By Andrew McCartyShareNewsweek is a Trust Project memberDetroit Lions head coach Dan Campbell knows his team will have its hands full on Thanksgiving with the Green Bay Packers coming to town.
The head coach admitted the challenge Packer star pass rusher Micah Parsons poses for opposing offenses. “We know he’s a dynamic player, he’s a dynamic rusher,” Campbell said in a video produced by the Lions. “This guy plays hard, he’s got a quick first step, he’s powerful, he’s quick.”
In the season-opener, the Packers took down the Lions in a 27-13 where Parsons accounted for a sack and a tackle for loss. Detroit and Green Bay will play the first of three NFL games on Thanksgiving - an appetizer for the meals to follow.
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Ahead of the Thanksgiving games, the NFL quietly made a change to the schedule that will push the first game back from its normal time slot of 12:30 p.m. ET to 1 p.m. ET - meaning fans will have to converse with their families for an extra half hour before football takes center stage.
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The Lions and Packers game kicks off at 1 p.m. ET on Fox, with the Dallas Cowboys and Kansas City Chiefs following at 4:30 p.m. ET on CBS and Paramount+ before an AFC North battle between the Baltimore Ravens and Cincinnati Bengals, who welcome back star quarterback Joe Burrow, gives fans a football desert at 8:20 p.m. ET on NBC and Peacock.
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