Chiefs Suffer Huge Play-off Blow With Defeat In Dallas

The Kansas City Chiefs' play-off hopes are hanging by a thread aft losing 31-28 astatine nan Dallas Cowboys connected Thanksgiving.

The Cowboys person traditionally hosted games connected nan American vacation since 1966 and 'America's Team' produced a superb capacity to flooded nan Chiefs contempt Patrick Mahomes throwing 4 touchdown passes arsenic he returned to his autochthonal Texas.

Mahomes has led nan Chiefs to 5 of nan past six Super Bowls, winning three, but they now person a 6-6 grounds and are successful threat of missing retired connected nan play-offs for nan first clip since nan 2014 season.

The Cowboys came from down to lead 17-14 astatine half-time, but a tense decorativeness began pinch nan Chiefs taking a 21-20 lead astatine nan commencement of nan 4th quarter.

Quarterback Dak Prescott past held his nervus arsenic Dallas scored 11 points connected their adjacent 2 possessions to support them clear, contempt a precocious Chiefs reply.

The Cowboys person now claimed back-to-back wins complete some of past season's Super Bowl teams successful nan abstraction of 4 days aft beating nan Philadelphia Eagles connected Sunday.

After a stirring 21-point comeback against nan Eagles - who denied nan Chiefs a three-peat successful February - nan triumph complete Kansas City is simply a 3rd successful a statement for Dallas, to amended to 6-5-1 and support live their ain hopes of sneaking into nan post-season.

With 5 games left, Dallas are 2nd to nan Eagles (8-3) successful nan NFC East while nan Chiefs way some nan Denver Broncos (9-2) and Los Angeles Chargers (7-4) successful nan AFC West.

The Green Bay Packers kept nan unit connected nan Chicago Bears arsenic they won 31-21 astatine different of their NFC North divisional rivals, Detroit.

The Lions person hosted Thanksgiving games since 1934 but slipped to a 7-5 grounds arsenic they grounded to incorporate a Packers offence good led by Jordan Love.

The Green Bay backmost threw for 234 passing yards and a season-high 4 touchdowns to support his squad successful beforehand throughout, starring 17-14 astatine half-time.

Dontayvion Wicks scored a touchdown successful nan 2nd and 3rd quarters to thief nan Packers to a 3rd consecutive triumph and amended to 8-3-1.

The Bears apical nan NFC North connected 8-3 and sojourn Philadelphia connected Black Friday earlier travelling to Green Bay adjacent week.