{"id":85256,"date":"2025-05-28T12:37:12","date_gmt":"2025-05-28T12:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/85256\/"},"modified":"2025-05-28T12:37:12","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T12:37:12","slug":"legendary-announcer-says-chiefs-thanksgiving-matchup-with-the-cowboys-will-set-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/85256\/","title":{"rendered":"Legendary announcer says Chiefs\u2019 Thanksgiving matchup with the Cowboys will set records"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>During a recent appearance on the <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/0tsZDzS8Xf0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Rich Eisen Show;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Rich Eisen Show<\/a>, top CBS play-by-play announcer Jim Nantz shared his thoughts on the Thanksgiving game between the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/kansas-city-chiefs\/339\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Kansas City Chiefs;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Kansas City Chiefs<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/dallas-cowboys\/331\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Dallas Cowboys;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Dallas Cowboys<\/a>. The CBS Sports broadcast is expected to break regular-season viewership records, potentially.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cK.C. and Dallas, to put those two gigantic brands together on the most-watched day of the regular season in the NFL, it\u2019s gonna set records,\u201d said Nantz. \u201cThat\u2019s not what I\u2019m out for it to do. I just hope it\u2019s a great football game. It will be a wonderful matchup to call on Thanksgiving. K.C. at Dallas, it\u2019s the game we wanted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The current ratings record was set three seasons ago, as 42.1 million watched Dallas defeat the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/new-york-giants\/351\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:New York Giants;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">New York Giants<\/a> 28-20. The Chiefs have earned a reputation for getting viewers tuned in over their Super Bowl runs, and Thanksgiving this season should set a new standard for the league.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The Cowboys and the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/detroit-lions\/334\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Detroit Lions;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Detroit Lions<\/a> continue their tradition as Thanksgiving staples, while the Chiefs played on Black Friday last season and will continue their streak of Christmas Day games in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Chiefs Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/chiefswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/chiefs\/2025\/05\/28\/jim-nantz-says-kansas-city-chiefs-vs-dallas-cowboys-will-set-thanksgiving-records\/83857565007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Jim Nantz says Chiefs vs. Cowboys will set Thanksgiving records;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Jim Nantz says Chiefs vs. Cowboys will set Thanksgiving records<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"During a recent appearance on the Rich Eisen Show, top CBS play-by-play announcer Jim Nantz shared his thoughts&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":85257,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2063],"tags":[3244,346,257,113,7,18847,118,110,2438,2437,56,6,18251,150,16926,23522],"class_list":{"0":"post-85256","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-kansas-city-chiefs","8":"tag-cbs-sports","9":"tag-chiefs","10":"tag-dallas-cowboys","11":"tag-detroit-lions","12":"tag-football","13":"tag-jim-nantz","14":"tag-kansas-city","15":"tag-kansas-city-chiefs","16":"tag-kansascity","17":"tag-kansascitychiefs","18":"tag-new-york-giants","19":"tag-nfl","20":"tag-rich-eisen-show","21":"tag-thanksgiving","22":"tag-thanksgiving-game","23":"tag-viewership-records"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114585498241613599","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85256","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=85256"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85256\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}