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The twelfth week provided an epic Cowboys rally, or was it an epic Philadelphia Eagles collapse?

Playoff Patrick Mahomes showed up to rescue the Kansas City's season as the Chicago Bears keep to surprise while they extend their victorious streak.

Did Shedeur Sanders do enough on his debut professional start to earn the full-time job in Ohio?

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

The Breakdown – Cowboys Comeback or Eagles Collapse?

Dallas were trailing badly at 21-0 down against the defending championship winners, how exactly did they produce their equal-largest comeback ever?

Sentiment of a first home fixture since Marshawn Kneeland untimely death could have been a factor, but technically it was a combination of Prescott’s resolve and a defence that cashed in on uncommon errors by the Philadelphia.

Prescott eclipsed Romo’s records for yards thrown (now 34,378) and clutch drives (twenty-five) with an dynamic performance – his plunging score embodying his all-action showing.

Philadelphia wasted a advantage of twenty-one points or more for the first time after 1999, with only their second game with several giveaways this season – the other being another disappointing division defeat at the Giants.

Along with fourteen penalties for ninety-six yards, the offensive struggles that hit Jalen Hurts after what – for him – was an fast start was significant. He had only thrown for over two hundred yards in four games before Sunday, he had more than 150 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 straight punts, a missed three-point attempt and then a turnover giving opportunity after opportunity to the Dallas.

The Eagles defence is excellent, it truly is, but an offence that's not surpassed 21 points in 5 of seven games (three losses) is now a major worry, as the pieces are all there but it's just not working.

Nick Sirianni game is all about winning the key moments, the defence keeps them in it and what offence there is manages barely enough – if it cannot even do that and now the composure and possession security is failing, there may be problems ahead.

In Focus – Postseason Mahomes Shows Up Early to Save Kansas City

It wasn’t quite as dramatic, but the Chiefs’ eleven-point recovery in the final period against a powerful Colts squad was very notable – and may have just rescued their campaign.

How big was it? Well, the NFL's Next Gen Stats now assign the Kansas City a fifty-eight percent chance of making the postseason, when a loss on Sunday would have reduced that number to twenty-eight percent.

It’s no surprise the postseason version of Patrick Mahomes turned up, passing for two hundred thirty-five yards in the second half by itself and guiding three point-scoring possessions in their last four series to seal it in overtime.

Some huge passes and daring scrambles are commonplace for Patrick in the postseason, but currently the Chiefs are in post-season form – at six and five and just 10th in the conference rankings.

That was more like the old Chiefs however, with a first one-score victory of the season after dropping five previously – they secured 11 of them last year so, if that belief returns, this Kansas City faithful might not be done so soon.

Talking Point – Are Chicago Become Kings of the North?

You just can't overlook the Bears now. A win over the Pittsburgh Steelers, minus Aaron Rodgers, maintained them first of the division and at eight and three – sharing the identical record as the Philadelphia.

They look threatening on each side of the ball, with a defense that leads the NFL in picks and overall turnovers and, in Williams, a emerging player now accustomed to winning close games.

He can at times be shaky, surrendering a touchdown after a fumble in his own end zone – but he additionally threw three touchdowns and, with already 5 fourth-quarter rallies this year, he understands how to get the job done.

The Green Bay Packers are in close chase in the NFC North after dominating the Minnesota and Detroit are in contention after beating the Giants in extra time with a monster game from Gibbs.

The Bears are interestingly the most consistent with 8 victories in nine, but as they visit the Super Bowl winners on the holiday we'll discover just how good they really are.

Preview – Thrilling Thanksgiving in Store

It appears among the best holiday schedules for a long time, with each game loaded with postseason implications.

Detroit host the Packers in the traditional curtain-raiser in Detroit, prior to a unusual visit back to Dallas for the Kansas City, who started out existence as the Texans way back in the 1960s before moving to Missouri.

The weekend’s comeback teams are both clinging to postseason hopes but have minimal room for error – so this will have a post-season feel.

What about the Ravens? An ugly win over the New York in fact has them leading of the AFC North after beginning 1-5 and looking dead and buried.

Holiday and Black Friday Games (all times GMT)

• Thursday, twenty-seven November: Packers @ Detroit Lions (6:00 PM)
• Thursday, 27 November: Chiefs @ Dallas Cowboys (9:30 PM)
• Friday, 28 November: Bengals @ Ravens (1:20 AM)
• Friday, twenty-eight November: Chicago Bears @ Eagles (8:00 PM)

Will Shedeur Sanders Retain His Starting Role?

Cleveland Browns coach Kevin Stefanski batted away questions on whether Shedeur Sanders had done sufficiently in his first professional outing to keep the starting position when Gabriel comes back.

Yet the question will keep being asked as Sanders became the first Browns quarterback to secure his first NFL start after Zeier in nineteen ninety-nine – with seventeen other rookie signal callers failing to do so afterward.

It was just the Las Vegas, and with the help of an almost aggressive Cleveland defense recording 10 sacks, but the Browns’ offense needs a director, a figurehead to build confidence.

And confidence is one thing not missing in Shedeur, who told a network {