NBC analyst Cris Collinsworth will not be part of the network's Thanksgiving Night Football game, with former Cowboys coach Jason Garrett set to join Mike Tirico for Bengals vs Ravens

Cris Collinsworth won't be on NBC's Thanksgiving broadcasts of the Ravens vs. Bengals game. The color commentator's absence is of the planned variety.

The Los Angeles Rams’ Week 12 Sunday Night Football victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers was the 500th game of Cris Collinsworth’s commentary career. MORE: New ESPN documentary to highlight Stuart Scott’s life,

In addition to performing during halftime of the Bengals-Ravens game, Lil Jon will also be appearing in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade at 8:30 a.m. ET across all time zones on NBC and Peacock that same day. In other words, it will be a busy Thanksgiving for the 54-year-old rapper.

Jason Garrett replaces Cris Collinsworth for NBC’s Thanksgiving game as networks adjust their holiday broadcast teams during a busy NFL week

Outside of the Super Bowl, Thanksgiving Day is arguably the biggest day on the NFL calendar. But this year's primetime holiday matchup will reportedly be missing one of the sport's top commentators. On the heels of his 500th career broadcast,

Home teams are 122-114-12 all-time on Thanksgiving. The Lions and Cowboys have combined to go 72-67-3 on Turkey Day with all 142 of those games taking place at home. All other NFL teams are 50-47-9 at home on the holiday. Home teams are 10-8 in the third, primetime matchup that was added to the annual Thanksgiving slate in 2006.

The NFL is set for three games on Thanksgiving Day and one more on Black Friday. Here is the holiday NFL schedule.

While the Bears do not play on Sunday this week, they aren’t playing on Thanksgiving either. Instead, the team will be taking on the Philadelphia Eagles on Friday at Lincoln Financial Field, giving themselves a stern test as they take on the defending Super Bowl champions.

Both the Bears and Eagles enter the game with 8-3 records and hopes of not only the playoffs but a potential top seed first round bye in the NFC. The game is not airing on TV in Ohio, though it can be watched via streaming.