A question hung in the air during Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes’ media availability this week. Was he aware of the Preston Road Trophy awarded to the Chiefs-Cowboys Thanksgiving winner? The three-time Super Bowl champion paused before answering, his mind elsewhere.

“I didn’t. I know there’s a Turducken. Is that the trophy?”

Wrong hardware, but the perfect spirit. For Mahomes, Thanksgiving football isn’t just about the owner trophy, although he did note he’ll try “to keep that in the Hunt household.” For him, the Thanksgiving game is about something even more memorable and iconic: the legendary John Madden tearing into a three-bird masterpiece on live television, turning an obscure dish into the holiday’s most iconic tradition.

“I think of the Turducken. John

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