Philadelphia Stumble in Dallas & Patrick Saves Chiefs – Top Highlights from National Football League Week 12

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

Playoff Patrick Mahomes showed up to rescue the Kansas City's season as the Bears keep to surprise while they extend their winning run.

And did Shedeur Sanders do sufficiently on his first NFL outing to earn the full-time role in Cleveland?

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

The Breakdown – Cowboys Comeback or Eagles Collapse?

The Cowboys were trailing badly at twenty-one to zero down against the defending Super Bowl winners, how exactly did they engineer their equal-largest recovery ever?

The emotions of a initial home fixture since a teammate’s untimely passing could have been a factor, however it was a combination of Prescott’s resolve and a defensive unit that cashed in on rare mistakes by the Eagles.

Prescott eclipsed Tony Romo marks for yards thrown (now 34,378) and clutch possessions (25) with an all-action display – his diving touchdown personifying his all-action display.

Philly wasted a lead of twenty-one points or more for the first time since nineteen ninety-nine, with only their second game with multiple turnovers this year – the other being another disappointing NFC East defeat at the Giants.

Along with fourteen penalties for 96 yards, the offensive struggles that hit Jalen Hurts after what – for him – was an explosive beginning was huge. He had only passed for over two hundred yards in 4 games before Sunday, he had more than one hundred fifty in the first half by himself in Dallas.

Yet from the time Philadelphia went twenty-one to zero up their offense derailed spectacularly – with four straight punts, a failed three-point attempt and then a fumble giving chance after chance to the Cowboys.

The Eagles defence is brilliant, it really is, but an offense that's not eclipsed 21 points in five of 7 games (3 losses) is now a huge worry, as the components are all there but it's simply not working.

Sirianni’s approach is all about winning the key moments, the defense maintains them in it and what offence there is does barely sufficient – if it can't even do that and now the composure and possession security is failing, there may be problems in the future.

Spotlight – Postseason Mahomes Appears Early to Rescue Chiefs

It wasn’t quite as extreme, but Kansas City's eleven-point recovery in the fourth quarter versus a strong Indianapolis team was very impressive – and could have only rescued their season.

How significant was it? Indeed, the NFL's advanced analytics now assign the Kansas City a fifty-eight percent chance of reaching the postseason, whereas a defeat on the weekend would have reduced that figure to 28%.

No wonder the postseason form of Patrick Mahomes arrived, throwing for two hundred thirty-five yards in the latter half alone and leading three point-scoring possessions in their final 4 series to seal it in overtime.

A few huge passes and swashbuckling scrambles are commonplace for Patrick in the playoffs, but currently the Chiefs are in playoff form – at six and five and just 10th in the AFC standings.

That was closer to the old Kansas City though, with a first close win of the year after dropping five already – they won 11 of them last year so, if that confidence comes back, this Chiefs Kingdom may not be finished so soon.

Discussion – Are Chicago Be Kings of the Division?

You just can't ignore the Bears any longer. A victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers, without Aaron Rodgers, maintained them first of the division and at eight and three – sharing the identical standing as the Eagles.

They look dangerous on both sides of the field, with a defense that tops the league in interceptions and overall takeaways and, in Williams, a young quarterback now used to winning close games.

He can still be shaky, giving away a touchdown after a fumble in his own goal area – but he additionally passed for 3 scores and, with already 5 fourth-quarter rallies this season, he understands how to finish the game.

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

Chicago are interestingly the most reliable with 8 wins in nine, but as they visit the Super Bowl champs on Thanksgiving we'll see just how good they really are.

Preview – Thrilling Holiday in Store

It appears among the most exciting holiday line-ups for a long time, with every game loaded with postseason consequences.

Detroit welcome the Packers in the classic opener in Detroit, before a rare trip back to Dallas for the Chiefs, who began existence as the Dallas Texans way back in the sixties before moving to Missouri.

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

What about the Ravens? An ugly win over the New York in fact has them leading of the division after starting 1-5 and appearing finished.

Holiday and Shopping Day Fixtures (all times GMT)

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

Can Sanders Keep His Starting Role?

Browns coach Kevin Stefanski dismissed inquiries on whether Shedeur Sanders had performed enough in his debut professional outing to maintain the first-team position when Dillon Gabriel comes back.

But the issue will continue to be asked as Shedeur became the first Cleveland signal-caller to secure his first NFL game after Eric Zeier in nineteen ninety-nine – with seventeen additional rookie signal callers unsuccessful to do so afterward.

It came just the Las Vegas, and with the assistance of an almost aggressive Cleveland defence getting ten sacks, but the Browns’ offence needs a leader, a figurehead to inspire belief.

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