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

The twelfth week delivered an incredible Cowboys rally, or perhaps an massive Philadelphia Eagles collapse?

Postseason Mahomes showed up to salvage the Kansas City's season while the Bears keep to impress while they extend their victorious streak.

Did Sanders do enough on his debut NFL start to earn the full-time role in Cleveland?

Let's take a look at the best of the week in the league.

The Breakdown – Cowboys Comeback or Eagles Collapse?

The Cowboys found themselves down and out at 21-0 behind against the reigning championship winners, so how on earth did they engineer their equal-largest comeback ever?

Sentiment of a first home fixture after Marshawn Kneeland tragic death may have been a factor, however it was a mixture of Prescott’s determination and a defence that pounced on uncommon mistakes by the Eagles.

Prescott surpassed Tony Romo records for yards thrown (now thirty-four thousand three hundred seventy-eight) and game-winning possessions (25) with an all-action display – his plunging score personifying his all-action showing.

Philadelphia wasted a advantage of 21 points or more for the initial time since nineteen ninety-nine, with only their second game with several giveaways this year – the other being another bad NFC East loss at the New York.

Along with 14 penalties for ninety-six yards, the offensive malaise that affected Jalen Hurts after what – for him – was an fast start was significant. He had only thrown for over two hundred yards in four games before the weekend, he had more than 150 in the first half by himself in Texas.

However from the time Philadelphia went twenty-one to zero up their offence fell apart dramatically – with four consecutive kicks, 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 21 points in 5 of seven games (3 losses) is now a huge worry, because the pieces are all there but it's simply not working.

Sirianni’s game is all about securing the big situations, the defense keeps them in it and what offence there is does just about sufficient – if it can't even do that and now the discipline and ball protection is failing, there could be problems ahead.

In Focus – Postseason Mahomes Appears Prematurely to Rescue Kansas City

It wasn't quite as extreme, but Kansas City's eleven-point comeback in the fourth quarter versus a strong Indianapolis squad was hugely impressive – and could have just saved their season.

How significant was it? Indeed, the league’s advanced analytics now give the Chiefs a fifty-eight percent probability of reaching the postseason, when a loss on the weekend would have dropped that number to 28%.

No wonder the postseason version of Patrick Mahomes turned up, throwing for two hundred thirty-five yards in the latter half by itself and guiding 3 scoring possessions in their final four possessions to win it in extra time.

A few big passes and daring scrambles are commonplace for Mahomes in the postseason, but currently the Chiefs are in playoff form – at six and five and just 10th in the AFC rankings.

This was more like the former Kansas City however, with a initial close victory of the year after losing five already – they secured eleven of them last year so, if that belief returns, this Chiefs Kingdom might not be finished so soon.

Talking Point – Are Chicago Become Rulers of the North?

You can no longer ignore the Chicago Bears now. A victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers, minus Rodgers, kept them top of the NFC North and at 8-3 – holding the same record as the Philadelphia.

They look threatening on each side of the field, with a defence that leads the NFL in picks and total takeaways and, in Caleb Williams, a young quarterback now used to winning close games.

He may at times be inconsistent, giving away a score after a fumble in his own end zone – but he also threw 3 scores and, with already five final period rallies this year, he knows how to get the job done.

Green Bay are in close pursuit in the NFC North after dominating the Vikings and Detroit are right there after overcoming the New York in overtime with a monster game from Gibbs.

The Bears are strangely the most consistent with eight wins in nine, but as they visit the championship winners on Thanksgiving we'll discover exactly how good they truly are.

Look Ahead – Thrilling Thanksgiving in Store

It appears one of the most exciting holiday line-ups for years, with each game loaded with postseason consequences.

The Lions welcome the Packers in the traditional opener in Detroit, prior to a rare visit return to Dallas for the Chiefs, who began life as the Texans long ago in the sixties before relocating to Kansas City.

The weekend’s comeback kings are each holding on to postseason hopes but have very little room for mistakes – so this will have a post-season atmosphere.

And how about the Baltimore Ravens? An unattractive win over the Jets actually has them leading of the AFC North after beginning 1-5 and appearing finished.

Holiday and Shopping Day Fixtures (all times GMT)

• Thursday, 27 November: Packers @ Lions (18:00)
• Thursday, 27 November: Kansas City Chiefs @ Cowboys (9:30 PM)
• Friday, twenty-eight November: Cincinnati Bengals @ Baltimore Ravens (1:20 AM)
• Friday, twenty-eight November: Chicago Bears @ Eagles (8:00 PM)

Will Shedeur Sanders Keep His Job?

Cleveland Browns coach Stefanski dismissed inquiries on whether Shedeur Sanders had performed sufficiently in his first professional outing to keep the first-team position when Gabriel returns.

Yet the issue will continue to be raised as Sanders became the first Cleveland signal-caller to secure his debut NFL game after Eric Zeier in nineteen ninety-nine – with seventeen other first-year signal callers unsuccessful to do so afterward.

It came only the Raiders, and with the help of an nearly aggressive Cleveland defense recording 10 tackles, but Cleveland's offence requires a director, a presence to build belief.

And self-belief is something not missing in Sanders, who informed a CBS {