en CR Dear Sports Fan's Thanksgiving Football Puzzle 34 snap : Action that starts each play fumble : Whoops, there goes the football touchdown : Worth six points safety : A defensive score worth two fieldgoal : Three points if you can kick straight quarterback : Player on offense who has a speaker in his helmet runningback : Players who play this position have the shortest careers widereceiver : Position most likely to say, "just throw me the damn ball" tightend : Lines up right next to the offensive line offensiveline : These guys go backwards on pass plays and forwards on run plays defensiveline : A thankless position for mammoth human beings linebacker : Versatile defensive position cornerback : Covers wide receivers safety : Last line of defense fantasy : A meta game based on football overunder : Type of betting based on combined score line : Common type of betting where there's a favorite and an underdog romo : Quarterback of the Cowboys sanchez : Highly skilled professional athlete known for bumping into his teammate's butt cowboys : America's team (to love or hate) lions : The northern of the two traditional Thanksgiving home teams bears : Team led by a former head coach from the Canadian Football League fortyniners : Team named after people of a gold rush seahawks : Defending Super Bowl champions eagles : Fly ______, fly harbaugh : Last name of a highly dramatic head coach cutler : Meme inspiring quarterback megatron : Calvin Johnson's nickname marshall : Outspoken wide receiver and mental health advocate beastmode : Marshawn Lynch's nickname turkeysandwich : Halftime of the late game, time to sneak into the kitchen and make this four : Football is broken up into this many periods down : Football word for the number of chances out of four a team has remaining to move the ball ten yards pie : Thanksgiving food; also good for breakfast the next day mashed : What happens to most potatoes on Thanksgiving Fox : Channel the 4:30 p.m. ET game is on CBS : Will televise the game between the Lions and Bears NBC : Home to Chris Collinsworth and AL Michaels, announcers of the late game pocket : Protective area offensive linemen try to create for their quarterback dearsportsfan : You're favorite source for information about how sports work (I hope!)

Dear Sports Fan's Thanksgiving Football Puzzle

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4.	Versatile defensive position
5.	Football is broken up into this many periods
9.	America's team (to love or hate)
11.	Covers wide receivers
13.	Position most likely to say, "just throw me the damn ball"
15.	Fly ______, fly
16.	Home to Chris Collinsworth and AL Michaels, announcers of the late game
19.	What happens to most potatoes on Thanksgiving
22.	Calvin Johnson's nickname

24.	The northern of the two traditional Thanksgiving home teams
26.	Highly skilled professional athlete known for bumping into his teammate's butt
28.	Three points if you can kick straight
29.	Players who play this position have the shortest careers
30.	Meme inspiring quarterback
31.	Action that starts each play
32.	Common type of betting where there's a favorite and an underdog
33.	Defending Super Bowl champions

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1.	A thankless position for mammoth human beings
2.	A meta game based on football
3.	Marshawn Lynch's nickname
6.	Football word for the number of chances out of four a team has remaining to move the ball ten yards
7.	Team named after people of a gold rush
8.	Player on offense who has a speaker in his helmet
10.	These guys go backwards on pass plays and forwards on run plays
12.	Thanksgiving food; also good for breakfast the next day
14.	Will televise the game between the Lions and Bears

17.	Team led by a former head coach from the Canadian Football League
18.	Quarterback of the Cowboys
20.	Channel the 4:30 p.m. ET game is on
21.	Outspoken wide receiver and mental health advocate
23.	Halftime of the late game, time to sneak into the kitchen and make this
25.	Last line of defense
25.	A defensive score worth two
27.	Last name of a highly dramatic head coach

Dear Sports Fan's Thanksgiving Football Puzzle

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Across:

4.	Versatile defensive position
5.	Football is broken up into this many periods
9.	America's team (to love or hate)
11.	Covers wide receivers
13.	Position most likely to say, "just throw me the damn ball"
15.	Fly ______, fly
16.	Home to Chris Collinsworth and AL Michaels, announcers of the late game
19.	What happens to most potatoes on Thanksgiving
22.	Calvin Johnson's nickname

24.	The northern of the two traditional Thanksgiving home teams
26.	Highly skilled professional athlete known for bumping into his teammate's butt
28.	Three points if you can kick straight
29.	Players who play this position have the shortest careers
30.	Meme inspiring quarterback
31.	Action that starts each play
32.	Common type of betting where there's a favorite and an underdog
33.	Defending Super Bowl champions

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1.	A thankless position for mammoth human beings
2.	A meta game based on football
3.	Marshawn Lynch's nickname
6.	Football word for the number of chances out of four a team has remaining to move the ball ten yards
7.	Team named after people of a gold rush
8.	Player on offense who has a speaker in his helmet
10.	These guys go backwards on pass plays and forwards on run plays
12.	Thanksgiving food; also good for breakfast the next day
14.	Will televise the game between the Lions and Bears

17.	Team led by a former head coach from the Canadian Football League
18.	Quarterback of the Cowboys
20.	Channel the 4:30 p.m. ET game is on
21.	Outspoken wide receiver and mental health advocate
23.	Halftime of the late game, time to sneak into the kitchen and make this
25.	Last line of defense
25.	A defensive score worth two
27.	Last name of a highly dramatic head coach

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