By Tiffany Williams –
The “John Madden Thanksgiving Celebration” which began in 2022 as a way to honor the late icon’s indelible legacy continues this year to honor and commemorate the late John Madden with the second annual “John Madden Thanksgiving Celebration” on Thursday, November 23.
Madden once said, “There’s no place that I would rather be today on Thanksgiving than right here, right now, at a football game,” and the “John Madden Thanksgiving Celebration” brings together all the things that were important to him – family, football, food, tradition and fun.
This year on Thanksgiving Day the Green Bay Packers will meet the Detroit Lions at 12:30 p.m. ET on FOX, the Washington Commanders will meet the Dallas Cowboys at 4:30 p.m. ET on CBS and the San Francisco 49ers will meet the Seattle Seahawks at 8:20 p.m. ET on NBC.
In a statement the NFL said, “A special NFL-produced “Madden Hallmark” will kick off each broadcast, conveying what Thanksgiving meant to him in his own words.”
The NFL also said, “Each network will select a player of the game who will receive a $10,000 donation from the NFL Foundation to be given to a high school or youth football program in their name, as the topic of youth football was important to Madden.”
The coin toss at each game the NFL said will feature “A silhouette of Coach Madden on one side (“Heads”) and a six-legged turducken on the reverse side (“Tails).”
Also a patch featuring a silhouette of Coach Madden will be included on the jersey of each player at all three games.
At Ford Field in Detroit, AT&T Stadium in Dallas and Lumen Field in Seattle the NFL said “Special “John Madden Thanksgiving Celebration” stencils will be placed at the sidelines.”
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