The Lions Look to Flip Their Thanksgiving Day Script

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🗓️ 22 November 2023

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

It’s that time of year, America. It’s time to grab a plate and have a seat for Thanksgiving dinner. And while we may not have the same foods on our table, there is one dish we all get to dive into: the Detroit Lions playing on Thanksgiving day. If you’re a Lions fan, most of those Thanksgiving games this century have sat in your stomach like leftovers gone bad…but as a quick look at the standings show, it’s a new day in Motown. So today, Eric Woodyard, our Michigan native and Lions insider, shares his experience growing up around this tradition, tells us where this first-place team is going and what you can expect to eat if you stop by Mama Woodyard’s house. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	They're filing into this beautiful stadium in Detroit, Ford Field, and the Lions being introduced here, continuing this
0:16.0	Thanksgiving tradition that began in the Motor City back in 1934.
0:22.4	Dave Williams, in 1934.
0:25.0	Dave Williams to the 30.
0:31.0	Touchdown Chicago, they win it on the kickoff after overtime. Look out, he fumbled.
0:32.0	This will be the first fumble lost by a lion running back in the Mario chief era.
0:38.0	Here comes Stafford.
0:39.0	And he's picked off and it's going to the distance distance Eddie Jackson for the fifth time in his young career has a touchdown.
0:50.0	Happy Thanksgiving partner. What a day they gave us a great game.
0:54.4	Eric Woodyard, you're not just our Detroit Lions reporter,
0:58.2	but you're also from Michigan,
1:00.3	and our listeners were just treated to a bit of a montage of the Lions Thanksgiving ineptitude over the years.
1:06.5	So please tell me, in your time walking this beautiful green earth,
1:10.7	when was the last time the lions were relevant on Turkey Day?
1:14.3	I mean for me I feel like it's relevant every year because I'm from Michigan you know I
1:19.0	remember you know being a child just growing up and watching those games particularly in the
1:23.8	90s with Barry Sanders and it always just be the Lions playing on
1:27.4	Thanksgiving so my perspective from the national perspective is probably
1:31.3	different because I think we just always expect
1:33.2	Detroit to be playing on Thanksgiving. Okay so you're a flintstone from my
1:38.0	understanding but it feels like finally the lines are not going to ruin your
1:42.0	appetite ahead of the meal these are not going to ruin your appetite ahead of the meal.
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