What Is The Jersey Patch NFL Teams Are Wearing On Thanksgiving?

For the third straight season, the NFL will have teams wear a circular patch on the left shoulders of their jerseys on Thanksgiving that depicts late Hall of Fame head coach and broadcaster John Madden wearing a headset.

Nobody brought Thanksgiving football to life like John Madden ❤️ pic.twitter.com/FgoP2WlcoW
— NFL (@NFL) November 26, 2025

Thursday’s lineup features three games, including the Green Bay Packers at the Detroit Lions (1 p.m. ET on FOX), the Kansas City Chiefs at the Dallas Cowboys (4:30 p.m. ET on CBS) and the Cincinnati Bengals at the Baltimore Ravens (8:20 p.m. on NBC).

A commemorative coin with Madden’s silhouette on one side (heads) and a six-legged turducken on the other (tails) with be used for the pregame coins toss, while a “John Madden Thanksgiving Celebration” stencil will be placed on the sidelines at Ford Field, AT&T Stadium and M&T Bank Stadium.

🦃4th Annual John Madden Thanksgiving Celebration🦃

Multi-faceted celebration on Nov. 27 across CBS, FOX & NBC

Special coins will be used in each game & player jerseys will feature John Madden patch

Each network will select a Madden Thanksgiving MVP

Release:… pic.twitter.com/mJMy5tNl19
— NFL Media (@NFLMedia) November 20, 2025

Additionally, three television networks will show a video during the games of Madden saying, “There’s no place that I would rather be today on Thanksgiving than right here, right now, at a football game. There’s just certain things that go together – the turkey, the family, tradition and football.”

Madden, who passed away in 2021 at the age of 85, went 103-32-7 as the head coach of the Oakland Raiders from 1969-78. He led the franchise to eight playoff appearances, including a 32-14 win over the Minnesota Vikings in Super Bowl XI.

After he retired from coaching, Madden ventured into broadcasting and served as the color analyst for ABC, CBS, FOX and NBC. He notably called 20 Thanksgiving Day games during his career, which also saw him become the namesake of EA Sports’ NFL video game.

The league also honored Madden in 2022 by painting his signature on the 25-yard line on Thanksgiving Day, while players wore a helmet decal that depicted the iconic image of him with his fist in the air as he was carried off the field following the aforementioned Super Bowl victory.