Philly Stumble in Texas & Patrick Saves Chiefs – Top Moments from National Football League Week 12

The twelfth week delivered an incredible Cowboys comeback, or was it an massive Eagles implosion?

Playoff Mahomes showed up to salvage the Kansas City's season while the Bears keep to surprise as they extend their winning streak.

Did Sanders do enough on his first professional start to secure the full-time job in Ohio?

Let's take a look at the pick of the action in the league.

Analysis – Cowboys Comeback or Philly Fail?

Dallas found themselves trailing badly at 21-0 behind against the defending championship champions, how exactly did they produce their equal-largest comeback in history?

Sentiment of a initial home game since a teammate’s untimely passing may have been a factor, however it was a mixture of Dak Prescott resolve and a defence that pounced on rare errors by the Eagles.

Dak surpassed Romo’s marks for passing yards (now thirty-four thousand three hundred seventy-eight) and game-winning drives (twenty-five) with an dynamic performance – his diving touchdown personifying his all-action showing.

Philly wasted a lead of twenty-one points or more for the first time after nineteen ninety-nine, with just their second game with several turnovers this season – the other being a bad division loss at the Giants.

Along with fourteen infractions for 96 yards, the attacking struggles that affected Hurts after what – for him – was an fast start was huge. He'd only passed for 200-plus yards in four games before the weekend, he had over 150 in the first half alone in Texas.

However from the time the Eagles went twenty-one to zero up their offence fell apart spectacularly – with four straight kicks, a missed three-point attempt and then a fumble giving opportunity after chance to the Cowboys.

Philadelphia’s defense is brilliant, it truly is, but an offense that's not surpassed 21 points in 5 of 7 games (three losses) is now a huge concern, because the components are all there but it's just not working.

Nick Sirianni game is all about securing the big situations, the defense maintains them in it and what offence there is manages just about sufficient – if it cannot even do that and now the discipline and ball protection is breaking down, there could be problems ahead.

Spotlight – Postseason Mahomes Appears Early to Rescue Kansas City

It wasn't quite as extreme, but the Chiefs’ eleven-point comeback in the fourth quarter against a powerful Indianapolis team was very notable – and may have only rescued their campaign.

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

No wonder the postseason version of Mahomes turned up, passing for two hundred thirty-five yards in the latter half by itself and guiding three point-scoring drives in their last four series to seal it in extra time.

Some huge passes and swashbuckling runs are commonplace for Patrick in the postseason, but currently the Kansas City are in post-season mode – at six and five and only 10th in the AFC rankings.

This was more like the former Chiefs however, with a initial one-score win of the year after losing 5 previously – they won 11 of them the previous season so, if that belief comes back, this Chiefs Kingdom may not be done so soon.

Discussion – Are Chicago Become Kings of the Division?

You can no longer ignore the Bears any longer. A win over the Pittsburgh Steelers, without Aaron Rodgers, maintained them first of the division and at eight and three – sharing the same record as the Philadelphia.

They look threatening on each side of the ball, with a defence that tops the league in picks and overall turnovers and, in Caleb Williams, a young player now accustomed to winning close games.

He can at times be shaky, giving away a touchdown after a fumble in his team’s end zone – but he also passed for three touchdowns and, with already 5 fourth-quarter rallies this year, he understands how to get the job done.

Green Bay are in close pursuit in the NFC North after overpowering the Vikings and Detroit are right there after overcoming the New York in overtime with a monster game from Jahmyr Gibbs.

The Bears are strangely the most reliable with 8 wins in nine, but as they visit the Super Bowl champs on Thanksgiving we'll discover exactly how strong they truly are.

Preview – Thrilling Thanksgiving in Store

It appears one of the best Thanksgiving line-ups for years, with every game packed with postseason implications.

The Lions welcome the Green Bay in the classic curtain-raiser in Detroit, before a rare trip return to Texas for the Kansas City, who began existence as the Dallas Texans long ago in the 1960s before relocating to Kansas City.

Sunday's rally kings are each holding on to postseason hopes but have very little room for error – so this will have a post-season atmosphere.

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

Thanksgiving and Black Friday Games (all times GMT)

• Thursday, twenty-seven November: Green Bay Packers @ Lions (18:00)
• Thursday, 27 November: Kansas City Chiefs @ Cowboys (9:30 PM)
• Friday, 28 November: Bengals @ Baltimore Ravens (1:20 AM)
• Friday, 28 November: Bears @ Philadelphia Eagles (20:00)

Will Shedeur Sanders Retain His Starting Role?

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

But the issue will keep being asked as Sanders became the first Browns quarterback to secure his first league start since Eric Zeier in 1999 – with 17 other first-year signal callers failing to do so afterward.

It came just the Las Vegas, and with the assistance of an almost feral Cleveland defence recording 10 sacks, but the Browns’ offence needs a leader, a presence to build confidence.

And confidence is something not missing in Shedeur, who informed a network {