{"id":15357,"date":"2024-11-29T13:27:38","date_gmt":"2024-11-29T13:27:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=15357"},"modified":"2024-11-29T13:27:47","modified_gmt":"2024-11-29T13:27:47","slug":"15357","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=15357","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Jason Garrett Reveals Depressing Story About What Happened To The Thanksgiving Turkey Leg He Won Back In 1994 As QB Of The Dallas Cowboys"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>NBC analyst and former\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/nfl\/dallas-cowboys\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dallas Cowboys<\/a>\u00a0quarterback\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/tag\/jason-garrett\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jason Garrett<\/a>\u00a0told a sad story about what happened to the delicious turkey leg he won for his performance in a 1994 home win against the Green Bay Packers.<\/p>\n<p>Starting in favor of an injured Troy Aikman in the Cowboys\u2019\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/boxscore\/_\/gameId\/141124006\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">1994 home Thanksgiving game<\/a>\u00a0against Brett Favre\u2019s Packers, Jason Garrett had his defining\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/nfl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NFL<\/a>\u00a0moment with 311 passing yards and two touchdowns in a 42-31 Dallas win.<\/p>\n<p>Garrett and Mike Tirico were on the call for the Packers-<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/nfl\/miami-dolphins\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Miami Dolphins<\/a>\u00a0game at Lambeau Field on Thursday evening. Garrett recalled the honors of being awarded a turkey leg for helping the Cowboys to a monumental victory.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, the turkey leg wound up going to waste, as Garrett explained during the NBC broadcast:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cI had it in the freezer. It was in tinfoil\u2026I probably had it for 15 years. And then we finally moved, and I called my wife the other day and I said, \u2018Do we still have the turkey leg?\u2019 She said, \u2018No, it\u2019s long gone.&#8217;\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<section class=\"wp-block-group check-this-out has-xs-padding-top has-sm-padding-bottom\" data-content-name=\"Check This Out\" data-track-content=\"\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-5 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex has-xl-margin-bottom\">\n<ul class=\"mai-list has-columns mai-list-icons mai-list-start\">\n<li class=\"mai-list-item is-column\">\n<div class=\"mai-list-content\">\n<p class=\"is-style-subheading has-whitespace-nowrap has-primary-color has-text-color has-sm-font-size\">\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-secondary-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-secondary-background-color has-background is-style-wide\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-sm-content-width\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div id=\"check-this-out\" class=\"mai-grid check-this-out entries entries-grid has-image-left-middle has-xl-margin-bottom\">\n<div class=\"entries-wrap has-columns\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Jason Garrett received a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MaddenThanksgiving?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MaddenThanksgiving<\/a> turkey leg back in the day for his 1994 performance.<\/p>\n<p>It then spent 15 years in tin foil in the freezer \ud83d\ude02 (via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SNFonNBC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SNFonNBC<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GoA7wpjOiZ\">pic.twitter.com\/GoA7wpjOiZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NFL (@NFL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NFL\/status\/1862347254029332740?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 29, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>We know a wealthy man like Garrett can afford all the turkey legs he wants, but to waste that specific one is quite the travesty. I mean, how many NFL players can brag about being awarded turkey legs to celebrate a win on Thanksgiving?<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-jason-garrett-won-3-rings-as-troy-aikman-s-backup\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Jason Garrett Won 3 Rings As Troy Aikman\u2019s Backup<\/h2>\n<p>As previously noted, Garrett\u2019s most memorable NFL moment was leading the Cowboys to victory over the rival Packers on Thanksgiving 1994. But he also had a decorated career as Aikman\u2019s backup QB, winning three Super Bowl rings in his tenure with the franchise.<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"entry-title entry-title-single\"><\/h1>\n<div class=\"entry-meta entry-meta-before-content\">\n<div class=\"single-entry-meta\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; NBC analyst and former\u00a0Dallas Cowboys\u00a0quarterback\u00a0Jason Garrett\u00a0told a sad story about what happened to the delicious turkey leg he won for his performance in a 1994 home win against the &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15358,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15357"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15357\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15360,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15357\/revisions\/15360"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}