 In practice, the changes have led to "fewer" AFC games, as the league has regularly scheduled the Lions' and Cowboys' division rivals for the contests so that ratings are maximized; eight out of the twelve Thanksgiving games involving the Lions or Cowboys since 2014 have involved a team in the same division, while only two (a 2017 contest between the Cowboys and Los Angeles Chargers and a 2019 contest between the Cowboys and Buffalo Bills) have involved the AFC.The Los Angeles Rams have the longest active appearance drought of any team, with their last appearance coming in 1975.Among current NFL markets, Cleveland has had the longest wait to have a team from its city play on Thanksgiving; the Browns last appeared in 1989, six years before suspending operations in 1995, and have not appeared in the game since rejoining the league as an expansion team in 1999.