Colin Cowherd gives his verdict on Cowboys' Thanksgiving game against Chiefs

The Dallas Cowboys have a tradition of playing on Thanksgiving, and the 2025 iteration will see the Kansas City Chiefs as their opponents. It promises to be a ratings bonanza with "America's Team" taking on a modern-day dynasty.

One person not thrilled with the whole thing, though, is Colin Cowherd. The analyst believes that it will not be an exciting game. He also thinks Dallas' opener against the Philadelphia Eagles could be a letdown.

Cowherd expects Dallas to lose both games.

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"Cowboys are in the opener at Philly, a game they never win," Cowherd said on The Herd. "In fact, if you go look at those games, the Cowboys are one in five in their last six against Philadelphia. I don't need to see that game. That feels like November. Then they have the Cowboys against Kansas City on Thanksgiving. I don't need to see that either. Andy Reid, Mahomes, against Dak off a second surgery, and Brian Schottenheimer, doesn't scream fascinating."

Colin Cowherd also rips NFL for maintaining Cowboys' tradition with Chiefs' game

While some would say that the Cowboys needed to be on TV due to their Thanksgiving tradition, and they needed a strong opponent because it's a primetime holiday game, Colin Cowherd disagreed. He said that the only reason Dallas gets so much airtime is because it is still treated like America's Team.

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"The only thing keeping the Cowboys' TV numbers up is networks putting them on and the NFL putting them on more. Get Lamar Jackson, Josh Allen somewhere on that. The idea that Dallas has earned that spot, it's Lakers on Christmas. Who cares? Remember when Apple inserted the U2 album on your iPod and you didn't want it and you couldn't get rid of it. That's what I feel about the Cowboys."

He suggested using Thanksgiving to feature Patrick Mahomes against Lamar Jackson or Josh Allen, the last two MVPs, versus the serial AFC winner.

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