NBC analyst and former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Jason Garrett told 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.
Starting in favor of an injured Troy Aikman in the Cowboys’ 1994 home Thanksgiving game against Brett Favre’s Packers, Jason Garrett had his defining NFL moment with 311 passing yards and two touchdowns in a 42-31 Dallas win.
Garrett and Mike Tirico were on the call for the Packers-Miami Dolphins game at Lambeau Field on Thursday evening. Garrett recalled the honors of being awarded a turkey leg for helping the Cowboys to a monumental victory.
Unfortunately, the turkey leg wound up going to waste, as Garrett explained during the NBC broadcast:
