NFL Monday Memo

Our look at the best and worst - and a lot of stuff in between - from Week 12 in the NFL: 

Game of the week: Cowboys 20, Dolphins 19. This was supposed to be the turkey on Thanksgiving Day, but it turned out to be the most thrilling game of all. Tony Romo had two TD passes and Dan Bailey kicked the 28-yard game-winning field goal as time expired. That’s now four straight for the Pokes, who moved to 7-4 and went a half-game up in the NFC East on the Giants.

Game of the weak: Panthers 27, Colts 19. Carolina keeps the Colts winless at 0-11, as the Panthers ended a 12-game road losing streak. It was their first road win since knocking the Giants out of the playoffs on Dec. 27, 2009.

Offensive player of the week: Beanie Wells, RB, Cardinals. He set a franchise record with 228 rushing yards, including gains of 71 and 53 yards.

Defensive player of the week: Terrell Suggs, LB, Ravens. Keyed a Ray Lewis-less defense and gets three of the Ravens’ nine sacks in a huge home win over the 49ers on Thanksgiving night.

Special teams player of the week: Sebastian Janikowski, K, Raiders. He kicked a team-record six field goals to help the Raiders fend off Chicago 25-20. Janikowski took advantage of some offensive woes that saw the Raiders fail to score a touchdown on their first six trips inside Chicago’s 30.

Still streaking: The Packers improved to 11-0 with a Thanksgiving Day win over the Lions, but going back to last year, Green Bay has now won 17 straight. They’re hoping to match the Patriots as the only team to go 16-0 in the regular season.

Still stumbling: The Chiefs were beaten 13-9 on Sunday night by the Steelers, failing yet again to score a touchdown. Last time they got into the endzone was three weeks ago against the Broncos, a span of 45 offensive drives.

Dumb play of the week, Part I: Ndamukong Suh stomped on Packers guard Evan Dietrich-Smith’s arm and was ejected in the third quarter. Now he awaits a likely suspension announcement from NFL commissioner Roger Goodell.

Dumb play of the week, Part II: Bills receiver Stevie Johnson scored a touchdown and then celebrated by pretending to shoot himself in the leg, just the way Plaxico Burress did three years ago. His penalty for taunting helped the Jets score on their next possession, and he then dropped what would have been the game-winning touchdown pass late in the fourth quarter.

Disturbing trend: The Falcons have had a habit of building early leads and then letting the opponent back in the game late. That’s now three weeks in a row, although they got away with it against the Vikings at home, thanks to Matt Ryan’s three TD passes in a 24-14 win.

Not a snap: For the second time in three games, an errant snap hurt the Browns on a field goal attempt. Phil Dawson was set up for a 55-yard try with 1:51 to play against the Bengals, but the ball skittered along the ground. The Bengals then rallied for the winning points on their next drive in a 23-20 win.

The magic continues: Another week, another win for Tim Tebow of the Broncos. This time, he drove the Broncos for the game-winning field goal in overtime to beat the Chargers

Statistical oddity: Jets QB Mark Sanchez completed less than 50 percent of his passes (17-of-35), but four of those completions went for touchdowns. The last was the game-winner to Santonio Holmes with 1:01 left in a 28-24 win over the Bills.

Key injury: Two weeks after losing QB Matt Schaub for the year with a foot injury, the Texans lost Matt Leinart to a shoulder injury. Now they’re left with T.J. Yates and newly signed Kellen Clemens, the former Jets’ backup.

Still hanging around: Chris Johnson gets a season-high 190 rushing yards to help the Titans (6-4) hold off the Bucs at home to stay within range of the Texans (8-3).

Comeback of the week: Redskins 23, Seahawks 17. The Redskins rallied for 16 points in the fourth quarter to finally end a six-game losing streak.

Coach on the hot seat, Part I: Eagles fans fed up with the “Dream Team” stumbles this year took out their frustration on head coach Andy Reid. In the second half of a 38-20 home loss to the Patriots, fans began chanting, “Fire Andy!” Wonder if team owner Jeff Lurie and president Joe Banner are beginning to consider it.

Coach on the hot seat, Part II: Norv Turner lost for the sixth straight time, the first time that’s happened in 10 years in San Diego.