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Week 12 provided an epic Dallas Cowboys comeback, or perhaps an epic Eagles implosion?

Postseason Mahomes showed up to salvage the Chiefs' season while the Chicago Bears keep to surprise while they continue their victorious run.

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

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

Analysis – Dallas Rally or Eagles Collapse?

The Cowboys found themselves trailing badly at twenty-one to zero down versus the reigning championship champions, how exactly did they produce their joint-best comeback in history?

The emotions of a first home game since Marshawn Kneeland tragic death could have played a part, however it was a mixture of Dak Prescott determination and a defence that pounced on uncommon mistakes by the Eagles.

Prescott surpassed Romo’s marks for passing yards (now thirty-four thousand three hundred seventy-eight) and clutch possessions (twenty-five) with an dynamic display – his plunging score personifying his all-action showing.

Philadelphia squandered a lead of twenty-one points or more for the initial time since nineteen ninety-nine, with only their second game with multiple turnovers this season – the previous being a bad NFC East defeat at the Giants.

In addition to fourteen penalties for 96 yards, the offensive struggles that affected Hurts after what – for him – was an fast beginning was huge. He had only passed for over two hundred yards in four games prior to Sunday, he had more than one hundred fifty in the first half alone in Dallas.

However from the time the Eagles went 21-0 up their offense derailed spectacularly – with four consecutive punts, a failed field goal and then a turnover handing opportunity after chance to the Cowboys.

The Eagles defense is excellent, it truly is, but an offence that's not eclipsed twenty-one points in 5 of 7 games (three losses) is now a huge concern, because the pieces are all there but it's simply not working.

Sirianni’s approach is all about securing the key moments, the defence keeps them in it and what offence there is manages barely enough – if it can't even do that and now the composure and possession security is failing, there may be problems in the future.

In Focus – Postseason Mahomes Shows Up Early to Save Chiefs

It wasn’t quite as extreme, but the Chiefs’ eleven-point recovery in the fourth quarter against a strong Colts squad was hugely impressive – and may have only saved their campaign.

How significant was it? Well, the league’s advanced analytics now assign the Chiefs a fifty-eight percent chance of making the playoffs, whereas a loss on the weekend would have reduced that number to twenty-eight percent.

It’s no surprise the playoff form of Mahomes arrived, passing for two hundred thirty-five yards in the latter half by itself and guiding 3 scoring drives in their final four possessions to seal it in extra time.

Some big throws and daring scrambles are commonplace for Patrick in the postseason, but currently the Kansas City are in post-season mode – at six and five and just 10th in the AFC standings.

That was more like the former Chiefs however, with a first one-score win of the year after dropping five previously – they secured 11 of them last year so, if that belief returns, this Chiefs Kingdom may not be done so soon.

Discussion – Are Chicago Be Kings of the North?

You just can't ignore the Chicago Bears any longer. A win over the Pittsburgh Steelers, minus Aaron Rodgers, kept them first of the NFC North and at eight and three – holding the identical record as the Eagles.

They look threatening on both sides of the ball, with a defense that leads the league in interceptions and overall takeaways and, in Williams, a emerging player now accustomed to securing tight games.

He can at times be shaky, giving away a touchdown after a turnover in his own end zone – but he also passed for three scores and, with already five final period rallies this year, he understands how to finish the game.

The Green Bay Packers are in hot chase in the NFC North after dominating the Vikings and Detroit are in contention after overcoming the Giants in extra time with a huge game from Gibbs.

The Bears are strangely the most reliable with eight victories in 9, but as they travel to the championship winners on the holiday we'll discover exactly how strong they truly are.

Look Ahead – Thrilling Holiday in Prospect

It appears among the most exciting Thanksgiving schedules for years, with every game packed with postseason consequences.

The Lions host the Packers in the traditional curtain-raiser in Detroit, prior to a unusual visit return to Texas for the Chiefs, who started out life as the Dallas Texans way back in the 1960s before relocating to Missouri.

The weekend’s rally teams are both clinging to playoff hopes but have very little room for error – so this will have a post-season feel.

And how about the Baltimore Ravens? An unattractive victory over the New York actually has them leading of the division after beginning 1-5 and looking finished.

Thanksgiving and Shopping Day Fixtures (all times GMT)

• Thursday, twenty-seven November: Packers @ Detroit Lions (18:00)
• Thursday, 27 November: Kansas City Chiefs @ Cowboys (9:30 PM)
• Friday, twenty-eight November: Cincinnati Bengals @ Baltimore Ravens (01:20)
• Friday, 28 November: Bears @ Eagles (20:00)

Can Sanders Retain His Job?

Cleveland Browns head coach Stefanski dismissed questions on whether Sanders had done sufficiently in his debut professional outing to maintain the starting position when Dillon Gabriel returns.

Yet the question will keep being asked as Sanders became the first Browns quarterback to secure his first league start after Zeier in nineteen ninety-nine – with 17 other rookie quarterbacks unsuccessful to do so since.

It came only the Raiders, and with the assistance of an almost feral Browns defense recording ten tackles, but Cleveland's offence requires a leader, a figurehead to build belief.

Moreover confidence is something not missing in Shedeur, who informed a CBS {