All six of the NFL teams playing on Thanksgiving will be without critical players. The Chicago Bears will be without center Ryan Bates (concussion). The Detroit Lions will be without cornerback Carlton Davis III (knee/thumb) and left tackle Taylor Decker (knee).

The Chicago Bears (4-7) have a short week as they take on the NFC-leading Detroit Lions (10-1) at Ford Field for a Thanksgiving Day matchup. The Bears are riding a four-game losing streak heading into the contest, including two close losses to NFC counterparts in consecutive weeks to the Green Bay Packers and Minnesota Vikings.

The Detroit Lions (10-1) and the Chicago Bears (4-7) will square off in an NFC North showdown on NFL Thanksgiving Day 2024. These teams are heading in opposite directions. The Lions have won nine consecutive games.

While the Bears are in the midst of a five-game losing streak, Chicago still hasn't made a decision on Matt Eberflus' future.

Detroit's running game against Chicago's defense. The Lions have a rushing TD in an NFL-record 25 straight games. Montgomery and Jahmyr Gibbs are the first RBs on a team to have at least 10 TDs on the ground in consecutive years. The Bears are ranked 20th against the run, a relative weakness that may be pivotal in Detroit.

The Lions and Cowboys traditionally play every Thanksgiving, but most people don't know that the Chicago Bears have played the next most Thanksgiving games.

With two NFL head coaches already fired mid-season, one analyst believes that there could be 7-10 dismissed of their duties on "Black Monday" following Week 18.

After 1938, though, the Giants wouldn't appear on Thanksgiving for over 40 years, until a Lawrence Taylor pick-six led New York to a 13-6 win over the Lions in 1982. Big Blue only appeared on Thanksgiving once in the 1990s, losing to the Cowboys in 1992, and this will be just the franchise's fourth game on the holiday in the 21st century.

Prior to those games, a coin featuring a silhouette of coach Madden on one side (“Heads”) and a six-legged turducken on the reverse side (“Tails”) will be used for the coin toss. Additionally, a patch featuring a silhouette of coach Madden will be included on the jersey of each player at all three games.

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