Your “It’s a Cornucopia of Adequateness!” Thanksgiving Day Football Open Thread

If there’s a lousy smell in your house you might want to check the oven or change the channel away from the tilts on offer today. These four teams are a combined 13-27 and going nowhere fast. To be fair, ‘nowhere’ might be the playoffs for Team and the Cowboys because 2020 touches itself.

Feel free to say hello in the comments, let us know how the meal is coming along, what snacks are on offer and the beverages you are using to wash everything down that lovely gullet of yours.

TO THE GAME!

Texans/Lions:

-The Lions hosting the Thanksgiving Game every year is the best argument for ‘old traditions need to be rethought’. When the game is relevant it’s almost an accident of the schedule and it’s very rarely because Detroit is doing well.

-We’re almost three quarters of the way through Matt Patricia’s last season as an NFL head coach. That’s a thing to be thankful for.

-Are we seeing a wasted career in the making? The Shaun Watson is 6th in yards thrown with 2,883 and has a 20-5 TD/INT ratio after the team got rid of a top 5 wr and replaced him with nothing. Hell, Watson is even learning how to throw the ball away on lost plays. During the combined 2018-19 season he was sacked the most times-this year he’s only 7th!

-PFF rates Houston’s secondary as the very worst in the league but Jesus, the Lions air game suffers tremendously without Golladay in the mix. In games where he’s caught a pass this season the Lions are 3-1. But the thing is, he’s not a target hog that gets a dozen or so looks when he’s playing. He’s the piece that makes the entire offense work. Kinda strange…

-Duke Johnson hasn’t exactly overwhelmed the last few weeks but you may want to insert the fella here vs a Lions D that gives up the most amount of fantasy points to rb’s.

Sincerely, I hope everyone has a stress-free day doing all the things that you’re able to enjoy during this uniquely bizarre holiday. Cheers!