NFL Thanksgiving Games 2025: Who plays on Turkey Day?

The NFL Thanksgiving tradition continues on Thursday with three games on tap to kick off Week 13, which you can watch with NFL Game Pass on DAZN (excl. the US and China).

You have some old stalwarts like the Dallas Cowboys, Green Bay Packers, and Detroit Lions. But there are also some new teams in the mix on Turkey Day. 

Who is playing who?

DAZN News has the matchups for you below.

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Green Bay Packers @ Detroit Lions (1:00 pm ET/10:00 am PT/6:00 pm GMT)

It will be a traditional Thanksgiving Day matchup as it will be the 23rd time the Packers and Lions have squared off. The Lions have a 12-9-1 edge against their NFC North rival. At this point of the year, both teams are chasing the Chicago Bears, who lead the division with an 8-3 record. 

Both teams are coming off wins. The Packers beat the Minnesota Vikings 23-6 while the Lions struggled but defeated the New York Giants in overtime 34-27.

This is a must-win for both teams if they want to keep pace with the red-hot Bears.

Kansas City Chiefs @ Dallas Cowboys (4:30 pm ET/1:30 pm PT/9:30 pm GMT)

Both teams are coming off possible season-shifting momentum wins on Sunday. The Cowboys stormed back from 21 points down to beat the Philadelphia Eagles 24-21 behind 354 yards passing from Dak Prescott and holding the Eagles scoreless in the second half to get them to .500 with a 5-5-1 mark. Meanwhile, the Chiefs came back to beat the Indianapolis Colts 23-20 in overtime to get over .500 with a 6-5 record.

It should be a shootout in Big D with plenty on the line in terms of remaining in the playoff picture. 

Cincinnati Bengals @ Baltimore Ravens (8:20 ET/5:20 PT/1:20 am GMT (Fri))

What a difference one player makes. Lamar Jackson starts practicing and playing in the games, which is all the Ravens needed as they have a five-game winning streak and are now in first place in the AFC North. 

There is a chance Joe Burrow returns for the first time in two months from a turf toe injury.