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The twelfth week provided an epic Dallas Cowboys comeback, or perhaps an epic Philadelphia Eagles collapse?

Playoff Mahomes showed up to salvage the Kansas City's campaign while the Bears keep to surprise as they continue their victorious run.

Did Shedeur Sanders do sufficiently on his debut professional outing to earn the starting role in Ohio?

We’ll examine at the pick of the week in the league.

Analysis – Cowboys Comeback or Eagles Collapse?

The Cowboys found themselves down and out at twenty-one to zero behind against the reigning Super Bowl winners, how exactly did they engineer their joint-best comeback ever?

Sentiment of a initial home game since a teammate’s tragic death could have been a factor, however it was a combination of Prescott’s determination and a defensive unit that cashed in on rare errors by the Philadelphia.

Dak surpassed Tony Romo marks for yards thrown (now thirty-four thousand three hundred seventy-eight) and game-winning possessions (twenty-five) with an dynamic display – his diving score personifying his all-action display.

Philly wasted a advantage of twenty-one points or more for the initial time after 1999, with just their second game with several turnovers this season – the other being another disappointing NFC East defeat at the Giants.

In addition to fourteen infractions for 96 yards, the offensive struggles that hit Hurts after what – for him – was an fast start was huge. He had only passed for over two hundred yards in 4 games prior to Sunday, he had more than 150 in the opening two quarters by himself in Dallas.

Yet from the time Philadelphia went 21-0 up their offence fell apart dramatically – with four straight punts, a missed three-point attempt and then a turnover giving chance after chance to the Dallas.

Philadelphia’s defence is excellent, it really is, but an offense that's not surpassed twenty-one points in five of seven games (3 losses) is now a major worry, because the pieces are all there but it's simply not working.

Sirianni’s approach is all about winning the big situations, the defence maintains them in it and what offense there is manages barely sufficient – if it can't even do that and now the discipline and possession security is failing, there could be trouble in the future.

Spotlight – Playoff Patrick Shows Up Early to Save Chiefs

It wasn't as extreme, but Kansas City's eleven-point recovery in the final period versus a strong Indianapolis team was hugely impressive – and may have just rescued their campaign.

How big was it? Indeed, the league’s Next Gen Stats now assign the Chiefs a fifty-eight percent chance of making the playoffs, when a defeat on the weekend would have reduced that figure to twenty-eight percent.

It’s no surprise the postseason form of Mahomes turned up, throwing for two hundred thirty-five yards in the latter half by itself and leading three point-scoring drives in their final 4 possessions to seal it in overtime.

Some big passes and swashbuckling scrambles are typical for Patrick in the playoffs, but right now the Kansas City are in playoff mode – at six and five and just tenth in the AFC rankings.

This was more like the former Kansas City though, with a first close win of the season after dropping five already – they secured eleven of them last year so, if that confidence comes back, this Chiefs Kingdom might not be finished so soon.

Discussion – Can Bears Be Rulers of the Division?

You can no longer ignore the Bears any longer. A victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers, without Aaron Rodgers, maintained them top of the division and at eight and three – holding the identical record as the Eagles.

They appear dangerous on both sides of the field, with a defense that leads the NFL in picks and overall turnovers and, in Caleb Williams, a young player now accustomed to securing tight games.

He may at times be shaky, giving away a touchdown after a turnover in his own goal area – but he also passed for 3 scores and, with already five fourth-quarter comebacks this season, he knows how to finish the game.

The Green Bay Packers are in close pursuit in the division after dominating the Vikings and Detroit are in contention after overcoming the Giants in overtime with a monster game from Gibbs.

Chicago are strangely the most consistent with eight victories in nine, but as they visit the championship winners on Thanksgiving we'll discover exactly how good they really are.

Look Ahead – Thrilling Thanksgiving in Store

It appears one of the most exciting holiday schedules for a long time, with each game loaded with postseason consequences.

Detroit host the Packers in the traditional opener in Michigan, prior to a unusual visit return to Dallas for the Chiefs, who started out life as the Dallas Texans long ago in the 1960s before relocating to Kansas City.

The weekend’s rally teams are each clinging to postseason aspirations but have minimal margin for error – so this will have a post-season atmosphere.

And how about the Baltimore Ravens? An unattractive victory over the Jets in fact has them leading of the division after beginning one and five and looking finished.

Holiday and Shopping Day Games (all times GMT)

• Thursday, twenty-seven November: Green Bay Packers @ Detroit Lions (6:00 PM)
• Thursday, 27 November: Kansas City Chiefs @ Cowboys (9:30 PM)
• Friday, twenty-eight November: Bengals @ Baltimore Ravens (1:20 AM)
• Friday, 28 November: Chicago Bears @ Eagles (20:00)

Can Sanders Keep His Starting Role?

Browns coach Stefanski dismissed questions on whether Sanders had done sufficiently in his first professional outing to keep the first-team job when Dillon Gabriel returns.

But the issue will continue to be raised as Sanders became the first Browns signal-caller to win his first NFL start since Zeier in nineteen ninety-nine – with 17 other rookie quarterbacks unsuccessful to do so afterward.

It came only the Las Vegas, and with the help of an almost aggressive Browns defense getting 10 tackles, but Cleveland's offense needs a leader, a figurehead to inspire belief.

And self-belief is something not lacking in Sanders, who informed a network {