Alofoke Deportes brings you the preview of the Thanksgiving 2025 games!
The 2025 NFL season gives us an exciting menu of games on Thanksgiving Day. According to research, the average total points (51.2) is the highest in the last 40 years for Thanksgiving games. Get ready for excitement! Our NFL correspondents offer you a detailed analysis of each match, with key stories and a look at the history of each team on this special day. In addition, you will find optimistic statistics, key data for betting, and bold predictions.Packers vs. Lions
The Packers and the Lions will face each other for the 23rd time on Thanksgiving, a record in the NFL.Packers (7-3-1) vs. Lions (7-4)1 p.m. ET | Fox | ESPN BET: DET -2.5 (48.5 O/U)“This is as important a game as any other we’ll play in the regular season”.
Aidan Hutchinson, Lions player.
What’s being heard about the Packers: They are the underdogs for the first time this season. They are the only NFL team that has been favored in all their games until Week 13. The Packers have already won more division games (two) than in the entire last season, when they were swept by the Lions and the Vikings and split with the Bears. – Rob Demovsky
What’s being heard about the Lions: Detroit will seek revenge after the Week 1 loss (27-13) at Lambeau Field. Coach Dan Campbell and his team eagerly await another matchup against their NFC North rivals on Thanksgiving Day, where the Lions lead the historical series against Green Bay 12-9-1.
Statistic Packers appreciate: Their defense has generated pressure 35% of the time this season, the sixth-highest rate in the league. This will be especially useful against Lions quarterback Jared Goff, whose QBR has dropped 69 points when he has faced pressure this season (the most in the NFL).Statistic that the Lions appreciate: Running back Jahmyr Gibbs has been unstoppable since entering the NFL in 2023, and he has the opportunity to join a select group on Thursday. With a touchdown, Gibbs would become the fifth player in NFL history to record 45 touchdowns (of any kind) in his first three seasons in the NFL. The other four are Hall of Famers (Barry Sanders, Eric Dickerson, Gale Sayers, and Earl Campbell).Bold prediction: Hutchinson will be limited to two or fewer pass-rush wins. He has only a 13% pass-rush win rate this season, and the pressure tends to come later in the play, and the Packers’ two offensive tackles rank in the top 15 in pass-block win rate at the position. – WalderInjuries: Packers | Lions
Maldonado’s Prediction: Lions 34, Packers 24Moody’s Prediction: Lions 30, Packers 27Walder’s Prediction: Packers 23, Lions 17FPI Prediction: DET, 54% (by an average of 1.5 points)Packers Thanksgiving Game Memory: Beating the Lions in 2023. The Packers, with an apology to history, secured a 29-22 victory. It was part of a final stretch in which the Packers went 6-2 to reach the playoffs after starting 3-6.Thanksgiving game memory for the Lions: The Lions defeated the Bears 23-20 in 2024. After three consecutive Thanksgiving Day losses as Lions coach, Campbell finally ended his team’s seven-year holiday drought last season. With the victory, the 11-1 Lions also had their best start in franchise history.
Chiefs vs. Cowboys
Chiefs (6-5) vs. Cowboys (5-5-1)4:30 p.m. ET | CBS/Paramount+ | ESPN BET: KC -3 (52.5 O/U)What’s being heard about the Chiefs: The Chiefs may have saved their season, and their chances of making the postseason, in their comeback victory over the Colts. Quarterback Patrick Mahomes knows the Chiefs’ efforts on Sunday will be wasted if they can’t back it up in Dallas.“Now we just have to build on that momentum. We’re going to play against a good team, the Cowboys. They can score some points and have a lot of great players. It’s about reacting quickly. It’s going to be a lot of fun to go to Dallas and play on Thanksgiving.”
Patrick Mahomes, Chiefs quarterback.
What’s being heard about the Cowboys: The Cowboys’ defense has put in their two best performances of the season in consecutive wins over the Raiders and Eagles. Now, they have the Mahomes challenge. While some consider the Chiefs’ offense to be struggling, they are still in the top 10 in yards and passing.
Statistic the Chiefs will appreciate: They just broke their streak of not winning games by one point this season, defeating the Colts by a field goal in overtime despite being down by 11 in the fourth quarter. Kansas City was 0-5 in one-point games this season after going 12-0 in them in 2024, including the playoffs.Statistic Cowboys appreciate: Their offense has generally been at its best establishing the run and working off play action. Quarterback Dak Prescott has the best QBR on play-action plays this season, and is tied with the Rams’ Matthew Stafford for the most touchdown passes (13) on that type of play. This Chiefs defense has allowed the worst completion rate (82%) and the third-most yards per attempt (9.9) on play action.Bold prediction: Mahomes will record a QBR of over 90 for the first time this season. The Chiefs have been the best offense in the league against zone coverage (0.27 EPA per play, much higher than their 0.10 against man), and the Cowboys run zone 72% of the time (the second most in the NFL).Injuries: Chiefs | Cowboys
Maldonado’s Prediction: Chiefs 20, Cowboys 13Moody’s Prediction: Chiefs 27, Cowboys 23Walder’s Prediction: Chiefs 36, Cowboys 28FPI Prediction: KC, 63.6% (for an average of 5.1 points)Chiefs Thanksgiving Game Memory: Running back Marcus Allen surpasses Walter Payton in 1996. The Chiefs don’t have many good memories on Thanksgiving, but Allen surpassed Hall of Famer Walter Payton on the all-time career touchdowns list in Detroit. Allen recorded his 111th score on a 1-yard dive into the end zone in the first quarter. His performance, which included 73 rushing yards and two touchdowns, helped the Chiefs rally for a 28-24 comeback victory over the Lions.Thanksgiving Day Game Memory for the Cowboys: Backup quarterback Clint Longley leads the Cowboys to victory over Washington in 1974. Longley’s comeback came out of nowhere. With Roger Staubach out in the third quarter, the Cowboys were losing 23-17 with less than 30 seconds to play when Longley, known as the “Mad Bomber”, connected with Drew Pearson for a 50-yard touchdown to defeat their rivals.
Bengals vs. Ravens
Bengals (3-8) vs. Ravens (6-5)8:20 p.m. ET | NBC/Peacock | ESPN BET: BAL -7 (52.5 O/U)What’s being heard about the Bengals: Turnover margin is critical to the team’s success in AFC North play. Since 2021, the Bengals are 13-14 in division play. Cincinnati has a turnover margin of plus-12 in wins compared to minus-13 in losses. The same principle also applies to the Ravens and Steelers. But it will be especially important to stop Baltimore.“Whoever steals the ball is going to win.”
Geno Stone, Bengals safety.
What’s being heard about the Ravens: Running back Derrick Henry needs 18 rushing yards to surpass Jim Brown and take the 11th spot on the NFL’s all-time rushing list. He will face a Bengals defense that allows 156 rushing yards per game, the second worst in the league.
Statistic Bengals will appreciate: Running back Chase Brown recorded his fifth straight game with more than 100 scrimmage yards against the Patriots last week. That’s currently the longest active streak in the NFL and a welcome sign after he failed to cross that mark in the first six games of the season.Statistic that the Ravens appreciate: Quarterback Lamar Jackson might be 1-2 in primetime games this season (won in Week 9 against the Dolphins), but he has a 21-7 record in those games in his career. Since the AFL/NFL merger of 1970, the only quarterback with a better primetime record is Hall of Famer Steve Young (minimum 15 starts).Bold Prediction: Ravens tight end Mark Andrews will record at least 50 receiving yards for the second time this season. Twenty-seven percent of targets against the Bengals defense have gone to opposing tight ends, the highest rate in the league.Injuries: Bengals | Ravens
Maldonado’s Prediction: Ravens 30, Bengals 23Moody’s Prediction: Ravens 31, Bengals 28Walder’s Prediction: Ravens 30, Bengals 23FPI Prediction: BAL, 68% (for an average of 7.2 points)Bengals Thanksgiving Game Memory: Their only appearance in 2010. The Bengals are one of four teams with only one Thanksgiving game in their franchise history. That game at the Jets, a 26-10 loss, was filled with eventual Hall of Famers (Terrell Owens, LaDainian Tomlinson, Darrelle Revis, and Jason Taylor).Ravens Thanksgiving Game Memory: The sideline pass in 2013 between Jacoby Jones and Mike Tomlin. The Ravens play on Thanksgiving for the first time since they beat the Steelers 22-20 by overcoming one of the most controversial plays in league history. With the Ravens leading 13-7 in the third quarter, Jones was returning a kickoff when he was stopped by Tomlin, who stood in a restricted area separating the sideline from the playing field, with his back to the action and his right foot directly on the playing field. Jones, who was 38 yards from the end zone, was tackled from behind. Tomlin was fined $100,000 by the NFL.
