🔗 Share this article

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

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

Did Sanders do sufficiently on his debut NFL outing to earn the starting job in Cleveland?

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

Analysis – Cowboys Comeback or Philly Fail?

Dallas found themselves trailing badly at 21-0 behind versus the defending Super Bowl winners, so how on earth did they engineer their equal-largest comeback in history?

Sentiment of a initial home game since Marshawn Kneeland tragic death may have been a factor, however it was a combination of Prescott’s determination and a defence that pounced on rare errors by the Philadelphia.

Prescott eclipsed Tony Romo marks for passing yards (now thirty-four thousand three hundred seventy-eight) and game-winning possessions (25) with an dynamic performance – his diving touchdown personifying his energetic display.

Philadelphia wasted a lead of 21 points or more for the initial time since 1999, with just their second game with several giveaways this year – the other being another disappointing NFC East loss at the New York.

In addition to 14 penalties for ninety-six yards, the offensive malaise that hit Jalen Hurts after what – for him – was an explosive start was huge. He'd only thrown for over two hundred yards in four games prior to the weekend, he had over one hundred fifty in the opening two quarters alone in Dallas.

However from the time the Eagles went twenty-one to zero up their offence derailed spectacularly – with four straight kicks, a failed field goal and then a fumble handing opportunity after chance to the Dallas.

The Eagles defense is brilliant, it truly is, but an offence that's not eclipsed twenty-one points in five of seven games (three losses) is now a major worry, as the components are all there but it's simply not clicking.

Sirianni’s approach is all about securing the key situations, the defence keeps them in it and what offense there is manages just about sufficient – if it cannot even do that and now the composure and possession security is failing, there may be trouble ahead.

In Focus – Postseason Mahomes Shows Up Prematurely to Save Kansas City

It wasn't quite as dramatic, but the Chiefs’ eleven-point recovery in the final period versus a powerful Indianapolis team was hugely impressive – and could have only rescued their campaign.

How significant was it? Well, the league’s Next Gen Stats now assign the Chiefs a fifty-eight percent chance of making the playoffs, whereas a loss on the weekend would have dropped that number to 28%.

No wonder the playoff form of Mahomes turned up, throwing for 235 yards in the second half alone and leading three scoring drives in their last 4 possessions to win it in extra time.

Some huge passes and swashbuckling runs are commonplace for Mahomes in the postseason, but currently the Chiefs are in playoff mode – at six and five and only tenth in the conference standings.

This was closer to the former Chiefs however, with a first close victory of the year after losing 5 already – they secured 11 of them the previous season so, if that belief comes back, this Kansas City faithful might not be finished so soon.

Discussion – Are Chicago Be Rulers of the Division?

You just can't ignore the Bears any longer. A win over the Pittsburgh Steelers, without Rodgers, kept them top of the division and at 8-3 – holding the identical record as the Philadelphia.

They look dangerous on each side of the field, with a defence that tops the league in interceptions and overall takeaways and, in Caleb Williams, a young quarterback now accustomed to winning close games.

He can still be inconsistent, surrendering a score after a fumble in his own end zone – but he additionally threw three scores and, with already five fourth-quarter rallies this year, he knows how to finish the game.

The Green Bay Packers are in hot pursuit in the NFC North after overpowering the Minnesota and Detroit are right there after beating the New York in extra time with a huge game from Jahmyr Gibbs.

Chicago are strangely the most reliable with eight victories in nine, but as they visit the championship champs on Thanksgiving we'll see exactly how strong they really are.

Look Ahead – Thrilling Thanksgiving in Prospect

It appears among the best Thanksgiving schedules for years, with each game packed with postseason consequences.

Detroit host the Packers in the traditional opener in Michigan, prior to a rare trip return to Dallas for the Kansas City, who began existence as the Texans way back in the sixties before relocating to Missouri.

The weekend’s rally kings are each clinging to postseason aspirations but have minimal margin for error – so this will have a post-season atmosphere.

And how about the Ravens? An unattractive victory over the New York in fact has them top of the division after starting one and five and looking finished.

Holiday and Shopping Day Games (all times GMT)

• Thursday, twenty-seven November: Green Bay Packers @ Detroit Lions (6:00 PM)
• Thursday, 27 November: Chiefs @ Dallas Cowboys (9:30 PM)
• Friday, 28 November: Bengals @ Ravens (1:20 AM)
• Friday, 28 November: Bears @ Philadelphia Eagles (8:00 PM)

Will Shedeur Sanders Keep His Job?

Cleveland Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski dismissed inquiries on whether Sanders had performed sufficiently in his debut NFL start to maintain the starting job when Gabriel returns.

Yet the issue will keep being asked as Sanders became the first Cleveland quarterback to win his debut league start after Zeier in nineteen ninety-nine – with seventeen other rookie signal callers unsuccessful to do so since.

It came only the Las Vegas, and with the help of an nearly aggressive Browns defence getting 10 tackles, but Cleveland's offence requires a director, a presence to inspire belief.

Moreover confidence is something not missing in Sanders, who informed a CBS {