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The twelfth week delivered an incredible Dallas Cowboys rally, or perhaps an epic Eagles collapse?

Playoff Patrick Mahomes showed up to rescue the Chiefs' season as the Bears keep to impress while they continue their victorious streak.

Did Shedeur Sanders do enough on his debut NFL outing to earn the starting role in Cleveland?

We’ll examine at the best of the week in the NFL.

The Breakdown – Cowboys Comeback or Philly Fail?

Dallas were down and out at twenty-one to zero behind against the defending championship champions, so how on earth did they produce their equal-largest recovery in history?

The emotions of a initial home game after Marshawn Kneeland untimely passing may have been a factor, but technically it was a mixture of Dak Prescott resolve and a defence that pounced on rare errors by the Eagles.

Prescott eclipsed Romo’s marks for passing yards (now thirty-four thousand three hundred seventy-eight) and game-winning drives (25) with an dynamic display – his diving score personifying his all-action showing.

Philadelphia squandered a lead of 21 points or more for the initial time since nineteen ninety-nine, with only their second game with several giveaways this season – the previous being a disappointing NFC East defeat at the Giants.

Along with 14 penalties for 96 yards, the offensive malaise that affected Jalen Hurts after what – for him – was an explosive start was significant. He had only passed for over two hundred yards in four games before the weekend, he had more than one hundred fifty in the opening two quarters by himself in Texas.

Yet from the time Philadelphia went twenty-one to zero up their offence fell apart dramatically – with four consecutive punts, a missed field goal and then a turnover giving chance after chance to the Cowboys.

The Eagles defense is excellent, it truly is, but an offense that's not eclipsed 21 points in five of seven games (3 losses) is now a huge concern, because the pieces are all there but it's just not clicking.

Sirianni’s game is all about securing the big moments, the defence maintains them in it and what offense there is does barely sufficient – if it can't even do that and now the composure and possession security is breaking down, there may be problems ahead.

Spotlight – Playoff Patrick Shows Up Early to Save Kansas City

It wasn’t quite as dramatic, but Kansas City's eleven-point recovery in the fourth quarter versus a powerful Colts squad was very impressive – and could have just rescued their campaign.

How big was it? Indeed, the league’s advanced analytics now assign the Kansas City a 58% probability of making the playoffs, when a loss on the weekend would have dropped that number to twenty-eight percent.

It’s no surprise the postseason form of Patrick Mahomes arrived, passing for two hundred thirty-five yards in the second half by itself and leading 3 point-scoring drives in their final 4 possessions to win it in extra time.

A few big passes and swashbuckling runs are commonplace for Mahomes in the playoffs, but currently the Chiefs are in post-season mode – at 6-5 and just 10th in the conference rankings.

That was more like the former Chiefs though, with a first one-score victory of the year after dropping five previously – they won 11 of them the previous season so, if that confidence returns, this Kansas City faithful may not be done just yet.

Talking Point – Can Bears Become Kings of the North?

You can no longer overlook the Bears now. A win over the Steelers, without Aaron Rodgers, maintained them first of the division and at 8-3 – holding the identical record as the Philadelphia.

They look threatening on both sides of the field, with a defense that leads the NFL in picks and overall turnovers and, in Caleb Williams, a emerging quarterback now used to securing tight games.

He may still be shaky, surrendering a touchdown after a turnover in his team’s goal area – but he also threw three touchdowns and, with already 5 fourth-quarter comebacks this season, he knows how to finish the game.

The Green Bay Packers are in hot chase in the division after overpowering the Vikings and Detroit are in contention after beating the New York in extra time with a monster game from Gibbs.

The Bears are interestingly the most consistent with eight wins in 9, but as they visit the championship winners on Thanksgiving we'll discover exactly how good they truly are.

Look Ahead – Exciting Holiday in Store

This looks one of the most exciting Thanksgiving schedules for years, with each game packed with playoff consequences.

The Lions host the Green Bay in the classic opener in Detroit, before a unusual trip return to Texas for the Kansas City, who began existence as the Texans long ago in the sixties before moving to Missouri.

The weekend’s rally teams are each clinging to postseason hopes but have very little margin for mistakes – so this will have a post-season atmosphere.

And how about the Ravens? An ugly win over the Jets in fact has them leading of the AFC North after starting one and five and looking dead and buried.

Thanksgiving and Shopping Day Games (all times GMT)

• Thursday, twenty-seven November: Packers @ Detroit Lions (18:00)
• Thursday, 27 November: Chiefs @ Dallas Cowboys (9:30 PM)
• Friday, twenty-eight November: Cincinnati Bengals @ Baltimore Ravens (01:20)
• Friday, twenty-eight November: Bears @ Philadelphia Eagles (8:00 PM)

Can Sanders Retain His Starting Role?

Cleveland Browns coach Stefanski batted away inquiries on whether Sanders had performed sufficiently in his first NFL start to maintain the first-team job when Dillon Gabriel comes back.

Yet the question will continue to be asked as Shedeur became the first Cleveland signal-caller to win his debut league game after Eric Zeier in 1999 – with seventeen other first-year signal callers unsuccessful to do so since.

It came just the Las Vegas, and with the help of an nearly feral Browns defence recording 10 tackles, but Cleveland's offence requires a leader, a figurehead to build confidence.

Moreover confidence is something not lacking in Shedeur, who told a network {