You’ve got six teams playing on a short week on Thursday, another two playing on a short week in the Black Friday game, a full Sunday slate and finally Monday Night Football to cap it all off. And that’s before you consider the three West Coast teams facing noon kickoffs on the East Coast.

Thanksgiving Day will take on a bit of a different feel: The Lions are expected to roll, rivals or not the Cowboys and Giants are playing out the string, and the holiday’s best game might be the nightcap, when the Dolphins try to stay hot in chilly Green Bay. And then there’s Black Friday — can the Chiefs finally just put an inferior team away?