Philly Stumble in Dallas & Patrick Saves Kansas City – Best Moments from NFL Week 12

The twelfth week delivered an incredible Dallas Cowboys rally, or was it an massive Philadelphia Eagles collapse?

Playoff Mahomes showed up to rescue the Kansas City's season while the Bears continue to surprise while they extend their victorious run.

And did Shedeur Sanders perform enough on his first NFL outing to earn the starting job in Cleveland?

We’ll examine at the pick of the action in the league.

The Breakdown – Cowboys Comeback or Eagles Collapse?

The Cowboys found themselves down and out at twenty-one to zero behind versus the reigning Super Bowl champions, so how on earth did they produce their equal-largest comeback in history?

Sentiment of a first home fixture after a teammate’s tragic death could have been a factor, however it was a mixture of Dak Prescott resolve and a defensive unit that pounced on rare mistakes by the Eagles.

Dak eclipsed Romo’s records for passing yards (now 34,378) and game-winning possessions (twenty-five) with an all-action display – his plunging touchdown embodying his energetic showing.

Philly wasted a advantage of twenty-one points or more for the initial time after 1999, with only their second game with multiple turnovers this year – the previous being another disappointing NFC East defeat at the New York.

Along with 14 infractions for ninety-six yards, the attacking struggles that affected Jalen Hurts after what – for him – was an fast start was significant. He had only thrown for 200-plus yards in 4 games prior to the weekend, he had over one hundred fifty in the opening two quarters by himself in Dallas.

Yet from the time Philadelphia went twenty-one to zero up their offence derailed spectacularly – with four consecutive punts, a failed three-point attempt and then a fumble handing opportunity after opportunity to the Cowboys.

Philadelphia’s defense is excellent, it really is, but an offense that's not surpassed twenty-one points in 5 of seven games (three losses) is now a major worry, as the components are all there but it's simply not clicking.

Sirianni’s approach is all about securing the key situations, the defence maintains them in it and what offense there is does just about enough – if it can't even do that and now the composure and possession security is failing, there could be problems ahead.

In Focus – Playoff Patrick Shows Up Early to Save Chiefs

It wasn’t quite as dramatic, but the Chiefs’ eleven-point comeback in the fourth quarter against a strong Indianapolis squad was hugely impressive – and could have only rescued their campaign.

How significant was it? Indeed, the league’s advanced analytics now assign the Kansas City a 58% probability of making the postseason, whereas a defeat on the weekend would have dropped that number to twenty-eight percent.

It’s no surprise the postseason form of Mahomes turned up, passing for two hundred thirty-five yards in the latter half by itself and guiding three point-scoring possessions in their final 4 possessions to win it in overtime.

Some huge throws and swashbuckling scrambles are commonplace for Mahomes in the playoffs, but currently the Kansas City are in post-season mode – at six and five and just tenth in the conference rankings.

That was closer to the old Kansas City however, with a initial one-score victory of the year after dropping five already – they secured 11 of them the previous season so, if that belief comes back, this Kansas City faithful might not be done so soon.

Talking Point – Can Bears Become Kings of the North?

You just can't overlook the Chicago Bears now. A win over the Pittsburgh Steelers, minus Aaron Rodgers, maintained them first of the division and at eight and three – sharing the identical record as the Philadelphia.

They appear dangerous on both sides of the field, with a defense that tops the NFL in picks and total turnovers and, in Caleb Williams, a young player now used to winning tight games.

He can at times be shaky, surrendering a touchdown after a fumble in his team’s goal area – but he also threw three touchdowns and, with already 5 final period comebacks this season, he knows how to finish the game.

Green Bay are in close pursuit in the division after overpowering the Vikings and the Lions are in contention after overcoming the New York in overtime with a huge game from Jahmyr Gibbs.

Chicago are strangely the most consistent with 8 wins in 9, but as they visit the championship winners on the holiday we'll see exactly how good they really are.

Look Ahead – Exciting Thanksgiving in Store

This looks among the best holiday line-ups for a long time, with every game packed with postseason implications.

Detroit host the Green Bay in the traditional curtain-raiser in Detroit, prior to a unusual visit return to Texas for the Chiefs, who started out existence as the Dallas Texans long ago in the sixties before moving to Kansas City.

The weekend’s rally teams are both holding on to postseason hopes but have minimal margin for error – so this will have a playoff atmosphere.

And how about the Baltimore Ravens? An ugly victory over the Jets in fact has them top of the division after starting one and five and appearing dead and buried.

Thanksgiving and Shopping Day Fixtures (all times GMT)

• Thursday, twenty-seven November: Packers @ Detroit Lions (6:00 PM)
• Thursday, 27 November: Kansas City Chiefs @ Dallas Cowboys (9:30 PM)
• Friday, twenty-eight November: Bengals @ Baltimore Ravens (01:20)
• Friday, 28 November: Chicago Bears @ Eagles (8:00 PM)

Will Shedeur Sanders Keep His Job?

Cleveland Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski batted away inquiries on whether Shedeur Sanders had done sufficiently in his debut NFL outing to maintain the starting position when Dillon Gabriel returns.

Yet the issue will keep being raised as Shedeur became the first Browns signal-caller to win his debut league game since Eric Zeier in nineteen ninety-nine – with 17 additional first-year quarterbacks failing to do so since.

It was just the Las Vegas, and with the assistance of an almost aggressive Browns defense getting ten tackles, but Cleveland's offence needs a leader, a presence to build confidence.

Moreover confidence is something not missing in Sanders, who told a CBS {