The New England Patriots are excruciating to watch, but in a good way. Same goes for the Philadelphia Eagles, but in a way that’s led to them posting the NFL’s best record.
Those two teams had very different paths to games decided by last ditch field goals. The Patriots biffed theirs, a routine 35-yarder that would have sent a terrible game to overtime. The Eagles drilled theirs, a brilliant 59-yard laser beam on a rainy Philadelphia night to force an extra frame in an eventual win over the Buffalo Bills.
These two games highlighted the dichotomy between good and bad in Week 12, but they weren’t the only worthwhile games on the slate. The season’s two-thirds mark featured big performances, frustrating missteps and arguably Tony Romo’s most inscrutable commentary to date. Let’s see what was great — and what we’d like to forget — from this year’s round of Thanksgiving adjacent football.
