NFL football is a Thanksgiving tradition. Important games on Thanksgiving are not. Thanksgiving football has seen a lot of one-sided contests over the past few years. It doesnt help that the Detroit Lions are usually out of contention by this point. Years of 8-8 Dallas teams gave us some Turkey Day turkeys as well.Well, not this year. Just in time to help you avoid talking politics with the family members you disagree with, the NFL has delivered a trio of games with major playoff ramifications. Grab that second helping of pumpkin pie and get back on the couch as soon as possible.The opener, Minnesota at Detroit, is the most important game of the week for determining which 12 teams make the NFL playoff field. In fact, its the most important game of the year so far. If the Lions win, they become the NFC North favorites, making the playoffs 62.4 percent of the time, while the Vikings make it only 43.4 percent of the time. But if the Vikings get a win on the road, their playoff odds climb to 86.1 percent while Detroits odds fall to 18.9 percent.The next game, Washington at Dallas, is less important for making the playoffs since Dallas has almost clinched a spot. But its hugely important to determining seeding, which gives it major impact on which NFC team makes the Super Bowl. The Cowboys are 33 percent more likely to make Super Bowl LI if they win this game; the Redskins are more than twice as likely to make it with a win.The nightcap brings us the No. 1 team in the AFC North race (Pittsburgh) against the No. 2 team in the AFC South race (Indianapolis). Each team would add between 12 and 15 percent to its playoff odds with a win on Thanksgiving night.Youll find our playoff odds for all 32 teams below. For a full explanation on how we calculate each teams playoff odds,?see the bottom of the article.AFC PLAYOFF PREDICTIONSFAVORITES1. New England Patriots (8-2)Odds of making playoffs: 98.4 percentThe Raiders are currently the AFCs No. 1 seed based on the strength of victory tiebreaker. Thats not a very good one for the Patriots, since they had both Cleveland and San Francisco on the schedule. But its unlikely to come down to that by the end of the season. New England has been the better team on a play-by-play basis and has the easier schedule down the stretch (with two games against the Jets and a home game against the Rams). Vapormax Boty Cz . LOUIS -- Cardinals cleanup hitter Allen Craig says hes recovered from a foot injury and ready to be put on St. Vapormax Flyknit Pánská . P.A. Parenteau scored early in the third period to help the Avs edge Toronto 2-1 on Tuesday night. Cory Sarich also scored for Colorado (3-0-0), which is off to its best ever start. http://www.vapormaxlevne.cz/vapormax-plus-boty.html . 8 Iowa State on Saturday, sending the Cyclones to their third consecutive loss. The Longhorns (14-4, 3-2) got their biggest win of the season with their third in the row in the Big 12. Vapormax Off White Fake . -- Former San Diego Chargers safety Paul Oliver was found dead at his Atlanta-area home Tuesday night, and a medical examiner said Wednesday that the ex-player committed suicide. Vapormax Plus Cz . - NASCAR announced a 33-race schedule for the 2014 Nationwide Series with virtually no changes from this years slate. Jeff Green is on his way to Orlando, giving the Magic another veteran to add to a young core.Greens agent, David Falk, says his client agreed to terms on a deal Friday. Falk declined to reveal the details of the agreement, but several outlets have reported its a one-year deal worth $15 million.Green averaged 11.7 points and 4.2 rebounds in 80 games for the Memphis Grizzlies and Los Angeles Clippers last season. He joins Serge Ibaka and D.J. Augustin as part of a revamped Magic roster that is adding more experience around younger players such as Elfrid Payton, Nikola Vucevic and Aaron Gordon.Green will be entering his ninth NBA season. The Magic will be his fifth team in the NBA after playing for the Clippers, Boston Celtics, Grizzlies?and Oklahoma City Thunder.The Clippers acquired Green in a February deal with the Grizzlies last season, hoping the talented swingman could proviide a scoring punch off the bench.ddddddddddddUltimately, though, the 29-year-old Green didnt quite live up to expectations or the price tag of Lance Stephenson and a future first-round draft pick that the Clippers spent to acquire Green.Green averaged 10.9 points over 26.3 minutes in 27 games with the Clippers, including 10 starts. His points-per-game average wouldve been a career low over a full season.At times, he showed glimpses of the talent that made him the fifth overall draft pick in 2007, but in other instances, he more or less disappeared, the same cycle that has haunted him throughout his career and thus earned him the reputation as one of the most maddeningly inconsistent players in the NBA.The Associated Press contributed to this report. ' ' '