In Detroit, Thanksgiving doesn’t begin at the dinner table. It starts hours earlier, when families gather around the TV for a tradition nearly as old as the holiday itself: Lions football.

The Lions playing on Thanksgiving is a tradition among the oldest in the NFL, but it hasn't always meant wins for Detroit.

Dallas' late resurgence and Detroit's sudden urgency come together for a banger of a TNF matchup. Points could be plentiful.

The Temptations have lit up stages all over the world since the 1960s. And although the legendary Motown group was formed in Detroit more than six decades ago, it will be performing in its first halftime show in Detroit when the Detroit Lions take on the Dallas Cowboys on "Thursday Night Football" at Ford Field.

The two music superstars performed together for the first time during the game's halftime show. Both broke big out of Detroit in the early 2000s.

Detroit Lions quarterback Jared Goff made franchise history during the team's game against the New York Giants.

Kalif Raymond is 38 yards from breaking Mel Gray’s franchise record for the Detroit Lions for career punt return yardage.

As of writing, Goff already has 15-of-19 completed passes against Green Bay for 181 yards and two touchdowns. He's also registered one carry for 24 rushing yards. The Lions are still down, though, 31-21, with nine minutes remaining in the fourth quarter.

Green Bay Packers edge-rusher Micah Parsons put himself in a company of one during Thursday's Thanksgiving Day game against the Detroit Lions.