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

Playoff Mahomes showed up to rescue the Kansas City's season while the Bears continue to impress while they continue their victorious run.

Did Sanders perform enough on his first NFL start to secure the full-time job in Ohio?

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

Analysis – Cowboys Comeback or Philly Fail?

Dallas were down and out at twenty-one to zero down versus the defending Super Bowl winners, so how on earth did they engineer their equal-largest recovery ever?

The emotions of a initial home fixture after a teammate’s tragic death may have played a part, however it was a combination of Prescott’s resolve and a defensive unit that pounced on rare errors by the Eagles.

Dak eclipsed Romo’s records for yards thrown (now thirty-four thousand three hundred seventy-eight) and game-winning possessions (twenty-five) with an all-action performance – his plunging score embodying his all-action showing.

Philly squandered a advantage of twenty-one points or more for the initial time since nineteen ninety-nine, with just their second game with several giveaways this season – the previous being a disappointing division loss at the Giants.

In addition to fourteen infractions for ninety-six yards, the offensive struggles that affected Hurts after what – for him – was an explosive start was huge. He had only thrown for over two hundred yards in 4 games before the weekend, he had more than 150 in the opening two quarters alone in Texas.

However from the time Philadelphia went twenty-one to zero up their offence derailed spectacularly – with four consecutive kicks, a missed field goal and then a fumble giving opportunity after opportunity to the Cowboys.

The Eagles defense is excellent, it really is, but an offence that's not eclipsed 21 points in five of 7 games (three losses) is now a huge worry, because the components are all there but it's just not working.

Sirianni’s approach is all about securing the big moments, the defence maintains them in it and what offence there is does just about enough – if it can't even do that and now the composure and ball protection is failing, there may be problems ahead.

In Focus – Postseason Mahomes Appears Prematurely to Rescue Chiefs

It wasn’t quite as extreme, but Kansas City's 11-point comeback in the fourth quarter against a powerful Colts squad was very impressive – and could have only saved their season.

How big was it? Well, the league’s Next Gen Stats now give the Kansas City a fifty-eight percent chance of making the playoffs, whereas a loss on Sunday would have dropped that figure to 28%.

It’s no surprise the playoff form of Patrick Mahomes arrived, passing for 235 yards in the latter half by itself and guiding 3 scoring drives in their final 4 possessions to win it in extra time.

A few huge passes and swashbuckling runs are typical for Patrick in the postseason, but currently the Kansas City are in post-season form – at 6-5 and just 10th in the conference rankings.

This was closer to the old Chiefs however, with a initial close win of the season after dropping five already – they won eleven of them the previous season so, if that belief returns, this Kansas City faithful might not be finished just yet.

Talking Point – Can Bears Become Kings of the Division?

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

They appear threatening on both sides of the ball, with a defence that tops the NFL in interceptions and total turnovers and, in Williams, a young quarterback now accustomed to securing tight games.

He may still be shaky, surrendering a touchdown after a turnover in his own end zone – but he also threw 3 touchdowns and, with already five final period comebacks this year, he knows how to finish the game.

Green Bay are in hot chase in the NFC North after overpowering the Minnesota and the Lions are right there after overcoming the New York in extra time with a huge game from Gibbs.

Chicago are strangely the most reliable with eight wins in nine, but as they visit the championship champs on Thanksgiving we'll discover exactly how strong they truly are.

Look Ahead – Thrilling Thanksgiving in Store

This looks one of the best Thanksgiving line-ups for a long time, with every game packed with playoff implications.

Detroit host the Packers in the classic opener in Michigan, before 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 each holding on to postseason aspirations but have minimal margin for error – so this will have a playoff atmosphere.

What about the Ravens? An ugly victory over the New York in fact has them leading of the division after beginning 1-5 and appearing dead and buried.

Thanksgiving and Shopping Day Games (all times GMT)

• Thursday, twenty-seven November: Packers @ Detroit Lions (6:00 PM)
• Thursday, twenty-seven November: Chiefs @ Cowboys (21:30)
• Friday, 28 November: Cincinnati Bengals @ Baltimore Ravens (1:20 AM)
• Friday, twenty-eight November: Chicago Bears @ Philadelphia Eagles (20:00)

Will Shedeur Sanders Keep His Job?

Cleveland Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski batted away questions on whether Sanders had done enough in his debut NFL outing to maintain the starting position when Dillon Gabriel returns.

Yet the issue will keep being asked as Shedeur became the first Browns signal-caller to secure his debut league game since Zeier in nineteen ninety-nine – with 17 other rookie quarterbacks unsuccessful to do so since.

It was just the Raiders, and with the help of an nearly aggressive Browns defence getting ten sacks, but the Browns’ offense requires a leader, a figurehead to build confidence.

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