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Dear Sports Fan's Thanksgiving Football Puzzle
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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
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 |
| | Down: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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Dear Sports Fan's Thanksgiving Football Puzzle
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 |
| | Down: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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