Mike McCarthy has it marked on his calendar every November. This year it was on the 28th. Holiday: Thanksgiving. Media: will start asking about playoff chances. “I want to play ping-pong and bat it back over the net,

Mike McCarthy had a huge supporter speaking on his behalf as the Dallas Cowboys knocked off the Giants on Thanksgiving Day.

The losing at home started when the Green Bay Packers beat them in the wild-card round of the playoffs, but before then, they had won 16 straight games. Coming into their game against the Giants, they had lost six home games in a row and set an NFL record by trailing by at least 20 points in all of those games.