Philadelphia Falter in Texas & Mahomes Rescues Chiefs – Best Highlights from NFL the Twelfth Week

Week 12 provided an incredible Cowboys comeback, or perhaps an massive Eagles implosion?

Playoff Mahomes showed up to rescue the Kansas City's campaign as the Bears keep to impress as they extend their victorious run.

And did Shedeur Sanders do enough on his first NFL start to earn the full-time role in Ohio?

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

The Breakdown – Cowboys Comeback or Eagles Collapse?

Dallas found themselves down and out at 21-0 down against the reigning Super Bowl champions, so how on earth did they engineer their equal-largest comeback ever?

The emotions of a first home game after a teammate’s tragic passing could have been a factor, but technically it was a mixture of Prescott’s resolve and a defensive unit that pounced on rare errors by the Eagles.

Prescott surpassed Romo’s marks for passing yards (now 34,378) and game-winning possessions (twenty-five) with an dynamic performance – his diving touchdown embodying his all-action showing.

Philly squandered a lead of twenty-one points or more for the first time since 1999, with only their second game with several turnovers this season – the other being a disappointing NFC East defeat at the New York.

In addition to 14 penalties for ninety-six yards, the offensive struggles that hit Jalen Hurts after what – for him – was an fast start was significant. He had only passed for over two hundred yards in 4 games before the weekend, he had more than one hundred fifty in the first half alone in Texas.

However from the time Philadelphia went 21-0 up their offence derailed spectacularly – with four straight kicks, a missed three-point attempt and then a fumble handing chance after opportunity to the Dallas.

Philadelphia’s defence is brilliant, it really is, but an offence that's not surpassed 21 points in five of 7 games (three losses) is now a major worry, as the components are all there but it's simply not clicking.

Nick Sirianni game is all about winning the key situations, the defense maintains them in it and what offence there is does barely sufficient – if it can't even do that and now the discipline and ball protection is failing, there could be problems in the future.

In Focus – Playoff Patrick Appears Early to Rescue Chiefs

It wasn't quite as extreme, but the Chiefs’ 11-point comeback in the final period versus a strong Colts team was hugely impressive – and could have only rescued their season.

How significant was it? Well, the NFL's advanced analytics now assign the Chiefs a 58% probability of reaching the postseason, when a defeat on the weekend would have dropped that figure to 28%.

It’s no surprise the playoff version of Mahomes arrived, throwing for 235 yards in the latter half alone and guiding three scoring possessions in their final 4 possessions to seal it in overtime.

Some huge throws and swashbuckling runs are typical for Mahomes in the postseason, but right now the Chiefs are in post-season mode – at 6-5 and only tenth in the AFC standings.

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

Discussion – Are Chicago Be Kings of the Division?

You just can't overlook the Chicago Bears now. A win over the Steelers, minus Aaron Rodgers, maintained them first of the NFC North and at 8-3 – holding the same record as the Eagles.

They appear dangerous on both sides of the field, with a defense that leads the league in picks and overall turnovers and, in Caleb Williams, a emerging quarterback now used to winning close games.

He can at times be shaky, surrendering a touchdown after a fumble in his own goal area – but he additionally threw 3 touchdowns and, with already 5 fourth-quarter comebacks this year, he knows how to get the job done.

The Green Bay Packers are in hot pursuit in the division after overpowering the Minnesota and the Lions are in contention after beating the New York in extra time with a monster game from Jahmyr Gibbs.

The Bears are strangely the most reliable with eight wins in nine, but as they travel to the championship champs on Thanksgiving we'll discover just how good they really are.

Look Ahead – Thrilling Thanksgiving in Prospect

This looks among the best Thanksgiving schedules for a long time, with each game packed with postseason implications.

Detroit welcome the Green Bay in the traditional opener in Michigan, before a rare visit return to Texas for the Kansas City, who began life as the Dallas Texans long ago in the sixties before relocating to Kansas City.

The weekend’s comeback kings are each holding on to playoff aspirations but have minimal room for error – so this will have a post-season feel.

What about the Baltimore Ravens? An unattractive victory over the New York actually has them leading of the AFC North after starting 1-5 and appearing finished.

Holiday and Shopping Day Games (all times GMT)

• Thursday, twenty-seven November: Packers @ Detroit Lions (6:00 PM)
• Thursday, twenty-seven November: Kansas City Chiefs @ Dallas Cowboys (21:30)
• Friday, twenty-eight November: Cincinnati Bengals @ Ravens (01:20)
• Friday, 28 November: Chicago Bears @ Philadelphia Eagles (8:00 PM)

Will Shedeur Sanders Keep His Job?

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

But the question will keep being asked as Sanders became the first Browns quarterback to secure his debut NFL start after Eric Zeier in 1999 – with seventeen other first-year quarterbacks failing to do so since.

It came just the Raiders, and with the help of an nearly feral Cleveland defence recording 10 tackles, but Cleveland's offence needs a director, a figurehead to build belief.

And self-belief is something not missing in Shedeur, who informed a network {