Thanksgiving Day will take on a bit of a different feel: The Lions are expected to roll, rivals or not the Cowboys and Giants are playing out the string, and the holiday’s best game might be the nightcap, when the Dolphins try to stay hot in chilly Green Bay. And then there’s Black Friday — can the Chiefs finally just put an inferior team away?

Football has long been a staple of Thanksgiving Day celebrations, and this year there will be three National Football League games on the holiday and one on Black Friday to watch.Shortly after the league's formation in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association (it was renamed the NFL in 1922),

It's just one of three NFL games on Thanksgiving. Here's a rundown of the Thanksgiving schedule, the Black Friday game and the rest of the Week 13 NFL schedule: Chicago Bears vs Detroit Lions, 11:30 a.m. New York Giants vs Dallas Cowboys, 3:30 p.m. Miami Dolphins vs Green Bay Packers, 7:20 p.m.