Happy Thanksgiving from Extra Points. We're thankful for our readers and their insightful comments, and for having the opportunity to keep everyone informed about something they are so clearly passionate about. We truly appreciate it.

With that in mind, we'll again pass along Bill Belichick's words from yesterday, when he opened his press conference:

"First of all, I want to pass along Thanksgiving wishes to all of you, the fans, the players’ families and everybody that has to put up with us through the year. It’s a great time for all of us to be thankful, especially those of us with the Patriots. We have a great situation here. It’s a great opportunity. I appreciate the Kraft family giving me an opportunity to be the coach here. We certainly have outstanding facilities, and support and everything to work with. Robert [Kraft] talked to the team this morning, I thought he put the day in a good perspective — or tomorrow, as it would be. It’s a good time to reflect and be appreciative and take at least one day out of the year to do that, we probably should take every day."

Enjoy your family, your food, and your football today.

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In wholly unrelated, non-Thanksgiving news, there's this: The Patriots are not obligated to fill the practice squad spot vacated when the Buccaneers signed Terrence Nunn to their 53-man roster, but they worked out five players for the position. This week, according to a league source, they brought in wide receivers Michael Ray Garvin (Florida State), Shaheer McBride (Delaware State), and Logan Payne (Minnesota) and defensive backs Dahna Deleston (Connecticut) and Marcus McCauley (Fresno State).