Philadelphia Stumble in Texas & Patrick Saves Kansas City – Top Moments from National Football League the Twelfth Week

The twelfth week delivered an epic Cowboys comeback, or was it an epic Philadelphia Eagles collapse?

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

Did Shedeur Sanders perform sufficiently on his debut professional start to secure the starting role in Ohio?

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

Analysis – Cowboys Comeback or Eagles Collapse?

The Cowboys found themselves trailing badly at twenty-one to zero behind against the defending championship winners, so how on earth did they engineer their joint-best comeback in history?

The emotions of a initial home fixture after a teammate’s tragic death could have played a part, but technically it was a combination of Prescott’s resolve and a defensive unit that pounced on uncommon mistakes by the Eagles.

Dak eclipsed Tony Romo marks for yards thrown (now 34,378) and game-winning drives (25) with an all-action display – his plunging score embodying his energetic showing.

Philadelphia squandered a advantage of twenty-one points or more for the initial time since 1999, with only their second game with multiple giveaways this season – the other being a bad division loss at the New York.

In addition to fourteen infractions for ninety-six yards, the offensive malaise that affected Hurts after what – for him – was an explosive beginning was huge. He had only thrown for over two hundred yards in four games prior to Sunday, he had more than 150 in the opening two quarters alone in Texas.

However from the time Philadelphia went twenty-one to zero up their offense fell apart dramatically – with four consecutive punts, a missed field goal and then a turnover handing chance after chance to the Dallas.

Philadelphia’s defence is brilliant, it really is, but an offense that's not surpassed twenty-one points in five of seven games (three losses) is now a huge worry, as the components are all there but it's simply not clicking.

Sirianni’s approach is all about securing the key situations, the defense keeps them in it and what offence there is does barely sufficient – if it cannot even do that and now the discipline and ball protection is failing, there could be problems in the future.

Spotlight – Playoff Patrick Appears Prematurely to Rescue Chiefs

It wasn't as extreme, but Kansas City's 11-point recovery in the final period versus a powerful Colts team was very notable – and could have just rescued their season.

How big was it? Indeed, the league’s Next Gen Stats now give the Kansas City a 58% chance of reaching the postseason, when a loss on Sunday would have dropped that number to 28%.

No wonder the postseason version of Mahomes arrived, passing for two hundred thirty-five yards in the second half alone and leading 3 point-scoring possessions in their last four series to win it in overtime.

Some big passes and daring scrambles are typical for Mahomes in the playoffs, but currently the Kansas City are in playoff form – at 6-5 and only tenth in the conference standings.

That was closer to the former Chiefs though, with a initial close win of the year after dropping 5 previously – they secured 11 of them last year so, if that belief comes back, this Kansas City faithful might not be done so soon.

Discussion – Are Chicago Be Rulers of the North?

You just can't overlook the Bears any longer. A victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers, minus Rodgers, kept them first of the division and at eight and three – sharing the same standing as the Philadelphia.

They appear threatening on each side of the field, with a defence that leads the league in interceptions and overall takeaways and, in Williams, a young quarterback now used to securing close games.

He may still be shaky, surrendering a touchdown after a fumble in his team’s goal area – but he additionally passed for 3 touchdowns and, with already 5 fourth-quarter rallies this season, he knows how to get the job done.

The Green Bay Packers are in hot chase in the division after overpowering the Minnesota and Detroit are in contention after overcoming the Giants in extra time with a monster game from Gibbs.

The Bears are interestingly the most reliable with 8 wins in 9, but as they visit the Super Bowl champs on Thanksgiving we'll discover just how good they really are.

Preview – Thrilling Thanksgiving in Store

This looks one of the best holiday schedules for years, with each game loaded with postseason implications.

The Lions host the Green Bay in the traditional opener in Detroit, before a rare trip return to Texas for the Chiefs, who started out life as the Texans long ago in the sixties before moving to Kansas City.

Sunday's comeback kings are both clinging to postseason aspirations but have minimal margin for error – so this will have a playoff feel.

And how about the Baltimore Ravens? An unattractive victory over the Jets in fact has them top of the AFC North after beginning 1-5 and appearing finished.

Thanksgiving and Black Friday Fixtures (all times GMT)

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

Can Sanders Keep His Starting Role?

Browns head coach Stefanski dismissed inquiries on whether Sanders had performed enough in his debut professional outing to maintain the starting position when Gabriel comes back.

But the question will keep being asked as Sanders became the first Cleveland quarterback to secure his first NFL start since Eric Zeier in 1999 – with seventeen other rookie signal callers unsuccessful to do so since.

It was just the Las Vegas, and with the help of an nearly aggressive Browns defense getting ten sacks, but the Browns’ offense needs a director, a presence to inspire confidence.

Moreover confidence is something not missing in Shedeur, who told a network {