The reason Stanton came in on goalline plays is that Daunte Culpepper didn't even know those plays well enough to execute them in a game. There's only so much a QB can pick up in a few days of being with a team.


The truth of the matter is once DE Dewayne White was injured in the late 1st QTR or early 2nd QTR of that game, the Lions Defense was totally overmatched against the Jags Offense. Before White got injured, the Lions Defense was playing well. It probably wouldn't have been enough to ultimately win the game. Especially with the QB situation. But I do believe the game would have been much more competitive if the Lions had Dewayne White for 4 QTR's.

Dave, didn't remember Stanton being the QB. My main thing was that our pass rush was so anemic at the time that QB's were getting plenty of time to throw. Couple that with Nelson's tendency to bite on a pump fake and even a young QB can be successful if he can manage to hit his receiver. I thought that if your Lions had game planned even with Stanton as the QB you would have stood a much better chance of winning that game.