Don't invite Green Bay Packers offensive lineman Josh Sitton and any of the Detroit Lions defensive players or coaches to the same table for turkey.
There's liable to be a food fight on Thanksgiving.
Sitton went off on the Lions during an interview with Sports Radio 1250 in Milwaukee, calling them "dirtbags" and "scumbags."
Sitton didn't name the players specifically, but he's no doubt talking about defensive tackles Ndamukong Suh and Nick Fairley.
The Packers' left guard also ripped coach Jim Schwartz, defensive coordinator Gunther Cunningham and at least one of Detroit's two D-line coaches, probably Kris Kocurek, or Jim Washburn, who is in his first year on the staff.
"They go after quarterbacks," Sitton said of the Lions. "Their entire defense takes cheap shots all the time. That's what they do. That's who they are.
"They're a bunch of dirt bags or scumbags. I mean, that's just how they play. That's how they're coached.
"That starts with their frickin' coach. That starts with their head coach, Schwartz. He's a d***, too. I wouldn't want to play for him.
"It starts with him and their D-coordinator and their D-line coach. They're all just scum bags and so are the D-line."
It was two years ago on Thanksgiving that Suh got ejected and later suspended two games without pay by the NFL for his foot stomp on Sitton's teammate, offensive lineman Evan Dietrich-Smith.
A year ago in the Turkey Day game, Suh kicked Houston quarterback Matt Schaub in the groin. Suh didn't get penalized and insisted that it was accidental, but he still got fined $30,000 a few days later by the league.
All told, the two incidents have cost Suh nearly $200,000.
Asked Tuesday if he's hoping for a controversy-free Thanksgiving this year, Suh said, "The only one I was really in control over was the first one (with Dietrich-Smith). Other than that, I can't do much more. I'm just going to play hard, be aggressive and help my team win."
Besides all this bitterness, there's also a potential division title on the line when these teams meet Thursday afternoon (12:30 p.m. ET on FOX) at Ford Field in Detroit.
The Lions are tied for first place in the NFC North with Chicago, half a game ahead of the Packers.
