The hype is real. For Dallas Cowboys Nation, Thanksgiving isn’t just about turkey, it’s about a high-stakes, home-field showdown.<\/p>\n
The Cowboys (5-5-1) are back on the field in less than 24 hours, hosting the Kansas City Chiefs (6-5) in the biggest game of the holiday, one that is not only crucial for the playoff picture but is predicted to make NFL history.<\/p>\n
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According to multiple reports, the late-afternoon game slot is expected to become the most-watched NFL regular-season game ever, possibly breaking the 42.1 million viewers set by the Cowboys-Giants game in 2022.<\/p>\n
The league’s decision to pit two of its biggest television draws against each other on its most-watched day was certainly no accident.<\/p>\n
With both teams coming off dramatic, come-from-behind wins last Sunday and desperately fighting for their playoff lives, analysts are even predicting an unprecedented 50 million viewers if the game is a fourth-quarter shootout.<\/p>\n
The good news for Dallas fans is the historic home advantage the team has over Kansas City.<\/p>\n
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The Cowboys have a stellar 5-1 record against the Chiefs at home and have not lost to them in Dallas since Nov. 10, 1975, when the Chiefs eked out a 34-31 victory.<\/p>\n
The team will lean on this 50-year streak of dominance as they look to secure their third straight win and finally put the team above a .500 record.<\/p>\n
While Dallas has avoided serious injury piling up on the short week, they will be without starting left tackle Tyler Guyton, who is dealing with a high-ankle sprain and is not expected to play.<\/p>\n
However, the team has a capable backup in Nate Thomas, who played well against the Eagles and will be tasked with protecting Dak Prescott against the Chiefs’ pass rush.<\/p>\n
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The defense, which has been immensely improved over the last two weeks with the addition of Quinnen Williams and Logan Wilson, will face the ultimate test against Patrick Mahomes.<\/p>\n
A win on Thursday could solidify the Cowboys’ playoff hopes and provide a massive jolt of momentum heading into the final stretch of the season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The hype is real. For Dallas Cowboys Nation, Thanksgiving isn’t just about turkey, it’s about a high-stakes, home-field…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":556542,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[77],"tags":[85979,1370,257,7,118,110,4444,49830,6,84,499,1865,6736,1119,4562],"class_list":{"0":"post-556541","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl-playoffs","8":"tag-cowboys-giants","9":"tag-dak-prescott","10":"tag-dallas-cowboys","11":"tag-football","12":"tag-kansas-city","13":"tag-kansas-city-chiefs","14":"tag-logan-wilson","15":"tag-nate-thomas","16":"tag-nfl","17":"tag-nfl-playoffs","18":"tag-patrick-mahomes","19":"tag-playoff-picture","20":"tag-quinnen-williams","21":"tag-the-cowboys","22":"tag-tyler-guyton"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115617611404442856","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556541","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=556541"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556541\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/556542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=556541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=556541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=556541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}