Thanksgiving is synonymous with football and food, so we mixed them together this week.
We learned that Lamar Jackson's favorite Thanksgiving dish is sweet potato pie.
"I love sweet potato pie," he said. "It depends who cooks it though, because some people can't cook. My people can cook, though, so if my people are cooking it, yes, I'm going with that."
While there are lots of good options, there are some that don't get touched as much as others.
We surveyed the Ravens locker room and asked players what their least favorite Thanksgiving side is. Here are their responses:
T Roger Rosengarten
Rosengarten: My least favorite is Cranberry sauce. I don't know if that's a side, but I've never liked cranberries. I like cranberry juice, but the side, I don't know, I don't like it.
Any reason why?
Rosengarten: I don't know, I never liked it. I never liked it.
Brent Urban: Cranberry sauce is kinda weak. [It's] a can of, like, gelatin.
OL Patrick Mekari
Mekari: I don't like Thanksgiving food. All of it, I don't like it.
Do you do anything for Thanksgiving?
Mekari: Yeah, we'll get together, but Thanksgiving food does not excite me at all. What's a side? Tell me the sides.
I have a list right here.
Mekari: Stuffing, I don't like. Gravy is okay. Potato salad I don't like. Cornbread I don't really like. Glazed carrots? No, I don't like them. Fruit salad, [I] hate. I hate fruit and I'm not a fan of salad. So, fruit salad [is my least favorite].
RB Keaton Mitchell
Mitchell: What's the red stuff?
Cranberry sauce?
Mitchell: Yeah, I don't like that. It just isn't good to me.
Do you have a favorite Thanksgiving side?
Mitchell: Mac and cheese for sure.
Do you like turkey?
Mitchell: It's alright. I just go for the mac and cheese, for real, and the collard greens.
FB Pat Ricard
Ricard: I like all sides, but probably turkey.
Is it too dry?
Ricard: Yeah, I'd rather eat like ham, I'd rather eat other meats than turkey.
Do you still do turkey when at Thanksgiving?
Ricard: Yeah, it's like you have to. But I don't like it.
S Beau Brade
Brade: Cranberry sauce. Definitely.
Everybody around here does not like cranberry sauce.
Brade: Without a doubt, that's my least favorite. I just don't like the taste of it. I don't feel like it tastes good. So that by a mile. I'm trying to think about what else.
I have a list.
Brade: I still don't really know the difference between stuffing and dressing. Stuffing is [my] next [least favorite]. But like cranberry sauce and [a big gap] then stuffing. I can eat stuffing, cranberry sauce I'm not going to touch it.
TE Isaiah Likely
Likely: Probably stuffing. It ain't me. I just never really liked it, for real.
