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The twelfth week provided an incredible Cowboys comeback, or was it an massive Eagles collapse?

Postseason Mahomes showed up to salvage the Kansas City's season while the Chicago Bears keep to surprise as they continue their victorious streak.

Did Sanders do sufficiently on his debut NFL outing to secure the full-time job in Ohio?

Let's take a look at the best of the week in the league.

Analysis – Dallas Rally or Eagles Collapse?

The Cowboys found themselves down and out at twenty-one to zero behind versus the reigning Super Bowl champions, how exactly did they engineer their joint-best recovery in history?

The emotions of a first home fixture since Marshawn Kneeland tragic passing could have been a factor, however it was a mixture of Dak Prescott resolve and a defensive unit that cashed in on rare errors by the Eagles.

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

Philly squandered a advantage of 21 points or more for the initial time after nineteen ninety-nine, with only their second game with multiple giveaways this year – the previous being a bad division defeat at the New York.

In addition to fourteen infractions for 96 yards, the attacking struggles that affected Hurts after what – for him – was an fast start was significant. He'd only thrown for 200-plus yards in 4 games before Sunday, he had over 150 in the first half by himself in Dallas.

Yet from the time the Eagles went twenty-one to zero up their offence fell apart dramatically – with four straight punts, a failed three-point attempt and then a turnover handing chance after opportunity to the Cowboys.

The Eagles defense is brilliant, it truly is, but an offence that's not eclipsed 21 points in five of 7 games (three losses) is now a major worry, because the components are all there but it's simply not clicking.

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

In Focus – Playoff Patrick Shows Up Early to Save Kansas City

It wasn’t as dramatic, but the Chiefs’ eleven-point recovery in the final period against a powerful Indianapolis team was hugely impressive – and may have only saved their campaign.

How big was it? Well, the NFL's advanced analytics now assign the Chiefs a fifty-eight percent probability of making the playoffs, when a defeat on the weekend would have dropped that number to twenty-eight percent.

No wonder the postseason version of Patrick Mahomes turned up, throwing for two hundred thirty-five yards in the latter half alone and leading 3 point-scoring possessions in their final 4 possessions to win it in extra time.

A few big throws and swashbuckling scrambles are typical for Patrick in the postseason, but right now the Chiefs are in post-season form – at 6-5 and only 10th in the conference standings.

That was more like the former Chiefs though, with a first one-score victory of the year after dropping five already – they won eleven of them last year so, if that belief returns, this Kansas City faithful may not be done so soon.

Discussion – Can Bears Become Kings of the Division?

You can no longer overlook the Chicago Bears any longer. A win over the Pittsburgh Steelers, minus Rodgers, maintained them top of the division and at 8-3 – sharing the same record as the Philadelphia.

They appear threatening on both sides of the ball, with a defense that tops the NFL in interceptions and total takeaways and, in Williams, a emerging player now used to winning close games.

He may still be shaky, giving away a touchdown after a fumble in his team’s goal area – but he additionally passed for 3 scores and, with already five fourth-quarter comebacks this year, he understands how to finish the game.

The Green Bay Packers are in hot pursuit in the NFC North after overpowering the Vikings and the Lions are right there after beating the New York in extra time with a monster game from Jahmyr Gibbs.

The Bears are interestingly the most reliable with 8 wins in nine, but as they travel to the Super Bowl champs on the holiday we'll discover exactly how good they really are.

Look Ahead – Exciting Holiday in Prospect

This looks one of the most exciting Thanksgiving schedules for a long time, with every game loaded with postseason implications.

Detroit host the Green Bay in the traditional opener in Michigan, before a rare visit back to Texas for the Kansas City, who began life as the Dallas Texans long ago in the sixties before moving to Kansas City.

The weekend’s comeback teams are both holding on to playoff aspirations but have very little room for mistakes – so this will have a post-season atmosphere.

What about the Baltimore Ravens? An unattractive win over the New York in fact has them top of the AFC North after beginning one and five and looking finished.

Thanksgiving and Shopping Day Games (all times GMT)

• Thursday, twenty-seven November: Packers @ Lions (18:00)
• Thursday, twenty-seven November: Kansas City Chiefs @ Dallas Cowboys (21:30)
• Friday, twenty-eight November: Cincinnati Bengals @ Baltimore Ravens (1:20 AM)
• Friday, twenty-eight November: Bears @ Eagles (8:00 PM)

Will Shedeur Sanders Keep His Starting Role?

Browns coach Stefanski dismissed questions on whether Shedeur Sanders had done sufficiently in his first NFL start to keep the starting position when Gabriel returns.

But the question will keep being asked as Sanders became the first Browns signal-caller to secure his first NFL start after Eric Zeier in 1999 – with seventeen additional first-year quarterbacks unsuccessful to do so since.

It came only the Raiders, and with the assistance of an almost feral Browns defense getting 10 tackles, but Cleveland's offense needs a leader, a presence to build belief.

Moreover self-belief is one thing not missing in Shedeur, who informed a network {