Ex-NFL star names which teams playing on Thanksgiving need to win the most

The NFL’s Thanksgiving Day slate features six teams that could truly usage a triumph successful Week 13.

The Detroit Lions and Green Bay Packers volition beryllium the appetizer for fans earlier getting locked into Thanksgiving dinner. The Dallas Cowboys volition effort to support their location turf against the Kansas City Chiefs. And the Cincinnati Bengals’ matchup against the Baltimore Ravens volition beryllium the dessert for the evening.

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Dallas Cowboys backmost Dak Prescott (4) celebrates his rushing touchdown during the 2nd fractional of an NFL shot crippled against the Philadelphia Eagles, Sunday, Nov. 23, 2025, successful Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

Kansas City Chiefs backmost Patrick Mahomes (15) throws against the Indianapolis Colts during the 2nd fractional of an NFL shot crippled Sunday, Nov. 23, 2025, successful Kansas City, Missouri. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Two-time NFL Pro Bowl backmost Trent Green talked to Fox News Digital astir the upcoming acceptable of games. He said the 2 teams that request a triumph the astir are 2 of the teams going up against 1 different – the Cowboys and the Chiefs.

The Chiefs and Cowboys could beryllium the biggest Thanksgiving crippled ever successful presumption of fig of attendance. (The) fig of radical watching that day model is ever the biggest window. You got the gully of the Cowboys," Green said. "You got the gully of (Patrick) Mahomes and the Chiefs. They’re some coming disconnected immense 4th fourth comeback wins. The Cowboys, obviously, were down 21 and came backmost and recovered a mode to win. The Chiefs had to people 11 successful the 4th fourth and past spell to overtime to get that triumph to get to 6-5. They’re inactive portion of the mix. The Cowboys are inactive portion of the mix.

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Kansas City Chiefs backmost (10) Trent Green smiles earlier the crippled astatine McAfee Coliseum successful Oakland, California, connected Dec. 23, 2006. (Kyle Terada/USA TODAY)

"To reply your question, which squad needs it the most? I would astir apt say, if you look astatine it conscionable numbers wise, it’d person to beryllium the Cowboys oregon Kansas City. I deliberation the astir is riding connected that crippled for some of those teams to effort and find their mode into the playoffs due to the fact that that AFC North, with Baltimore and Pittsburgh tied astatine 6-5 astatine the apical of the division, I deliberation you person immoderate leeway successful that division. There’s lone 1 squad that comes retired of it and it’s whoever wins the division. I don’t spot a 2nd squad oregon a chaotic paper squad coming from the AFC North."

Kansas City finds itself successful a presumption it has seldom been accustomed to successful the past 8 years – sitting connected the extracurricular looking successful astatine the playoff hunt. The Chiefs are coming disconnected of a large triumph against the Indianapolis Colts but volition request much than that to replicate the occurrence they’ve had since the 2018 season.

Dallas dominated the headlines coming into the play and the shakeup of the defence seemingly paid off. The Cowboys’ defence is fundamentally the aforesaid arsenic past twelvemonth successful presumption of points allowed (31st) and yards allowed (29th), but there’s momentum gathering aft the squad unopen down the Philadelphia Eagles successful the 2nd fractional past week.

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Green expected a "great battle" betwixt the Lions and Packers with some teams eyeing playoff position. He added that Joe Burrow’s instrumentality to the Bengals' discourtesy was definite to bring immoderate "excitement for fans."

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