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[@josephnicolino8529]

The Butt Fumble gets funnier every time I see it

[@swaggypea3866]

Grant Vasquez stfu

[@abel3727]

Very true

[@tomvolz3760]

It’s the gift that keeps on giving.

[@kats4308]

I'm a Jets fan so I hate you.

[@tomvolz3760]

@@kats4308 I don’t hate the Jets at all, there’s just something hilarious about a grown man running headfirst into another grown man’s ass. I can understand why you wouldn’t feel the same way, however.

[@MonMccool123]

"I don't know what to say, I guess its better than not getting it" - Brett Farve

[@AlfredRusselWallace]

that was such a great remark

[@toxicpersonalityincorporat3137]

Even as a die hard hater of the Packers, you had to love Brett.

[@bgregwatson]

@@toxicpersonalityincorporat3137facts, Go Bears!

[@UWalvern0810]

Is it???🤔

[@adzdrawss]

@@toxicpersonalityincorporat3137 You need to if you're a Vikings fan like me :)

[@sports3117]

John Madden’s Turkey leg MVP Award was clearly the best

[@StFidjnr]

IMO this the glamour award or honor that anyone want's to have apart of winning the superbowl

[@man-thing6374]

Yep nearly as good as the nvp

[@QBWorx]

RIP John Madden

[@matthewporrini50]

That award ranks higher than the Vince Lombardi trophy

[@mossycastle9117]

The one nfl record the lions have that isn’t on a worst list

[@lorenzovonmatterhorn4756]

And its against my packers smh

[@terrymiller9154]

What it fells like being a lions fan

[@dankgameplays5059]

remember the 50s

[@henry9524]

In the 50s the Lions were good and not a meme

[@mossycastle9117]

@@henry9524 well shit I’ll ask my grandfather what it was like growing up with a decent lions team

[@OGLameboy]

Leon Lett probably still has nightmares from that fumble.

[@manuginobilisbaldspot424]

Na'ah...he atoned big time in the Super Bowl. His strip of Thurman Thomas led to James Washington's amazing fumble return TD that changed that entire game. He dominated in that postseason.

[@TheGodfather441]

whenever he thinks about it he probably just looks at his 3 rings and says "Eh, whatever"

[@erikh5439]

He was a bad-ass but not that bright!!!

[@bjtgaming]

I don't know man sanchez got an a** to the face

[@erikh5439]

bjtgaming both will live in infamy!!! then ther's a guy that ran for touchdown the wrong way n thought he scored smh

[@shloyogoldstein7043]

10:37 1994 Jason Garrett looks exactly the same as 2019 Jason Garrett 🤣🤣🤣

[@ruebenllongoria836]

shloyo Goldstein 👏👏👏👏

[@juliandrake3992]

Lololololol

[@pokewave4127]

Released for a fat guy lol

[@xl1zm]

FOR REAL

[@jweezus.]

ikr lol

[@PhatMon920]

Love the tradition. Every Thanksgiving I always watch the Lions game and hope they win. I'm just barely old enough to remember Barry Sanders' last few years in the NFL. As a Niners fan, I've always respected the loyalty of Lions fans. They deserve a winning team

[@BluePalmetto]

The very first game I had the patience to watch from beginning to end was the Lions and Bears in 1993.

[@immaheadout4777]

They do but the Ford family is incompetent.

[@brucewelty7684]

I followed the Lions even shen they were in Briggs stadium. Lost a 50cent bet on them when the COLLEGE ALL STARS beat them! Half a buck was big money to someone in the 10 year old range. My son and I went to a Turkey day game when they were the Pontiac Pussycats.

[@Cybernetic_28]

As a Seahawks fan, this is the only good niners fan 😊

[@PhatMon920]

@@Cybernetic_28 not all Niners fans are trashy… and I like to think that not all Seahawks fans are trashy…

[@azrrrrrrrr]

As a huge NFL fan from europe i love watching games on thursday.There is just something special about it even thou it is completly normal day here in croatia. I wish i will be able to live "real" thanksgiving expirience in USA.

[@channingbloom7125]

When you get the chance, it’s an experience like no other when it’s on thanksgiving. Wish you the best.

[@azrrrrrrrr]

@@channingbloom7125 thanks bro! Cant wait for this years thanksgiving :)

[@tomrogue13]

You should come for a visit. Take a few days off. Come watch the Lions in Detroit!

[@azrrrrrrrr]

@@tomrogue13 i live on other side of world so i would need more than few days off 🤣. But one day i will do it :)

[@baconcurtain5089]

I love watching football (I’m America so NFL) in Europe. There’s just something about seeing people that enjoy the sport instead of complaining about it’s name

[@zachypoo3122]

Poor Leon, the snow just wasn't on his side.

[@discomonke5916]

More like wasnt on his SLIDE get it he slid No ok 😐

[@xopgoat10]

I get it, lol

[@charlesburroughs9770]

Cocaine is a hell of a drug...he musta thought all that snow was nose candy!!!

[@ezsmith3765]

iQ just wasn’t on his side either

[@ryderalcaraz]

John Madden's hand: *Exists* Knives: Am I a joke to you?

[@goldeneve]

“ITS LEON LET NOOOO”

[@alexhoy2272]

Funny as hell as a Redskins fans

[@TBevill1231]

Leon was not having a good day

[@alexhoy2272]

My Grandfather’s name is Leon

[@alexhoy2272]

And he’s a Washington football fan

[@andrewpadaetz5549]

This after Lett's gaffe in Super Bowl XXVII. No wonder Trumpy said "nooooooo"..and then after the replay and a "not Leon Lett" comment, Enberg responded with a lengthy "Oh my"...

[@coreyschmidt1720]

The Vikings cowboys game with rookie Randy Moss going for 3 catches 3 tds for 163 yards will always be the most iconic thanksgiving moment!

[@3lement2010]

I've always wondered why Detroit and Dallas always plays on Thanksgiving

[@agk9276]

Hello

[@kobeisthegoat5767]

Jerry Junior 🖕🏽🖕🏽

[@kvngirvng9475]

I want Brees and Rodgers to play primetime on thanksgiving

[@3lement2010]

@@kvngirvng9475 Maybe next year. We're @New Orleans next year, but I feel like they're gonna put that game to SNF

[@steverodgers8425]

Tex Schram got it for the Cowboys

[@sdmurphy20]

The play-by-play on that Tur-Duc-Ken is a classic. Rip John Madden

[@EricGeodude]

NFL Throwback always kills it!

[@12packersfan]

Summary: Calvin Johnson can do football

[@manuginobilisbaldspot424]

Great video. The two moments I'll add to this as far as memorable as someone watching since 1985 was Darrin Nelson's GW TD for the Vikings in 1987. Great great Turkey Day game...44-38. Saved the season for Minnesota, who got hot and went to the NFC Championship Game. And the 1994 Detroit game where the Lions put the first nail in the coffin of the Bills dominance over the AFC. And it wasn't Barry Sanders, but DAVE KRIEG, who cooked the 4x defending AFC Champs. My pops, while making a peach cobbler just looked at me and said, "we finally won't have to see them get their butts kicked in the Super Bowl!"

[@tygrkhat4087]

It wasn't the first nail, but rather conformation that the coffin was built. The first nail was in the second half of Super Bowl XXVIII.

[@chrisuncleahmad]

1995 Lions/Vikings offensive shootout

[@dtownlove10]

Awesome, I went to that game in ‘94. One of my fav Lions memories.

[@jackkitchen737]

4:07 I was 8 years old and watched that Clint Longley game with my family. We left my Grandma's house at halftime and watched the second half at home. I am a lifelong Vikings fan, but that was one time that I stood up and screamed for a team other than Minnesota. That comeback in the 4th quarter was one of the reasons I am a football fan for life. Incredible. And the Moss game in 1998 was one of my favorite moments ever.

[@mikeybarboza3086]

Watching Barry Sanders growing up was like watching someone who had the real life codes installed. He was the reason I begged my mom to play football. Barry was so amazing his 7 yard losses were incredible to watch. If you just took away his minus yard attempts he would've broke the all time and single season rushing records.

[@agk9276]

Did they add the part where sue stomped on a packers player

[@agk9276]

@jimbo 0509 is it not? Prolly bc it didnt get loved by nfl throw back

[@anouarserhani-eltobgi6631]

It took me 4 minutes to get a heart.

[@agk9276]

@@anouarserhani-eltobgi6631 they arent gonna heart this

[@bobbob-iv4we]

AGK927 did you see the packers get embarrassed last night

[@agk9276]

@@bobbob-iv4we yea

[@gosteelers2986]

Gotta love some NFL history education 🙋🏾‍♂️ Happy holidays 😛

[@gosteelers2986]

@Hector Rodriguez definitely know the feeling

[@sleazyyeezy2238]

Hector Rodriguez unless your team is getting annihilated ( I’m a cowboys fan )

[@msc8510]

R.I.P John Madden you will be missed

[@robertcalhoun3123]

How could you miss the most important Thanksgiving day game ever. Grange's NFL debut on Thanksgiving 1925, instantly gave the league credibility.

[@3243_]

From 1967-69, back when the American Football League was a separate league (before completing their merger with the NFL in 1970), the AFL and the NFL both had Thanksgiving double-headers, not at the same time, but as a combined quadruple-header. That's right, four games on TV, one after the other.

[@billb0313]

My old boss still owes me $20 from that Dolphins-Cowboys game. Punk refused to admit the Cowboys lost.

[@PleaseLikeMyComments]

That Ernie Nevers must have been a real terror.

[@DanArnets1492]

What's stopping any "ground" player from learning how to kick? I'm sure you could teach a QB or WR to kick, at least the extra points.

[@Zalwalloo]

@@DanArnets1492 and some do

[@tygrkhat4087]

Ernie Nevers also played major league baseball as a pitcher for the St. Louis Browns. He gave up 2 home runs to Babe Ruth in his 60 HR season in 1927.

[@OvSpP]

*I’ll never forget the butt fumble.* That’s it, that’s the comment.

[@adanriaby768]

I don't know why but this feels a lot like the history of the Detroit Lions football franchise.

[@Adri_Unsung]

Bc thanksgiving games and being the first team in nfl history to have an 0-16 season are the only remarkable things about us

[@tonyyost331]

The Detroit Lions have had a lot of weird things happen to them.

[@Cactus7654]

@@Adri_Unsungwake up. Something good is happening rn.

[@Adri_Unsung]

@@Cactus7654 OH BABY IM UP. I’ve HAD MY DAN CAMPBELL COFFEES AND IM READY TO RUMBLEEEEEE

[@gageandersen455]

13:03 What about literally last year Bears vs Lions Redskins vs Cowboys Falcons vs Saints All NFC teams. 🤦‍♂️

[@davidgaston632]

BearsFanDude ohhh yeah

[@gusbussolano03]

2015 had all NFC Teams too Eagles-Lions Panthers-Cowboys and Bears-Packers

[@jwhine]

He meant that there’s no tie to any conferences. It doesn’t have to be all nfc teams but it happened to be

[@coolgamerguy8653]

all in the same divisions, as well

[@austinreed5805]

12:27 Jets Franchise in a Nutshell

[@rjnajemd1184]

12:27 Jets Franchise in a Nutshell

[@masonpyle5929]

Bills at Cowboys might be the best thanksgiving day game this year.

[@goatx3215]

Mason P bills lowkey might win to 🤷‍♂️😂

[@kvngirvng9475]

@Jerry Junior stop playin yall are getting exposed for the frauds you like that Jets or Pats game how could yall be 0-2 against the worst division in the league

[@asadfalconsfan1851]

@@kvngirvng9475 blewdat

[@maximuscamastra6802]

Jerry Junior have fun winning the weak NFC East and then getting curb stomped by your choice of Seattle or San Fran on Wild Card Weekend.

[@Carlos-sn2ss]

Jerry Junior Cowboys will take back to back Ls 😂

[@bumpusjones.1978]

The story of Clint Longley’s departure from Dallas is worth a look it should make you chuckle. And the unquestioned NFL one game wonder is Timmy Smith a distant second is Larry Brown.

[@masify8632]

if the lions won 79 games straight they still wouldn't make it to the super bowl because trey flowers would get flagged for roughing the pass and illegal use of hands

[@tonyyost331]

Coming from a Lions fan, if we a Super Bowl Patriots team, we still wouldn't of won a super bowl

[@SH4D0W1887]

2:00 that turkey 😂😂😂

[@thornicus]

As a Cowboys fan, this video gave me bad memories. Leon Lett, Randy Moss and Jason Garrett. I mean, Garrett is our head coach right now 😭

[@kvngirvng9475]

Tough

[@crazysoulja]

Garrett won that game. I remember that. People said because Aikman was out they would lose that game and could lose the playoff home field advantage if they lost that game. It didn't happen. That should be a good memory.

[@jstiegg9224]

Leon Left? lol

[@alan_isabum]

12:04 "Hey mom, Happy Thanksgiving"

[@ht82smash42]

I remember my first Thanksgiving experience when the Texans played the Lions. No family, just me and a TV screen. When the Texans won I was so happy

[@grahambridges3504]

HT82 Smash Fournette’s knee was down

[@ht82smash42]

@@grahambridges3504 Yeah. I was a blind Texans fan then. Also, it's Forsett

[@notsauer]

Graham Bridges we’re the Lions. We shouldn’t expect a fair referee’d game.

[@kenmore01]

Thanks, I appreciate this! You made a very nice video which was entertaining and detailed. I'm looking forward to this year's games. Happy Thanksgiving!

[@adamswalks2385]

This was a great video, thank you for creating it! I'm going to share this with my friends and family on Wednesday.

[@tmrevenge]

Madden was such a fun guy. A complete riot

[@tmrevenge]

@Soda King but no longer broadcasting

[@ruebenllongoria836]

“There’s a lot of letters in Ladanian Tomlinson”

[@TornaitSuperBird]

Aeiou

[@KM-uk3wp]

Vince Wilfork ate turkey the best, and you can’t change my mind.

[@bridgetrobinson4150]

10:37 1994 Jason Garrett looks exactly the same as 2019 Jason Garrett 🤣🤣🤣

[@MLhub.]

the 10-1 lions , the 8-2 lions , something i never heard in my life until this vid !

[@kellenpassentino1447]

Wow I learned something new The lions were once good

[@samsclub18]

During the Silverdome days. Yep.

[@Adri_Unsung]

It’s been about 70 years but yeah

[@mach6893]

Until William Clay Ford bought the team.

[@ambergarcia8186]

I should add the evolution of x mass and maybe Halloween games

[@samjohnson4626]

Yeah, but they aren't religiously played every year and know who is in them. Thanksgiving started out as one game, went to two, then three and you know the lions and cowboys are in it every year. Halloween could be any day of the week same with X mas and could be any team, plus nothing special happens or has, well I'm sure some records are held, but same could be said for any other week. I think Wild card, divisional round, conference champ round, SB and pro bowl would be funner like how the pro bowl was after the SB. How TB has broke almost if not every post season record the only one he probably doesn't hold is pro bowl records, but it's cause he probably went to a couple or so.

[@ambergarcia8186]

Ohhh snap I gotta like thx sooo much NFL throwback u guys r the best 💯💯💯😂

[@Nightwing300]

I wish football was still played like the 70’s.

[@Kenisama]

Legend has it, that that 3rd string QB is still clapping to this day

[@brucelau2023]

NFL Throwback always kills it !!!! Awesome stuff

[@qmaster7565]

Man it’s a good day when NFL Throwback posts 2 videos a day

[@Crazy_Slav]

Yeah this has got to be one of the best football traditions ever, it should just be called "Lions lose" day because no matter what they gonna lose. Now that's a tradition.

[@julianharrison7193]

Hey we're 5-2 over the prior 7 seasons alright. Although that'll be 5-3 after this week

[@Crazy_Slav]

@@julianharrison7193 ik it's a joke, but i live in michigan so i still support the lions but it's kinda hard when yunno, they are the lions lol

[@julianharrison7193]

@@Crazy_Slav Ya ik lol. It's a rough time unless you support tanking which it's about that time again lmao

[@gosteelers2986]

They beat us in overtime that year I didn't watch the game tho 😂

[@kvngirvng9475]

You right

[@Antonio-ru9kv]

As NFL fan from Europe I want to thank you for this amazing video. Learned a lot of things.

[@stephenshortt427]

Excellent, well done! A great succinct explanation of the NFL on Thanksgiving Day. Doesn't get much better than that.

[@thunter992]

This was really neat. Really like football history and knowledge

[@Mortisemo]

As much struggle we lions fans put up with every year, atleast we get to host something special every year.

[@ospreayscutter]

Thanks for the upload! 🤟🏽

[@joshuagamboaii741]

0:56 Courtesy of “The Evolution of the NFL teams: 100 years in the making”.

[@crixxxxxxxxx]

OJ really killed that rushing record.

[@Ryan12334]

harrylongbaugh1 he didn’t break the record by running, he broke it by driving down a highway.

[@pts5217]

He murdered it

[@ruebenllongoria836]

He slit the record’s neck down to the spine

[@markherron1407]

The Lions are hosting the Bears 🐻 on November 25,2021 on Thanksgiving Day! Happy Thanksgiving and Merry Christmas ⛄🎄 Blessings and Hugs 💖💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕! Let's go Bears 🐻!

[@willcrosse2174]

i’m thankful for this channel

[@orangehoof]

Cool. I've enjoyed these history lessons. Thanks.

[@xdgaming70]

10:17 Wait, THAT Jason Garrett!?

[@patchythepirate6053]

Call it in the air Bettis : Tails Ref : Heads called it’s tails Bettis : Ref we called tails

[@ruebenllongoria836]

Patchy The pirate Damn ref didn’t want to admit he was wrong.

[@ctochs]

He started saying heads. Ref was right. Bettis even admitted it after

[@BrotherJoe96]

He said heads first

[@nflfan5938]

NFL is easily the best at doing thanksgiving games because there’s nothing better than watching one of the greatest sports of all time NFL and eating some turkey and Mac and cheese and other thanksgiving goodies and I always love the Lions and Bears game tradition games

[@duainewade6522]

The butt fumble 😂😂😂greatest nfl moment

[@aaronsmith3334]

Gotta love me some Thanksgiving

[@joshuagamboaii741]

12:25 ¡The Butt Fumble!

[@sweatyboi1018]

This is good please make more👍

[@brent1268]

One of the best Thanksgiving plays that never gets mentioned is in Cowboys-Saints 2010. Late in the 4th, the Cowboys lead by 4. Cowboys throw a pass over the middle that goes for a lot of extra yardage but Malcolm Jenkins still wants to win so he just steals the ball from Roy Williams, takes it right out of his arm. Saints go on to score a touchdown and win the game. Great effort play that doesn't get the credit it deserves in this type of video because it didn't happen in the 80s.

[@owen5238]

2:15 look at the bottom. Lmao

[@jitterw]

I remember I went to a Panthers vs. Cowboys thanksgiving day game in 2015, that was fun.

[@davemitchell116]

I was at that '93 game. My boss and I drove overnight from South Florida to get there. Afterwards, we had a great Thanksgiving dinner with my family who lived in the Dallas area.

[@KSuw-db8dz]

Happy Thanksgiving NFL team 😍

[@bubblegaminglol]

This thanksgiving Only Lions and cowboys play home Only Lions and cowboys lost home

[@GuitarMan-bm6vk]

Remember last year Thanksgiving Bears Eddie Jackson saved them and Kyle Fuller saved them with that endzone pick

[@jawless7616]

What I remember most of all growing up in Dallas in the 90s is Sanders in the morning, Smith in the afternoon. Two greatest running backs ever.

[@3243_]

7:33--I also remember Lion Leonard Thompson knocking out Giant punt returner Leon Bright with a forearm to Bright's head--BEFORE Bright received the ball. Bright was unconscious for several minutes and had to be taken off the field on a stretcher.

[@Michaelrag0]

The Butt Fumble didn’t bring everyone joy 😭🥺

[@bonaventureokafor2637]

His butt must have hurt

[@MatthiaGryffine]

To this day, I still hear Jerome Bettis say Heads

[@frankie6209]

Matthia Gryffine BRUH he said tails

[@SmugTomato]

He said tails. What really confuses me is the fact that I didn't even hear him stutter or anything. Like he clearly said tails.

[@daneamann6225]

Heatails

[@POIPLdaclownJr.]

Hentai

[@blacktallsmart1914]

same edit: i listened more closely and now i hear tails

[@joelunatic5592]

Love this video😂

[@LansingJP]

Proud Lions fan here! And that’s all we know, Football on Thanksgiving bay-bay!!!

[@littlebilly6946]

If you’re ever having a bad day just know that the butt fumble and Leon lett both happened on the same holiday

[@masonkennedy5259]

LittleBilly69 love you profile picture Stephen Gilmore picking off the rams in the super bowl I hate the rams

[@Crazy_Slav]

So what ur telling me is that the lions have an 80 year tradition of losing?

[@jeremythompson9122]

I believe Don Shula was the DC of that Lions defense that shut down Lombardi's Packers on Thanksgiving in 1962. That may have been a big factor in him getting the Baltimore Colts HC job in 1963

[@michaelleroy9281]

Lombardi wanted to know what the hell went on that day

[@michaelmcglaughlin1156]

That was great!

[@ab3040]

This year's games are GREAT! Texans v lions Redskins v Cowboys And the Holy Grail Ravens v Steelers

[@LilTaco-_-]

6:25 that’s about the most unenthusiastic announcing I’ve heard

[@JR-pp3ed]

Love Thanksgiving Football

[@nosajdabeno]

Freakin' Leon Lett! Worst, Thanksgiving, EVER! 😂

[@michaellyga4726]

As a sad jets fan don’t remind me of “the incident” from seven years ago

[@andrewsheehy9938]

The Butt Fumble is the greatest blooper of the decade in Pro Sports.

[@tylerlarsen1842]

No butts about it. GO PATRIOTS!

[@kvngirvng9475]

@@tylerlarsen1842 nice one

[@Grassyknolldallas]

I think I like the 3 games on thanksgiving more than family time 🤷‍♂️

[@melvinshine9841]

I've seen the Butt Fumble so many times, but I didn't even know it happened on Thanksgiving. 3:30 -3:33 Wow, that 60's hair is hilarious.

[@rizmacadillac]

God Bless Everyone this Thanksgiving and for all Thanksgivings to come. Wish you all wealth, prosperity, happiness and good eating as well as many years of Football!

[@carsonwentz8139]

NFL PLAYERS: LET'S EAT TURKEYS: GOBBLE GOBBLE

[@carsonwentz8139]

IDK what I was doing I just wrote a random comment for likes

[@jerlv9]

I’m just here to see how much of this TPS is gonna steal for its video on thanksgiving football. We all know it’s coming

[@success_storm]

Jeremy Stanis Lmaooo

[@viviandarkbloom100]

I have a Game Program from the first Thanksgiving day game in Dallas. My Dad went. Saw the Browns. Cool video. of the game.

[@freddyandfoxy7526]

I love watching Thanksgiving games

[@user-gf7pi1wz5w]

Am I the only one who thinks the narrator sounds like Chris Pratt?

[@frostedicepharoah7723]

My favorite was when Tomlin tried to trip Jacoby Jones on the kickoff return and the Ravens got the win.

[@andrewgrove1691]

No trip. Leveon bell got his head knocked off..no fine

[@elmascavidal1797]

Cowboy fan since 92’ I love watching them play on Thanksgiving

[@AlfredRusselWallace]

what a fun video