2008 Thanksgiving Football Hardly Looks Like a Feast

Everyone loves a little Thanksgiving day football, but this year's Thanksgiving schedule makes me lose my appetite.

There are three NFL games scheduled for Thanksgiving day, and none of them are even slightly intriguing.

The early game presents what might be the most lop-sided match-up we have seen all season.

The Tennessee Titans, at 10-1, look to avenge their first loss of the season to a surging New York Jets team. Lucky for the Titans, they get a Detroit Lions team that is still looking to get their first win of the season with an 0-11 record.

The Lions have competed hard lately, and Thanksgiving is their national time in the spotlight. The Thanksgiving game, which first started in 1934, is a big deal to the Lions and their fans.

The Lions will fight hard early and make it interesting. However, the Titans should take care of business and dominate the Lions 28th ranked offense.

I look for a at least a two-score win by the Titans. Not what I call a good start to the Thanksgiving meal.

The main course, which will be the afternoon game, will feature another lop-sided contest when the Dallas Cowboys take on the Seattle Seahawks.

With Tony Romo back in the lineup, the Cowboys should take this one without much fight. Add that onto the home crowd standing behind the Cowboys, and my stomach as an NFL fan is still growling with another blowout game.

By the time the night game rolls around, fans' appetites for a good game will be driving them crazy.

Never fear, dessert is on the way. It features the spiraling Philadelphia Eagles against a team that is riding high in the NFC West, the Arizona Cardinals.  This match-up isn't what I would call mouth-watering, but it does have a little something appetizing about it.

With Donovan McNabb still bouncing back from the lack on knowledge on the rulebook and the Cardinals being one of the feel good stories of the NFL, this game should be a good one.

I expect this game to have plenty of offense. The Cardinals defense is very underrated, so I give them the edge in what will be the best game of the day.

Even though the NFL Thanksgiving lineup isn't great, the tradition of football on Thanksgiving still lives on.

Besides, if it gets hard enough to watch, we always got the NBA on Thanksgiving!