Week 12 provided an epic Dallas Cowboys rally, or perhaps an epic Eagles collapse?
Playoff Mahomes showed up to salvage the Kansas City's season as the Chicago Bears keep to impress as they extend their winning run.
Did Sanders do sufficiently on his first professional start to secure the full-time job in Cleveland?
Let's take a look at the pick of the week in the league.
The Cowboys found themselves trailing badly at 21-0 behind versus the reigning Super Bowl champions, how exactly did they engineer their equal-largest comeback ever?
The emotions of a first home fixture after a teammate’s tragic passing could have been a factor, however it was a combination of Prescott’s determination and a defensive unit that pounced on rare errors by the Eagles.
Dak eclipsed Romo’s records for passing yards (now 34,378) and clutch drives (25) with an all-action display – his plunging touchdown embodying his all-action display.
Philly squandered a lead of 21 points or more for the first time after nineteen ninety-nine, with just their second game with several giveaways this year – the other being a disappointing NFC East loss at the New York.
In addition to 14 penalties for ninety-six yards, the offensive malaise that hit Hurts after what – for him – was an fast beginning was huge. He had only thrown for 200-plus yards in 4 games before Sunday, he had over 150 in the first half alone in Dallas.
However from the time Philadelphia went twenty-one to zero up their offense fell apart spectacularly – with four straight punts, a missed three-point attempt and then a fumble handing chance after opportunity to the Dallas.
The Eagles defense is excellent, it really is, but an offence that's not surpassed 21 points in five of 7 games (three losses) is now a major worry, because the pieces are all there but it's just not clicking.
Sirianni’s approach is all about winning the big moments, the defense maintains them in it and what offence there is manages barely enough – if it can't even do that and now the discipline and possession security is breaking down, there could be problems ahead.
It wasn’t as dramatic, but the Chiefs’ 11-point recovery in the final period versus a strong Indianapolis team was very notable – and could have only rescued their season.
How big was it? Indeed, the league’s Next Gen Stats now give the Chiefs a 58% probability of making the playoffs, whereas a defeat on the weekend would have dropped that number to twenty-eight percent.
No wonder the postseason version of Patrick Mahomes arrived, passing for 235 yards in the latter half alone and guiding 3 point-scoring drives in their final four series to win it in overtime.
A few big passes and swashbuckling scrambles are typical for Mahomes in the postseason, but currently the Chiefs are in playoff mode – at six and five and just tenth in the conference standings.
This was closer to the old Chiefs however, with a initial close victory of the year after dropping five previously – they won 11 of them the previous season so, if that confidence comes back, this Kansas City faithful might not be finished just yet.
You just can't ignore the Chicago Bears any longer. A win over the Steelers, minus Aaron Rodgers, maintained them first of the NFC North and at eight and three – holding the same standing as the Philadelphia.
They appear threatening on each side of the ball, with a defence that leads the NFL in interceptions and total takeaways and, in Williams, a emerging quarterback now accustomed to winning tight games.
He may at times be inconsistent, giving away a score after a fumble in his team’s end zone – but he additionally passed for three scores and, with already 5 final period comebacks this year, he knows how to finish the game.
The Green Bay Packers are in hot chase in the NFC North after overpowering the Minnesota and Detroit are right there after overcoming the New York in extra time with a monster game from Gibbs.
Chicago are strangely the most consistent with eight victories in nine, but as they visit the championship winners on the holiday we'll discover exactly how good they truly are.
It appears one of the best holiday line-ups for years, with each game packed with playoff consequences.
Detroit host the Packers in the classic curtain-raiser in Michigan, prior to a unusual visit back to Dallas for the Chiefs, who started out existence as the Texans long ago in the sixties before moving to Kansas City.
The weekend’s rally teams are both holding on to postseason aspirations but have very little margin for mistakes – so this will have a post-season atmosphere.
And how about the Baltimore Ravens? An ugly victory over the Jets actually has them top of the AFC North after beginning 1-5 and appearing dead and buried.
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Cleveland Browns coach Stefanski batted away questions on whether Sanders had performed enough in his debut professional start to maintain the first-team position when Gabriel comes back.
But the issue will keep being asked as Sanders became the first Cleveland signal-caller to win his first NFL game after Zeier in 1999 – with seventeen other rookie signal callers unsuccessful to do so afterward.
It was only the Raiders, and with the assistance of an almost aggressive Browns defense recording ten sacks, but Cleveland's offense requires a director, a figurehead to build belief.
And confidence is one thing not missing in Sanders, who informed a CBS {
