Prior to those games, a coin featuring a silhouette of coach Madden on one side (“Heads”) and a six-legged turducken on the reverse side (“Tails”) will be used for the coin toss. Additionally, a patch featuring a silhouette of coach Madden will be included on the jersey of each player at all three games.

When in Green Bay in 1991, John Madden gave a local TV reporter a tour of his original Madden Cruiser, complete with an oven for cooking a turkey.

The NFL has played games on Thanksgiving Day since the league’s inception in 1920, meaning this tradition dates back more than 100 years. For many years, legendary NFL coach and broadcaster John Madden played a huge role in the Thanksgiving games.