Get all your news in one place.
100’s of premium titles.
One app.
Start reading
USA Today Sports Media Group
USA Today Sports Media Group
Sport
Charles Curtis

How the Cowboys’ intricately planned the turkey leg in the Salvation Army kettle TD celebration days ahead

Another Thanksgiving, another Dallas Cowboys touchdown celebration in a giant Salvation Army kettle.

This time, it was a wild one: The Cowboys pulled out a turkey leg from the kettle after a KaVontae Turpin touchdown pass from Dak Prescott, and the QB chomped on it.

So how did they pull that off? It was REALLY intricate. Per a transcript from after the game, Prescott told reporters that there was “probably a two, three-day long process of whether it [would] be a 15-yard penalty and whether coach [Mike McCarthy] would accept it.”

Here’s more from Prescott on how he went through with it further:

“I actually go talk to coach before every game and sure enough, I caught him as he was talking to Jerry [Jones] and I mentioned it. Of course, Jerry liked it so, yeah. At that point my direction was just to make sure we’re up and the game was in hand and so the touchdown to CeeDee [Lamb] and the following two-point conversion, if you watch I’m kind of like, ‘Is it time? Can we do it?’ I’m like, no we’ll get another one. Sure enough, right after I threw the one to Turp, I was like, yeah let’s go for it.”

Per ESPN, there were FOUR turkey legs hidden, one in each kettle. Amazing.

Sign up to read this article
Read news from 100’s of titles, curated specifically for you.
Already a member? Sign in here
Related Stories
Top stories on inkl right now
Our Picks
Fourteen days free
Download the app
One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.