Every NFL Thanksgiving game has massive playoff implications

The NFL schedule makers hit a couple of home runs when it came to putting together the schedule for this year’s Thanksgiving slate of games. All three games on Thursday have massive playoff implications, with the winners and losers seeing potentially significant swings in their playoff odds. Things get started with the first game of the day and a massive NFC North clash in Detroit. The Lions entered the season as Super Bowl contenders but enter Thanksgiving on the outside of the NFC playoff picture. Going into the week their playoff odds still sit at a very solid 75%, but would increase  to 86% with a win. They would drop to 60% with a loss. A win would tie them with the San Francisco 49ers for the final wild-card spot, and move them to within a half game of the Packers. A loss would not only keep them below San Francisco and drop them to a game-and-a-half behind the Packers, it would also give the Packers the all-important head-to-head tiebreaker.  Green Bay, meanwhile, enters the game with a 78% playoff prRead More