Turkey Wrap: Week 12 Rewind ⏪

11/27/2023

By: Jeff Yoder

The Top Moments & Storylines From the NFL’s Week of Thanksgiving Football

A holiday week of football has come and gone, but one final Monday Night Football clash serves us leftovers tonight (Bears at Vikings, 8:15 pm ET). After a three-pack on Thanksgiving Day, a Black Friday special, and 11 games on Sunday, we’ve seen the playoff picture become extra clear. The Eagles and Ravens are on top of the NFC and AFC, respectively, and Sunday was no small flight for the birds. Philly used yet another rainy comeback to get a win over the Bills before the Ravens paced the Chargers on SNF. There’s much football ahead as we near the final month of the NFL season and keep our eyes focused on the playoff picture — you’ll find more on the bracket, potential matchups, and key games down the stretch later this week. For now, we’ll rewind Thanksgiving and start with the birds on top.

Birds Of A Feather: The Eagles (10-1) and Ravens (9-3) are the only two teams with nine or more wins through Week 12 following some nail-biters on Sunday night. The Eagles came from behind to stun the Bills in a rain-soaked Philly classic (37-34, OT), and the Ravens outlasted the Chargers on SNF (20-10) to keep their lead in the AFC. Both clubs are the current #1 seeds in the playoff picture. Jalen Hurts had a career-high 5 TDs (3 passing, 2 rushing), and Philly has now won four straight games after trailing at halftime.

Turkey Takeovers: Two of the three Thanksgiving Day games were laughers. The Cowboys rolled the Commanders (45-10) while the 49ers handled the Seahawks (31-13). The outlier? The Packers upset the Lions (29-22) to snap Detroit’s three-game win streak. Dallas, San Fran, and Detroit are all tied (8-3) for the second-best record in the NFC.

Denver Turnaround: The Broncos blew the doors off the Browns (29-12) to extend their win streak to five games. Remember, Denver started the year 1-5 and nearly blew it up at the trade deadline. QB Russell Wilson has the best TD-INT ratio (20 TDs, 4 INTs) of all starting quarterbacks.

Cowboy House Call: The Cowboys smoked the Commanders on Thanksgiving (mentioned above), but Dallas CB DaRon Bland made history to celebrate the holiday. Bland returned an NFL-record fifth pick-six (interception return TD) of the season — that’s never been done before.

Thanksgiving Day Highlights

Packers def. Lions (29-22)

Cowboys def. Commanders (45-10)

49ers def. Seahawks (31-13)

Black Friday Highlights

Dolphins def. Jets (34-13)

Sunday Week 12 Highlights

Falcons def. Saints (24-15)

Steelers def. Bengals (16-10)

Titans def. Panthers (17-10)

Colts def. Buccaneers (27-20)

Giants def. Patriots (10-7)