The Dallas Cowboys' annual clash on Thanksgiving this year is one of the least anticipated in recent history.
Dallas hosts the New York Giants on Turkey Day with both teams' seasons already hanging by a thread.
2
2
Tickets for Thursday's game at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, are changing hands for next to nothing.
The Cowboys and Giants had just five wins between them heading into Week 12 of the season.
Dallas has lost every home game so far this season by a wide margin.
Quarterback Dak Prescott will be out for the year, meaning Cooper Rush has been named the starter.
For the Giants, they benched Daniel Jones and named Tommy DeVito as the man under center.
The Thanksgiving matchup did not capture the imagination of Texas fans.
According to NFL reporter Dov Kleiman, tickets are on sale for as low as $25 each.
The cost is “less than a turkey,” Kleiman noted.
Dallas' Thanksgiving home game each season is usually one of the league's signature moments.
But the confrontation that took place this year, while America was eating its turkey, was not appetizing at all.
Two years ago, more than 40 million fans across America tuned into Fox to watch the Cowboys-Giants game on Thanksgiving.
This year fans could be forgiven for taking a football break when Dallas vs. New York kicks off at 4:30 p.m. ET.
Thanksgiving begins with the exciting Detroit Lions taking on the NFC North rival Chicago Bears at 12:30 PM ET.
In the final game, the Green Bay Packers host the Miami Dolphins at Lambeau Field.
Fox will show the showdown between Dallas and New York again this year.
“A match made in heaven”
By Sunny Uppal, deputy editor of US Sports
Deion Sanders becoming the head coach of the Dallas Cowboys is a match made in heaven.
It's been 30 years since the Cowboys last won a Super Bowl and something has to change.
This is America's Team, but it has become a laughing stock and needs someone to return it to its former glory.
This candidate to take over as head coach from Mike McCarthy must have some charm and inspiration.
Step forward, Deion Sanders.
Sanders, 57, is one of the best players to ever take the field and was on Dallas' team the last time they won the Super Bowl.
It's literally “prime time” and this spark is exactly what the Cowboys need.
As for Dion, now is the perfect time for him to move on as well.
He took the Buffaloes to new heights in terms of results and popularity.
His son, Colorado Buffaloes quarterback Shader Sanders, is also in his final year of college.
Sanders will likely get a head coaching job for a legitimate national championship contender if he wants to stay in college.
But the opportunity to coach the Dallas Cowboys may never come again.
Coverage will begin with the pregame show beginning at 4 p.m. ET.
That will mean a busy Thanksgiving schedule for the Fox crew.
Tom Brady and Kevin Burkhart will call two games over the weekend.
Michael Strahan and Terry Bradshaw will host a show on Thursday in addition to their regular Fox NFL Sunday program in Week 13.
Fox could rotate its own star cast — as we've already seen this year with Jimmie Johnson and Rob Gronkowski.
