Philly Falter in Texas & Patrick Saves Chiefs – Top Moments from National Football League the Twelfth Week

Week 12 provided an epic Dallas Cowboys comeback, or perhaps an epic Eagles collapse?

Postseason Patrick Mahomes arrived to rescue the Kansas City's season as the Bears keep to impress while they extend their victorious streak.

Did Shedeur Sanders do sufficiently on his debut NFL outing to secure the starting job in Ohio?

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

The Breakdown – Cowboys Comeback or Philly Fail?

The Cowboys were down and out at twenty-one to zero down versus the defending Super Bowl champions, how exactly did they produce their equal-largest recovery ever?

The emotions of a first home game after Marshawn Kneeland tragic passing may have played a part, however it was a mixture of Dak Prescott determination and a defensive unit that pounced on uncommon mistakes by the Eagles.

Prescott surpassed Romo’s records for passing yards (now 34,378) and game-winning drives (twenty-five) with an all-action performance – his plunging touchdown embodying his all-action display.

Philadelphia squandered a lead of 21 points or more for the initial time after nineteen ninety-nine, with only their second game with several turnovers this year – the other being another bad NFC East defeat at the New York.

Along with fourteen penalties for 96 yards, the attacking struggles that affected Jalen Hurts after what – for him – was an fast beginning was huge. He had only passed for 200-plus yards in four games prior to the weekend, he had more than 150 in the first half by himself in Texas.

Yet from the time the Eagles went twenty-one to zero up their offense derailed dramatically – with four straight punts, a missed three-point attempt and then a turnover giving opportunity after opportunity to the Dallas.

Philadelphia’s defence is brilliant, it truly is, but an offense that's not surpassed twenty-one points in 5 of 7 games (three losses) is now a huge worry, because the components are all there but it's just not clicking.

Nick Sirianni approach is all about winning the key situations, the defence keeps them in it and what offence there is does just about sufficient – if it cannot even do that and now the discipline and ball protection is failing, there may be problems ahead.

Spotlight – Playoff Patrick Shows Up Early to Save Chiefs

It wasn't quite as extreme, but the Chiefs’ 11-point comeback in the fourth quarter against a powerful Colts squad was very notable – and could have only saved their season.

How significant was it? Well, the NFL's advanced analytics now give the Kansas City a 58% probability of making the postseason, when a defeat on Sunday would have reduced that number to twenty-eight percent.

It’s no surprise the postseason form of Patrick Mahomes turned up, passing for 235 yards in the latter half alone and guiding 3 point-scoring drives in their final four series to win it in extra time.

Some huge passes and daring runs are typical for Mahomes in the playoffs, but currently the Chiefs are in post-season form – at six and five and just tenth in the AFC standings.

This was closer to the old Kansas City however, with a first one-score win of the year after losing five previously – they secured 11 of them the previous season so, if that belief returns, this Kansas City faithful may not be finished so soon.

Talking Point – Are Chicago Be Rulers of the North?

You can no longer ignore the Bears now. A victory over the Steelers, minus Aaron Rodgers, maintained them top of the NFC North and at 8-3 – holding the identical standing as the Philadelphia.

They appear dangerous on both sides of the field, with a defence that leads the league in picks and total takeaways and, in Caleb Williams, a young quarterback now accustomed to winning tight games.

He can still be shaky, surrendering a score after a fumble in his own goal area – but he additionally passed for three scores and, with already 5 final period comebacks this season, he understands how to finish the game.

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

The Bears are interestingly the most reliable with 8 wins in nine, but as they visit the championship winners on Thanksgiving we'll see exactly how good they really are.

Preview – Exciting Thanksgiving in Store

It appears among the most exciting Thanksgiving line-ups for a long time, with every game packed with playoff implications.

Detroit host the Green Bay in the traditional opener in Michigan, before a rare trip back to Dallas for the Chiefs, who started out existence as the Texans way back in the 1960s before relocating to Kansas City.

Sunday's comeback kings are both holding on to postseason hopes but have minimal margin for mistakes – so this will have a playoff feel.

What about the Ravens? An unattractive victory over the New York actually has them top of the division after starting one and five and looking dead and buried.

Holiday and Black Friday Games (all times GMT)

• Thursday, twenty-seven November: Green Bay Packers @ Detroit Lions (6:00 PM)
• Thursday, 27 November: Chiefs @ Dallas Cowboys (9:30 PM)
• Friday, twenty-eight November: Bengals @ Ravens (1:20 AM)
• Friday, twenty-eight November: Bears @ Philadelphia Eagles (8:00 PM)

Can Sanders Keep His Job?

Cleveland Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski dismissed questions on whether Sanders had done sufficiently in his first professional start to keep the first-team job when Dillon Gabriel returns.

Yet the question will keep being asked as Shedeur became the first Browns signal-caller to secure his debut league game after Eric Zeier in 1999 – with seventeen other rookie quarterbacks unsuccessful to do so since.

It came just the Raiders, and with the help of an almost aggressive Browns defense getting 10 tackles, but the Browns’ offense needs a director, a presence to inspire belief.

And self-belief is one thing not lacking in Shedeur, who told a CBS {