Welcome back to BTSC’s Friday night open thread:

I hope everyone had an enjoyable Thanksgiving one filled with good food and better company. Let’s chat about our holidays.

What’s your favorite traditional Thanksgiving side dish?
Do you and/or your family make any unique dishes for the holiday dinner? For example, in the Pacific Northwest, I know some misguided turkey haters will prepare salmon or other seafood dishes.
If you watched any of the Thanksgiving football games, which one did you find the most entertaining?
Do any of you have any Turkey Bowl-style backyard football games you play with your family?

2. This week is also Bengals week. There has seemingly been some despair and panic among the fanbase coming off the loss to the Browns. This is your sounding board: what are your nagging and/or intrusive thoughts about the team as they head into the final month? What are your predictions for Sunday?

3. Hard Knocks: In Season with the AFC North debuts on Tuesday. Do you plan to watch along? Whether you plan to and want to hear more discussion of the episode, or you don’t have access to HBO but want to follow along, Read & React will be doing a limited watch-along podcast series where we react to the episodes after they air.

4. Song of the Week: “tv off (feat. lefty gunplay)” — Kendrick Lamar

Kendrick Lamar dropped a new album last weekend and I’ve put it on daily since. K Dot will be performing the Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show. Let’s hope the Steelers see him there.