There are a lot of traditions shared by football and Thanksgiving. Contests in Detroit and Dallas. John Madden and a turducken. Family games of two-hand-touch between servings.

And, for the past 13 years, laughing at the Jets .

The emergence of that annual rite began on Nov. 22, 2012, when, in the second quarter of a primetime game against the Patriots, New England safety Steve Gregory scooped up a loose ball and returned it 32 yards for a touchdown and a 21-0 lead.

That was the least memorable part of the play.

Just prior to that, Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez had turned the wrong way to deliver a handoff. He tried to salvage the broken play, attempted to run with the football himself, started to slide, smashed straight into the backside of guard Brandon Moore, and lost the ball fro

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