ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Fresh off beating the Super Bowl champs , the Dallas Cowboys get the runner-up in their annual Thanksgiving home game.

It doesn’t get any easier after Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs visit Thursday with the Cowboys (5-5-1) pondering an improbable run to a playoff spot after coming off consecutive victories for the first time this season, including Sunday’s rally from 21 points down in a 24-21 victory over Philadelphia.

Some of the upcoming opponents might not look as formidable as they first did when the Dallas schedule for November and December showed six consecutive playoff teams from a year ago.

Then again, the Chiefs (6-5) fit that description because they’re outside the seven-team playoff picture just like the Cowboys. A winner of nine strai

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