The longest running rivalry in the NFL will be renewed on Thanksgiving in 2015.
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Ahead of the official NFL 2015 schedule release, a report indicates that one of the three games on the NFL’s annual Thanksgiving Day games will feature the GReen Bay Packers versus the Chicago Bears.
ESPN NFL Nation Packers reporter Rob Demovsky reported that the defending NFC North champion Green Bay Packers, led by reigning NFL MVP Aaron Rodgers, will host their bitter division rival Chicago Bears as the third game on their Thanksgiving slate of games.
First bit of schedule information: Packers will host the Bears on Thanksgiving night. #ESPNNFL
— Rob Demovsky (@RobDemovsky) April 21, 2015
Assuming the report is true ahead of the official schedule release, it would be the first time in over 90 years that the Packers have hosted a game on Thanksgiving. The Chicago Bears visited the Detroit Lions on Thanksgiving last year and lost.
Looking at the #Packers past Thanksgiving games, it appears this would be the first home Thanksgiving game since 1923.
— Rob Demovsky (@RobDemovsky) April 21, 2015
Per tradition, the Dallas Cowboys (the reigning NFC East Champions) and Detroit Lions (an NFC North rival of the Packers and Bears) also host a game on Thanksgiving. It is unknown as of now who their opponents will be on Thanksgiving. Though it is expected that at least one of the other teams will have a division opponent – at least two of three Thanksgiving games in the last three years have pitted teams from the same division – last year the Lions hosted the Bears and the Cowboys hosted the Philadelphia Eagles.
The official schedule release is slated for 8 PM (EST).
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