Pat McAfee disagrees with the NFL's decision to shift kickoff times later because he believes it interferes with traditional holiday scheduling.

“1:00 kickoff as opposed to the normal noon kickoff. Don't love that. A lot of people schedule their Thanksgiving to start around noon, noon 30. This adds about another 45 minutes of time where there could potentially be something not about football that comes up. Don't love the NFL doing that”

Boston Connor views Thanksgiving football as essential and enjoys that the NFL continues to create new broadcast windows for the holiday.

“Shout out to Prime also creating a new football day. Mhm. Okay, Thanksgiving was always a day. Now Black Friday becomes day. There's going to be a super duper Saturday that's going to come at some point whenever maybe there's a drop in college football game somehow. There'll be a Wednesday night gam”

Jemele Hill views the Detroit Lions playing on Thanksgiving as a positive development that respects the team's standing in the city.

“So, to have all these wonderful things happening at once and for the Lions to actually be treated with respect on Thanksgiving what can I say? It's just like a mama we made it moment for the entire city.”