Thanksgiving may serve crow for frustrated Cowboys fans

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Since 1966, football fans have been saddling in with a slice of turkey to watch America’s Team.

Dallas Cowboys fanatics have especially driven the success of the Thanksgiving Day game, hosted by the ‘Boys annually in exchange for volunteering to play in ‘66 by then-team president Tex Schramm, according to a recent Sports Illustrated article.

The team co-hosts the holiday games with the Detroit Lions, which began its Turkey Day run on 1934, with a record of 37-44-2. Dallas is known to celebrate a Thanksgiving victory, with a total record of 33-22-1.

The Cowboys, which saw its last Super Bowl in 1995, ended its 2023 season with a humiliating blowout loss to the Green Bay Packers in its Wild Card playoff and a 12-5 record, ending another promising season in the most heartbreaking fashion for fans.

This season hasn’t looked any better; in fact, it looks worse as Dallas is a disappointing 4-7, already having lost more games this year than in the three previous seasons with still plenty more football left to play.

And although Dallas just scored its first victory Sunday against Washington after dropping five straight, there remains little optimism.

“We are looking ahead now that we know we’ve got a hole and we all understand it,” team owner and general manager Jerry Jones told reporters following the loss to Houston on Nov. 18.

Jones himself has been at the center of much frustration after having made few moves during the off-season (most notably not signing Derrick Henry, who’s now having an MVP season in Baltimore).

He’s been criticized for what many fans and pundits say has been a propensity to talk the talk but show an unwillingness to push for a championship run.

This narrative reared its ugly head again this week as Jones is now considering extending head coach Mike McCarthy’s contract after a single victory, despite many calling for his firing.

Adding insult to injury, ticket prices for Thursday’s game have hit a new low, with some seating available for $37. Costs are usually upwards of $100.

The losses, along with quarterback Dak Prescott’s season-ending hamstring injury, Jones’ “you’ll have times like this” reaction, and embarrassing incident of metal falling from the rarely opened roof of AT&T Stadium against Houston, has instigated a social media recoil never before seen.

What does this mean for Thanksgiving? Discouragement? Hope? Depression?

It means what it always does for Cowboys fans everywhere: uncertainty.

X users write:

“giants-cowboys will be the official time for ‘taking a walk’ on thanksgiving” — @bomani_jones

“Hey @NFL it’s time to pull the plug on the Cowboys Thanksgiving Day game” — @MySportsUpdate

“Cowboys and Giants at 3 pm on Thanksgiving…. NAP TIME BABYYY” — @datway816

“A reminder that the Cowboys host the Giants on Thanksgiving Day. Families who have not been able to catch up on things will be able to make up ground then!” — @MattZemek

“The NFL making us watching this Cowboys team playing on Thanksgiving too (vomit emoji)” — @ColdGoldWorld

“How do you not just love @laineywilson!?! She might be the only thing I am actually looking forward to during the Cowboys Thanksgiving Day game” — @ltxadam20

The Cowboys will face off against the New York Giants at 3:30 p.m. CST Thanksgiving Day on FOX.

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