There will be Madden tributes on the three broadcasts, and all six teams playing will wear Madden patches on their uniforms. There will also be a Madden trophy for the MVP of each game, and the coins for the coin toss will pay tribute.

“There’s no place that I would rather be today, on Thanksgiving, than right here, right now, at a football game,” Madden said at a Thanksgiving game in 1997.

Kicking off the festivities is an NFC North showdown loaded with playoff implications.