Thanksgiving games in the NFL have seen some memorable moments, but for some reason, the more embarrassing ones seem to stick in our minds, starting with one asinine anti-miracle in the Meadowlands.
Here is the list of the biggest Thanksgiving Day blunders in NFL history.
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Mark Sanchez
It has been five years since the infamous “butt fumble” against the Patriots, but it's a play that will linger in eternity.
What started with a botched handoff on Thanksgiving 2012 turned into a Sanchez scramble, until the posterior of guard Brandon Moore knocked the ball out of Sanchez’s right arm. The Patriots’ Steve Gregory returned the fumble 31 yards for an easy TD in an even easier 49-19 road rout.
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MIke Tomlin vs. Jacoby Jones
In the Steelers' 22-20 Thanksgiving night loss to the hated AFC North rival Ravens in 2013, Tomlin stepped figuratively out of bounds by literally sneaking off the sidelines. While Jones was in the middle of returning a punt 73 yards that could have gone the distance for Baltimore, Tomlin seemed to intentionally get in the way as Jones got tripped up.
The NFL thought so, too, slapping the Steelers' head coach with a $100,000 fine the following week.
Phil Luckett
Luckett, a former NFL referee, gets on the menu because of his 1998 overtime blunder. Luckett couldn't make heads or tails of what the Steelers' Jerome Bettis called on the coin toss, so it was ruled the host Lions won it.
The home team took the ball, marched down on the first possession and kicked the game-winning field goal. It was one of many controversial moments in Luckett’s career.
Leon Lett
Believe it or not, 20 years ago, it was snowing and sleeting at partially covered Texas Stadium in Dallas when Lett had one of the major slipups in his career. The Cowboys had appeared to lock up a 14-13 victory over the Dolphins after blocking the 41-yard game-winning field-goal attempt.
But then Lett, a defensive tackle, decided to go after the loose ball — only to muff it and allow the Dolphins to recover it at the Cowboys’ 1-yard line with three seconds left. Miami made good on the second chance, while Lett put his team on ice.
Ndamukong Suh, the stomp
The Packers came to Detroit for Thanksgiving in 2011, and in the third quarter, Suh was one rude host of a defensive tackle when he pushed offensive lineman Evan Dietrich-Smith’s head into the artificial turf at Ford Field. He then punctuated the senseless maneuver with a follow-up dead-ball stomp that helped Green Bay finish a touchdown drive.
It all got Suh ejected in what would be a 27-15 Lions loss.
Ndamukong Suh, the kick
Suh, perhaps being more subtle about his dirty Turkey Day antics after learning his lesson in 2011, got away with an apparent kick to the groin of Texans quarterback Matt Schaub in the Lions’ 2012 Thanksgiving matinee.
In the post-game discipline review, it could not be determined whether Suh, taking a shot to Schaub’s nether regions while on the ground, was trying to intentionally rob him of his family jewels. Giblets, anyone?
Jim Schwartz
The 2012 season was miserable for the Lions, and it wasn't a happy Thanksgiving, either. Thanks to their head coach throwing a challenge flag on what was called an 81-yard touchdown third-quarter run for the Texans’ running back Justin Forsett, it negated the automatic booth review of a scoring play that would have shown he was down by contact after just seven yards.
It sparked Houston’s comeback from a 24-14 deficit to a 34-31 eventual overtime victory.
Roy Williams
On Thanksgiving 2010, Dallas was up 27-23 on New Orleans with 3:20 left to go when it appeared the Cowboys’ wide receiver’s 41-yard catch and run would help put the game away. That is until Williams fumbled at the end of it, and the Saints’ Malcolm Jenkins recovered the ball at his own 11.
The Cowboys ended up losing, 30-27.
Lions defense vs. Peyton Manning, Tom Brady
Detroit should know better than to invite over two Hall of Fame quarterbacks for Thanksgiving, its version of a homecoming game. During his monster 2004 season, Manning feasted on the Lions (23-of-28, 236 yards, 6 TDs) in 41-9 walkover.
In 2010, Brady posted a perfect 158.3 passer rating in ripping apart the hosts (21-of-27, 341 yards, 4 TDs) in a 45-24 laugher.
Cowboys defense vs. Randy Moss
No receiver has enjoyed a rookie season as explosive as what Moss did for the Vikings in 1998 when he made it a miserable Thanksgiving for the Dallas secondary, turning his only three receptions into touchdown catches of 51, 56 and 56 yards.
The big mistake was inviting Moss and Minnesota back for the holiday two years later, when he settled for just 7 catches, 144 yards and 2 TDs in another Vikings victory.