Philadelphia Stumble in Dallas & Patrick Rescues Kansas City – Top Highlights from National Football League Week 12

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

Postseason Mahomes showed up to rescue the Chiefs' campaign while the Bears keep to impress while they extend their winning run.

And did Shedeur Sanders perform enough on his debut professional outing to secure the full-time job in Cleveland?

Let's take a look at the best of the action in the NFL.

The Breakdown – Dallas Rally or Eagles Collapse?

Dallas found themselves trailing badly at 21-0 down against the reigning Super Bowl champions, how exactly did they engineer their joint-best recovery ever?

Sentiment of a initial home fixture after Marshawn Kneeland untimely passing may have played a part, however it was a combination of Dak Prescott determination and a defence that pounced on rare mistakes by the Eagles.

Prescott eclipsed Tony Romo marks for passing yards (now thirty-four thousand three hundred seventy-eight) and clutch possessions (25) with an all-action performance – his plunging touchdown personifying his all-action display.

Philly wasted a lead of twenty-one points or more for the first time after nineteen ninety-nine, with only their second game with multiple giveaways this season – the previous being another disappointing division defeat at the Giants.

In addition to fourteen penalties for 96 yards, the offensive malaise that hit Hurts after what – for him – was an fast beginning was significant. He had only passed for 200-plus yards in four games before the weekend, he had over one hundred fifty in the opening two quarters by himself in Dallas.

However from the time Philadelphia went twenty-one to zero up their offense fell apart dramatically – with four straight kicks, a missed field goal and then a turnover giving chance after chance to the Dallas.

The Eagles defence is brilliant, it truly is, but an offense that's not eclipsed twenty-one points in five of seven games (3 losses) is now a major concern, because the pieces are all there but it's just not clicking.

Nick Sirianni game is all about winning the key situations, the defence maintains them in it and what offence there is does just about enough – if it can't even do that and now the discipline and possession security is failing, there could be problems in the future.

In Focus – Playoff Patrick Appears Prematurely to Rescue Chiefs

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

How big was it? Indeed, the league’s Next Gen Stats now assign the Chiefs a fifty-eight percent probability of making the playoffs, when a defeat on Sunday would have reduced that number to twenty-eight percent.

It’s no surprise the postseason version of Patrick Mahomes arrived, passing for two hundred thirty-five yards in the second half by itself and leading three scoring drives in their final four possessions to win it in overtime.

A few huge passes and daring runs are typical for Mahomes in the postseason, but right now the Chiefs are in post-season mode – at six and five and just 10th in the AFC rankings.

That was closer to the old Kansas City however, with a initial close victory of the year after dropping 5 previously – they secured 11 of them last year so, if that belief returns, this Kansas City faithful might not be done just yet.

Talking Point – Are Chicago Be Kings of the North?

You can no longer overlook the Chicago Bears any longer. A win over the Pittsburgh Steelers, minus Aaron Rodgers, kept them top of the division and at 8-3 – holding the identical standing as the Eagles.

They look dangerous on both sides of the ball, with a defence that tops the league in picks and total takeaways and, in Williams, a young player now accustomed to winning tight games.

He may still be shaky, surrendering a touchdown after a turnover in his team’s end zone – but he additionally passed for 3 scores and, with already 5 fourth-quarter comebacks this season, he knows how to get the job done.

Green Bay are in close chase in the division after overpowering the Minnesota and Detroit are right there after overcoming the New York in overtime with a huge game from Gibbs.

The Bears are strangely the most reliable with 8 victories in 9, but as they visit the championship champs on Thanksgiving we'll see exactly how strong they truly are.

Look Ahead – Exciting Holiday in Store

This looks one of the best Thanksgiving schedules for a long time, with every game loaded with postseason implications.

The Lions welcome the Green Bay in the classic opener in Michigan, before a rare visit return to Texas for the Kansas City, who started out existence as the Texans way back in the 1960s before relocating to Missouri.

The weekend’s rally kings are each holding on to postseason aspirations but have minimal margin for error – so this will have a post-season atmosphere.

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

Thanksgiving and Black Friday Fixtures (all times GMT)

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

Can Sanders Keep His Job?

Cleveland Browns coach Kevin Stefanski dismissed questions on whether Shedeur Sanders had done sufficiently in his debut professional outing to keep the first-team position when Gabriel comes back.

Yet the issue will continue to be raised as Shedeur became the first Browns signal-caller to secure his debut NFL start since Eric Zeier in nineteen ninety-nine – with 17 additional first-year signal callers failing to do so afterward.

It was only the Raiders, and with the assistance of an almost feral Browns defense getting ten tackles, but the Browns’ offence requires a director, a presence to inspire belief.

And self-belief is something not lacking in Shedeur, who told a network {