The twelfth week provided an incredible Dallas Cowboys rally, or perhaps an epic Eagles collapse?
Playoff Patrick Mahomes arrived to rescue the Kansas City's campaign while the Bears keep to surprise while they continue their winning run.
Did Shedeur Sanders do sufficiently on his first professional start to earn the full-time job in Cleveland?
Let's take a look at the pick of the week in the NFL.
The Cowboys found themselves trailing badly at twenty-one to zero down against the reigning Super Bowl winners, how exactly did they produce their joint-best recovery ever?
Sentiment of a initial home game since a teammate’s untimely death may have been a factor, but technically it was a combination of Prescott’s determination and a defensive unit that cashed in on rare errors by the Philadelphia.
Dak surpassed Tony Romo marks for yards thrown (now 34,378) and clutch drives (25) with an dynamic performance – his diving score personifying his all-action display.
Philadelphia squandered a advantage of 21 points or more for the first time since 1999, with only their second game with multiple turnovers this season – the other being another bad NFC East defeat at the Giants.
Along with 14 infractions for ninety-six yards, the attacking struggles that affected Hurts after what – for him – was an fast beginning was huge. He had only passed for over two hundred yards in 4 games prior to Sunday, he had more than 150 in the first half by himself in Dallas.
However from the time Philadelphia went 21-0 up their offence derailed spectacularly – with four consecutive punts, a missed field goal and then a turnover handing chance after opportunity to the Dallas.
Philadelphia’s defense is brilliant, it really is, but an offense that's not surpassed twenty-one points in 5 of 7 games (3 losses) is now a major worry, because the pieces are all there but it's simply not working.
Nick Sirianni approach is all about securing the key 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 breaking down, there could be problems ahead.
It wasn't quite as extreme, but Kansas City's 11-point comeback in the final period versus a strong Colts squad was hugely impressive – and may have just saved their season.
How big was it? Well, the league’s Next Gen Stats now assign the Chiefs a 58% probability of reaching the playoffs, whereas a defeat on Sunday would have reduced that number to twenty-eight percent.
It’s no surprise the postseason form of Patrick Mahomes arrived, throwing for two hundred thirty-five yards in the second half alone and leading 3 point-scoring possessions in their last four series to seal it in overtime.
Some huge passes and daring runs are typical for Patrick in the postseason, but right now the Kansas City are in post-season form – at 6-5 and just tenth in the conference rankings.
That was more like the former Chiefs though, with a initial close victory of the year after dropping 5 previously – they secured eleven of them the previous season so, if that confidence comes back, this Kansas City faithful may not be finished just yet.
You can no longer overlook the Chicago Bears now. A victory over the Steelers, without Aaron Rodgers, kept them top of the NFC North and at 8-3 – holding the same standing as the Philadelphia.
They appear dangerous on both sides of the ball, with a defense that tops the NFL in interceptions and overall turnovers and, in Caleb Williams, a young player now used to winning tight games.
He can at times be inconsistent, surrendering a touchdown after a turnover in his own goal area – but he additionally threw 3 scores and, with already five fourth-quarter comebacks this season, he understands how to get the job done.
Green Bay are in close chase in the NFC North after overpowering the Minnesota and the Lions are in contention after overcoming the Giants in overtime with a huge game from Gibbs.
The Bears are strangely the most consistent with 8 wins in 9, but as they visit the championship champs on the holiday we'll see exactly how strong they really are.
It appears among the most exciting holiday schedules for a long time, with each game loaded with playoff consequences.
Detroit welcome the Green Bay in the classic opener in Michigan, before a rare visit return to Dallas for the Kansas City, who began existence as the Dallas Texans way back in the 1960s before moving to Missouri.
The weekend’s rally kings are each clinging to postseason aspirations but have very little room for error – so this will have a playoff atmosphere.
What about the Baltimore Ravens? An unattractive win over the New York in fact has them top of the division after starting 1-5 and looking dead and buried.
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Cleveland Browns coach Kevin Stefanski batted away questions on whether Shedeur Sanders had performed enough in his first professional start to keep the first-team job when Dillon Gabriel comes back.
But the question will keep being raised as Sanders became the first Cleveland quarterback to win his first NFL game after Zeier in nineteen ninety-nine – with 17 other rookie quarterbacks unsuccessful to do so afterward.
It came only the Raiders, and with the assistance of an nearly feral Cleveland defence getting ten tackles, but Cleveland's offense requires a leader, a presence to inspire belief.
And self-belief is one thing not missing in Shedeur, who informed a CBS {
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