What was it like working on a national holiday?
There’s really several things to it. Even going back to the week before Thanksgiving, you’re getting ready for that game. Subconsciously, you realize that a few days after the upcoming Sunday game, you gotta be at another game. It’s a quick turnaround. Thanksgiving comes so fast. Guys are just healing up on that Thursday, and it’s not your traditional practice week. But the national attention, John Madden coming to do the game, knowing that it’s tied in with military bases all over the world and players all through the NFL are watching? It’s special. We always got up for that game. It was something the city of Detroit was proud of. It was our day to shine, really. You mentioned John Madden. Does anyone actually eat that gigantic turducken leg he hands out? I hope not. [Laughs] I don’t know what kind of animal that actually is. I don’t know if it’s edible. If it is, it’s probably very gamey. If no one eats the turducken, then what happens to it? Man, I have no idea. [Laughs] New York Gi
