Philly Falter in Texas & Mahomes Saves Chiefs – Top Moments from National Football League Week 12

Week 12 delivered an epic Cowboys comeback, or perhaps an epic Philadelphia Eagles collapse?

Postseason Mahomes showed up to salvage the Kansas City's season as the Bears continue to impress as they extend their winning run.

And did Shedeur Sanders do sufficiently on his debut NFL outing to earn the full-time job in Cleveland?

We’ll examine at the best of the week in the league.

Analysis – Dallas Rally or Philly Fail?

Dallas were down and out at twenty-one to zero down against the reigning championship winners, so how on earth did they produce their equal-largest comeback ever?

Sentiment of a initial home fixture after Marshawn Kneeland untimely death could have played a part, however it was a mixture of Dak Prescott determination and a defence that pounced on rare errors by the Philadelphia.

Prescott surpassed Romo’s records for yards thrown (now 34,378) and clutch possessions (25) with an dynamic performance – his plunging score embodying his all-action display.

Philadelphia wasted a lead of twenty-one points or more for the first time since 1999, with only their second game with multiple giveaways this year – the other being a disappointing division loss at the New York.

In addition to fourteen penalties for ninety-six yards, the attacking malaise that affected Jalen Hurts after what – for him – was an fast beginning was huge. He'd only thrown for over two hundred yards in 4 games before the weekend, he had more than 150 in the first half alone in Dallas.

However from the time Philadelphia went twenty-one to zero up their offense derailed dramatically – with four straight punts, a failed field goal and then a fumble handing opportunity after opportunity to the Cowboys.

The Eagles defense is brilliant, it really is, but an offense that's not surpassed twenty-one points in five of 7 games (3 losses) is now a major worry, because the pieces are all there but it's simply not working.

Nick Sirianni game is all about securing the key situations, the defence keeps them in it and what offense there is manages just about enough – if it cannot even do that and now the discipline and ball protection is failing, there may be problems in the future.

In Focus – Playoff Patrick Shows Up Early to Save Kansas City

It wasn’t quite as dramatic, but Kansas City's 11-point recovery in the final period versus a powerful Colts squad was hugely impressive – and could have just rescued their campaign.

How big was it? Well, the NFL's advanced analytics now assign the Kansas City a fifty-eight percent chance of making the playoffs, whereas a defeat on the weekend would have reduced that number to 28%.

It’s no surprise the playoff form of Mahomes arrived, throwing for 235 yards in the second half alone and guiding three point-scoring possessions in their last 4 series to win it in overtime.

Some big throws and daring scrambles are typical for Mahomes in the playoffs, but currently the Chiefs are in playoff form – at 6-5 and just 10th in the AFC rankings.

That was more like the former Chiefs however, with a first one-score victory of the year after losing 5 already – they won 11 of them the previous season so, if that belief comes back, this Kansas City faithful may not be finished so soon.

Discussion – Can Bears Become Rulers of the North?

You can no longer ignore the Bears now. A victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers, minus Aaron Rodgers, kept them top of the division and at 8-3 – sharing the identical standing as the Philadelphia.

They appear dangerous on both sides of the field, with a defence that tops the league in picks and overall turnovers and, in Caleb Williams, a young quarterback now used to winning tight games.

He may still be shaky, surrendering a score after a turnover in his own end zone – but he additionally passed for three touchdowns and, with already 5 fourth-quarter rallies this season, he knows how to get the job done.

Green Bay are in close pursuit in the NFC North after overpowering the Minnesota and Detroit are right there after beating the New York in overtime with a huge game from Gibbs.

The Bears are strangely the most reliable with 8 victories in nine, but as they travel to the Super Bowl champs on Thanksgiving we'll see exactly how good they really are.

Preview – Thrilling Thanksgiving in Prospect

It appears among the most exciting holiday line-ups for years, with each game loaded with playoff consequences.

The Lions host the Packers in the classic curtain-raiser in Detroit, before a unusual trip return to Texas for the Kansas City, who started out existence as the Texans long ago in the sixties before relocating to Kansas City.

The weekend’s comeback kings are each clinging to postseason aspirations but have minimal margin for error – so this will have a playoff feel.

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

Thanksgiving and Black Friday Games (all times GMT)

• Thursday, twenty-seven November: Green Bay Packers @ Lions (18:00)
• Thursday, twenty-seven November: Kansas City Chiefs @ Cowboys (21:30)
• Friday, 28 November: Cincinnati Bengals @ Ravens (1:20 AM)
• Friday, 28 November: Chicago Bears @ Philadelphia Eagles (20:00)

Will Shedeur Sanders Retain His Job?

Browns head coach Stefanski batted away inquiries on whether Sanders had performed enough in his debut NFL outing to keep the first-team job when Gabriel comes back.

Yet the question will keep being asked as Sanders became the first Browns signal-caller to win his first league game since Zeier in 1999 – with seventeen other rookie signal callers failing to do so afterward.

It came only the Las Vegas, and with the help of an nearly aggressive Browns defence getting 10 sacks, but Cleveland's offense requires a director, a figurehead to inspire belief.

And self-belief is something not missing in Sanders, who told a network {