In NFL, Thanksgiving means General Tso's Chicken
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FOXBORO -- Around the country, families will sit down for Turkey dinner Thursday for the annual Thanksgiving ritual. Football players don't know anything about that. Thanks to the NFL scheduling, most haven't had a Thanksgiving since college, or a Christmas, either. "It's my ninth year. I haven't had a Thanksgiving or a Christmas, so I don't really think about it," said defensive back Lewis Sanders. "I'll probably eat Chinese food on thanksgiving. I don't have nowhere to go," Sanders said, clearly opening himself up to an invite from legions of crazed fans. Six teams will play games on Thanksgiving, and some of the rest will at least have the day off from practice. Sanders said that it takes some adjustment for the younger players, but on a veteran team like the Patriots, the short week shouldn't effect game preparation at all. "Maybe the young guys are like, 'oh my god, we have to work on Thanksgiving?' But I've been around, and this team has been around, so we're just going to prepare and go forward," Sanders said. 
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