What would Thanksgiving be without football? And family, food and tradition, of course. In between turkey trotting, spending time with loved ones and filling your plate, there'll be a game waiting for you to watch.

During football season, millions of Americans glue their eyeballs to their television screens to catch hard-hitting NFL matchups every week. However, there’s something extra special about watching the big Thanksgiving football games.

Thanksgiving and NFL football, it's about as American as you can get. Football and Thanksgiving have gone hand-in-hand for about a century now, as the Detroit Lions' tradition of playing on this special Thursday started in 1934,