Dallas Cowboys facing more humiliation with historic Thanksgiving trend set to come to end against New York Giants
Given that a historic Thanksgiving pattern is probably coming to an end, the Dallas Cowboys’ troubles could cause much more shame.
On Thursday, the 4-7 Cowboys will play the much more depressing 2-7 New York Giants.
Every season, the Cowboys’ late-afternoon Thanksgiving NFL game is typically the most watched regular-season game in the league.
The Cowboys-Giants game is among the worst in years during the Christmas season, but all trends eventually come to an end.
The Giants are coming off a humiliating 30-7 loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and Dallas comes into the game with the poorest record since 2020.
The two-time defending Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs have surpassed the Cowboys as the NFL’s most watched team.
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Now the clear favorite to win the 2017 Super Bowl, the 10-1 Detroit Lions will take on the Chicago Bears in the early afternoon Thanksgiving game.
Compared to the Cowboys in the later window, the Lions have an opportunity to draw a bigger television audience in the early one.
Since the 2007 season, the two daytime Thanksgiving games have not seen that phenomenon.
Dallas will also be an injured team going into Thanksgiving.
Due to a hamstring injury, their star quarterback, Dak Prescott, will miss the entire season.
In four of the previous six seasons, the Cowboys had advanced to the postseason.
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They are still among the most well-liked teams in the league.
In contrast, the Giants have dropped their last six games.
In the past 11 years, they have only twice qualified for the playoffs.
The last time the Giants faced Dallas was on Thanksgiving in 2022.
Two teams that were 7-3 at the time and each had won a postseason game faced off in that matchup.
With an average viewership of 42 million, the game continues to be the most watched NFL regular-season event.
In 2024, both the Giants and the Cowboys have lost their starting quarterbacks; one was cut, the other is injured.
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Cooper Rush and Tommy DeVito’s backup quarterback showdown will be entertaining for fans.
In the most recent game, the latter only managed 189 yards, four sacks, and no touchdowns.
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