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Day of stunning comebacks clouds NFL playoffs picture
AP • November 24th, 2025 3:30 pm
The Dallas Cowboys have enjoyed a thrilling come-from-behind win at home to their biggest NFL rivals, the Philadelphia Eagles | Photo: AP
Brandon Aubrey has kicked a 42-yard field goal as time expired after Dak Prescott rallied Dallas from a 21-point deficit and the Cowboys beat Philadelphia 24-21 in a mistake-riddled thriller.
The Cowboys (5-5-1) converted on their third tiebreaking chance of the fourth quarter to extend Prescott's home winning streak against NFC East opponents to 19 in their first game at AT&T Stadium since the death of defensive end Marshawn Kneeland.
The defending Super Bowl champion Eagles (8-3) are still in good shape to be the first repeat winners in the NFC East since they won four in a row from 2001-04.
Philadelphia lost with a lead of at least 21 points for the first time since 1999 and it was the first victory for Dallas when trailing by three touchdowns since 2014.
"You've heard me say it a thousand times, you can't win the game in the first quarter, second, third, but you can win the game in the fourth quarter," Cowboys coach Brian Schottenheimer said.
"I told them, 'Believe. Believe in each other and believe in the fact that we'll find a way to do it.'"
Earlier on Sunday, Kansas City looked much like they have all season for the first three quarters against Indianapolis.
Their offence was stuck in a rut and penalties were piling up, but in the fourth period and overtime Patrick Mahomes and Co. finally resembled their old selves.
Kareem Hunt reaches the end zone for the Kansas City Chiefs in Missouri | Photo: AP
The two-time MVP threw for a season-high 352 yards while rallying the Chiefs (6-5) from an 11-point deficit and Harrison Butker banged through his fifth field goal of the game from 27 yards to give Kansas City a 23-20 victory.
After trailing 20-9 to the Colts (8-3) in the fourth, that just might have kept the reigning AFC champions' post-season hopes alive.
"Nobody flinched. Nobody was hanging their head," Chiefs coach Andy Reid said.
"They came out and they played, and they did it when it counted."
In Cincinnati, Drake Maye passed for 294 yards and a touchdown, Marcus Jones returned an interception 33 yards for a score and AFC leaders New England rallied from an early 10-point deficit and extended their winning streak to nine with a 26-20 victory over the Bengals (3-8).
Hunter Henry had a career-high 115 receiving yards, including a 28-yard TD catch for the Patriots (10-2).
And Jaxon Smith-Njigba had a season-high 167 yards receiving along with two touchdowns, and the NFL leader in receiving yards also set a Seattle single-season mark in a 30-24 win over the Tennessee Titans (1-10).
Smith-Njigba knew going in he was close to DK Metcalf's 2020 franchise mark of 1303 yards and now holds the record at 1313 with six games to go for the Seahawks (8-3).
"It's unbelievable, man. Just the way that he's been able to play this year," Seattle quarterback Sam Darnold said of his favourite receiver.
"Every single game. It's tough to be that consistent."
