Philadelphia Falter in Texas & Patrick Saves Kansas City – Top Highlights from National Football League Week 12

The twelfth week delivered an incredible Dallas Cowboys comeback, or was it an epic Philadelphia Eagles implosion?

Postseason Mahomes showed up to salvage the Chiefs' campaign as the Bears continue to impress while they continue their winning run.

Did Sanders do sufficiently on his debut professional outing to earn the starting job in Ohio?

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

The Breakdown – Cowboys Comeback or Eagles Collapse?

Dallas were down and out at 21-0 down versus the reigning championship champions, so how on earth did they produce their equal-largest comeback in history?

Sentiment of a first home fixture since Marshawn Kneeland untimely passing could have been a factor, however it was a mixture of Dak Prescott determination and a defence that cashed in on rare errors by the Philadelphia.

Prescott surpassed Tony Romo records for yards thrown (now 34,378) and game-winning possessions (25) with an all-action display – his plunging score personifying his energetic display.

Philadelphia squandered a advantage of twenty-one points or more for the initial time after nineteen ninety-nine, with just their second game with multiple turnovers this season – the other being a disappointing NFC East loss at the New York.

Along with 14 infractions for ninety-six yards, the attacking malaise that affected Hurts after what – for him – was an fast beginning was huge. He'd only passed for over two hundred yards in four games before Sunday, he had more than 150 in the opening two quarters by himself in Texas.

Yet from the time the Eagles went 21-0 up their offense derailed spectacularly – with four straight punts, a failed field goal and then a fumble handing opportunity after opportunity to the Dallas.

The Eagles defense is excellent, it truly is, but an offense that's not surpassed twenty-one points in five of 7 games (three losses) is now a huge worry, because the components are all there but it's simply not working.

Nick Sirianni game is all about winning the key moments, the defense keeps them in it and what offense there is does barely enough – if it can't even do that and now the composure and possession security is breaking down, there could be trouble ahead.

In Focus – Playoff Patrick Appears Prematurely to Rescue Kansas City

It wasn't as dramatic, but the Chiefs’ 11-point comeback in the final period versus a strong Indianapolis team was very impressive – and could have just rescued their season.

How significant was it? Well, the league’s advanced analytics now assign the Kansas City a fifty-eight percent chance of reaching the postseason, whereas a loss on the weekend would have dropped that figure to twenty-eight percent.

No wonder the playoff version of Patrick Mahomes arrived, throwing for 235 yards in the second half alone and guiding 3 scoring drives in their final four possessions to seal it in overtime.

Some big passes and daring scrambles are typical for Mahomes in the playoffs, but right now the Kansas City are in post-season mode – at six and five and just tenth in the AFC rankings.

That was closer to the old Kansas City though, with a initial one-score win of the season after losing five previously – they won eleven of them the previous season so, if that confidence comes back, this Kansas City faithful might not be finished so soon.

Talking Point – Are Chicago Be Rulers of the Division?

You can no longer ignore the Bears any longer. A win over the Steelers, without Rodgers, maintained them first of the NFC North and at 8-3 – sharing the identical record as the Philadelphia.

They appear threatening on each side of the ball, with a defense that tops the league in interceptions and total takeaways and, in Caleb Williams, a emerging quarterback now used to securing tight games.

He can still be shaky, giving away a score after a turnover in his own goal area – but he additionally passed for three scores and, with already five final period rallies this season, he understands how to finish the game.

Green Bay are in hot chase in the NFC North after dominating the Vikings and the Lions are in contention after beating the New York in extra time with a huge game from Gibbs.

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

Look Ahead – Exciting Thanksgiving in Store

It appears one of the best holiday line-ups for years, with each game packed with playoff consequences.

The Lions welcome the Green Bay in the classic curtain-raiser in Michigan, before a rare visit back to Dallas for the Kansas City, who started out life as the Texans long ago in the 1960s before relocating to Missouri.

The weekend’s comeback teams are both holding on to playoff aspirations but have very little margin for error – so this will have a post-season feel.

And how about the Baltimore Ravens? An ugly win over the Jets in fact has them leading of the division after starting 1-5 and appearing dead and buried.

Thanksgiving and Shopping Day Games (all times GMT)

• Thursday, 27 November: Green Bay Packers @ Detroit Lions (6:00 PM)
• Thursday, twenty-seven November: Kansas City Chiefs @ Dallas Cowboys (21:30)
• Friday, 28 November: Bengals @ Baltimore Ravens (01:20)
• Friday, twenty-eight November: Chicago Bears @ Eagles (20:00)

Can Sanders Keep His Job?

Cleveland Browns coach Stefanski dismissed inquiries on whether Sanders had performed enough in his first professional start to maintain the starting job when Dillon Gabriel comes back.

But the issue will keep being raised as Sanders became the first Cleveland signal-caller to secure his debut league game since Eric Zeier in nineteen ninety-nine – with seventeen other rookie signal callers unsuccessful to do so since.

It was just the Raiders, and with the assistance of an almost feral Cleveland defense getting ten tackles, but Cleveland's offense needs a director, a presence to inspire belief.

Moreover confidence is one thing not missing in Sanders, who told a network {