The Lions beat the Chicago Bears early, then the Dallas Cowboys knocked off the New York Giants without playoff implications, before the Green Bay Packers slammed the Miami Dolphins. On Friday, the Kansas City Chiefs play the Las Vegas Raiders and can become the first team to clinch a playoff spot this year.

Why does the NFL have a "Black Friday" game in the first place? Money played a major factor, as Amazon missed an opportunity to broadcast a game on Thanksgiving in its $1 billion

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?