Philly Falter in Dallas & Patrick Saves Chiefs – Best Moments from NFL Week 12

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

Playoff Patrick Mahomes arrived to salvage the Kansas City's campaign as the Chicago Bears keep to impress while they extend their winning streak.

Did Shedeur Sanders do sufficiently on his debut professional outing to earn the full-time job in Ohio?

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

Analysis – Dallas Rally or Eagles Collapse?

Dallas found themselves down and out at twenty-one to zero behind versus the reigning Super Bowl winners, how exactly did they engineer their joint-best recovery ever?

Sentiment of a first home game after Marshawn Kneeland untimely passing may have played a part, however it was a mixture of Prescott’s resolve and a defensive unit that cashed in on uncommon mistakes by the Eagles.

Prescott eclipsed Romo’s records for passing yards (now 34,378) and clutch drives (twenty-five) with an dynamic display – his plunging score personifying his energetic showing.

Philly wasted a lead of twenty-one points or more for the initial time after 1999, with only their second game with multiple turnovers this year – the other being a bad division loss at the New York.

In addition to 14 infractions for ninety-six yards, the attacking malaise that hit Hurts after what – for him – was an fast beginning was huge. He had only passed for over two hundred yards in four games prior to Sunday, he had over one hundred fifty in the first half by himself in Texas.

Yet from the time Philadelphia went 21-0 up their offence fell apart spectacularly – with four consecutive punts, a failed field goal and then a turnover giving chance after opportunity to the Dallas.

The Eagles defence is brilliant, it really is, but an offence that's not surpassed twenty-one points in five of 7 games (3 losses) is now a major concern, as the components are all there but it's just not working.

Nick Sirianni approach is all about securing the big moments, the defence maintains them in it and what offence there is manages barely sufficient – if it can't even do that and now the discipline and possession security is failing, there could be problems ahead.

Spotlight – Playoff Patrick Shows Up Early to Rescue Kansas City

It wasn't as dramatic, but Kansas City's eleven-point recovery in the fourth quarter against a powerful Indianapolis team was hugely impressive – and may have just saved their campaign.

How big was it? Indeed, the NFL's advanced analytics now assign the Kansas City a 58% probability of making the postseason, when a loss on Sunday would have reduced that figure to twenty-eight percent.

No wonder the postseason form of Patrick Mahomes arrived, throwing for 235 yards in the latter half by itself and leading 3 point-scoring drives in their final four series to seal it in overtime.

Some big throws and daring scrambles are commonplace for Mahomes in the playoffs, but currently the Chiefs are in post-season mode – at 6-5 and only 10th in the AFC standings.

That was closer to the former Chiefs though, with a initial one-score victory of the year after dropping five already – they won 11 of them the previous season so, if that confidence returns, this Chiefs Kingdom may not be finished so soon.

Discussion – Are Chicago Be Kings of the North?

You can no longer ignore the Chicago Bears any longer. A victory over the Steelers, minus Rodgers, maintained them top of the NFC North and at eight and three – sharing the same standing as the Philadelphia.

They appear threatening on both sides of the ball, with a defense that tops the league in picks and overall turnovers and, in Williams, a young player now accustomed to securing close games.

He may still be inconsistent, surrendering a touchdown after a fumble in his team’s end zone – but he also passed for 3 scores and, with already 5 final period comebacks this year, he understands how to finish the game.

The Green Bay Packers are in hot chase in the NFC North after overpowering the Minnesota and Detroit are right there after overcoming the Giants in overtime with a huge game from Gibbs.

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

Preview – Exciting Thanksgiving in Prospect

It appears among the most exciting Thanksgiving schedules for years, with each game loaded with playoff consequences.

The Lions host the Packers in the traditional curtain-raiser in Michigan, prior to a rare visit back to Dallas for the Kansas City, who started out life as the Texans way back in the sixties before moving to Kansas City.

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

And how about the Ravens? An unattractive win over the New York actually has them top of the division after starting one and five and appearing dead and buried.

Thanksgiving and Shopping Day Fixtures (all times GMT)

• Thursday, 27 November: Packers @ Lions (18:00)
• Thursday, 27 November: Chiefs @ Cowboys (21:30)
• Friday, twenty-eight November: Cincinnati Bengals @ Baltimore Ravens (01:20)
• Friday, twenty-eight November: Bears @ Philadelphia Eagles (8:00 PM)

Can Sanders Retain His Job?

Cleveland Browns coach Kevin Stefanski dismissed inquiries on whether Shedeur Sanders had done sufficiently in his first professional outing to keep the starting job when Gabriel comes back.

Yet the issue will keep being raised as Shedeur became the first Browns quarterback to win his debut league start after Zeier in nineteen ninety-nine – with 17 additional first-year quarterbacks failing to do so since.

It came just the Raiders, and with the assistance of an almost aggressive Browns defense getting ten sacks, but the Browns’ offence requires a director, a presence to inspire belief.

And confidence is one thing not lacking in Shedeur, who informed a network {