NBC is making a small change to its Thanksgiving NFL broadcast this year. Cris Collinsworth is taking the night off, so Jason Garrett will join Mike Tirico in the booth for the Bengals-Ravens game.

NBC treats Thanksgiving week as a long stretch of work, and some broadcasters use the holiday to be with their families. Collinsworth has done this before, even though he still handled the 2023 Seahawks-49ers game.

Thanksgiving is one of the biggest days in sports, second only to the Super Bowl. Every network uses its top crews. Fox will feature Kevin Burkhardt and Tom Brady for Lions-Packers. CBS will have Jim Nantz and Tony Romo for Chiefs-Cowboys. NBC has held the primetime Thanksgiving slot since 2012 and often rotates analysts when Collinsworth takes the night off.

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