Philadelphia Falter in Dallas & Mahomes Saves Kansas City – Best Highlights from National Football League the Twelfth Week

Week 12 provided an epic Cowboys rally, or perhaps an massive Philadelphia Eagles collapse?

Playoff Mahomes arrived to salvage the Kansas City's campaign while the Chicago Bears keep to surprise while they extend their victorious run.

And did Sanders perform enough on his debut NFL outing to earn the starting job in Cleveland?

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

Analysis – Dallas Rally or Eagles Collapse?

The Cowboys found themselves trailing badly at 21-0 down versus the reigning championship winners, so how on earth did they engineer their equal-largest recovery in history?

The emotions of a initial home fixture after a teammate’s tragic passing may have been a factor, however it was a combination of Prescott’s resolve and a defensive unit that cashed in on uncommon errors by the Eagles.

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

Philly 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 disappointing NFC East defeat at the New York.

In addition to 14 penalties for 96 yards, the offensive malaise that affected Hurts after what – for him – was an fast start was huge. He had only passed for over two hundred yards in 4 games before Sunday, he had over one hundred fifty in the first half by himself in Dallas.

Yet from the time Philadelphia went twenty-one to zero up their offence fell apart dramatically – with four straight punts, a failed field goal and then a turnover handing chance after chance to the Cowboys.

The Eagles defence is excellent, it truly is, but an offense that's not eclipsed 21 points in five of seven games (3 losses) is now a huge concern, because the components are all there but it's simply not clicking.

Nick Sirianni approach is all about winning the key situations, the defence maintains them in it and what offense there is does barely enough – if it cannot even do that and now the discipline and possession security is failing, there may be problems ahead.

Spotlight – Postseason Mahomes Appears Early to Save Chiefs

It wasn’t as extreme, but the Chiefs’ eleven-point comeback in the final period versus a strong Indianapolis squad was very impressive – and may have just rescued their campaign.

How significant was it? Indeed, the NFL's Next Gen Stats now give the Chiefs a 58% chance of reaching the playoffs, whereas a defeat on the weekend would have reduced that number to 28%.

No wonder the postseason form of Patrick Mahomes arrived, throwing for two hundred thirty-five yards in the second half alone and leading 3 scoring drives in their last four series to seal it in extra time.

A few big passes and daring scrambles are typical for Mahomes in the playoffs, but right now the Kansas City are in playoff form – at six and five and only 10th in the AFC rankings.

That was more like the former Kansas City however, with a initial one-score victory of the year after losing five already – they won eleven of them last year so, if that belief returns, this Kansas City faithful may not be finished so soon.

Discussion – Can Bears Be Kings of the North?

You can no longer overlook the Bears now. A win over the Steelers, without Aaron Rodgers, maintained them first of the division and at 8-3 – holding the identical record as the Eagles.

They appear dangerous on both sides of the ball, with a defense that leads the league in interceptions and total turnovers and, in Williams, a emerging quarterback now accustomed to securing tight games.

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

The Green Bay Packers are in hot chase in the division after dominating the Vikings and the Lions are in contention after overcoming the New York in overtime with a huge game from Jahmyr Gibbs.

The Bears are strangely the most consistent with eight victories in nine, but as they travel to the championship winners on the holiday we'll see exactly how strong they truly are.

Preview – Thrilling Thanksgiving in Prospect

This looks one of the most exciting holiday schedules for years, with every game packed with playoff implications.

The Lions welcome the Packers in the classic curtain-raiser in Detroit, before a rare visit return to Texas for the Chiefs, who started out life as the Dallas Texans long ago in the sixties before relocating to Kansas City.

Sunday's rally teams are both clinging to postseason hopes but have very little room for error – so this will have a playoff feel.

And how about the Ravens? An ugly win over the New York actually has them leading of the AFC North after starting one and five and appearing finished.

Holiday and Black Friday Games (all times GMT)

• Thursday, 27 November: Green Bay Packers @ Detroit Lions (6:00 PM)
• Thursday, 27 November: Chiefs @ Dallas Cowboys (21:30)
• Friday, twenty-eight November: Bengals @ Baltimore Ravens (01:20)
• Friday, twenty-eight November: Chicago Bears @ Philadelphia Eagles (8:00 PM)

Will Shedeur Sanders Keep His Job?

Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski dismissed questions on whether Sanders had performed sufficiently in his debut NFL outing to keep the first-team job when Dillon Gabriel returns.

But the question will continue to be asked as Sanders became the first Browns quarterback to secure his debut league game since Zeier in nineteen ninety-nine – with seventeen additional first-year signal callers unsuccessful to do so since.

It came just the Raiders, and with the assistance of an almost aggressive Cleveland defence getting ten sacks, but Cleveland's offence requires a leader, a presence to build confidence.

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