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The twelfth week delivered an incredible Cowboys comeback, or perhaps an massive Philadelphia Eagles collapse?

Postseason Patrick Mahomes arrived to rescue the Chiefs' campaign as the Bears continue to impress while they extend their winning run.

Did Sanders do enough on his first NFL start to earn the starting job in Cleveland?

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

The Breakdown – Dallas Rally or Eagles Collapse?

Dallas found themselves trailing badly at twenty-one to zero down against the defending Super Bowl champions, how exactly did they engineer their equal-largest recovery in history?

Sentiment of a first home fixture after a teammate’s untimely death may have been a factor, however it was a combination of Dak Prescott resolve and a defence that pounced on uncommon mistakes by the Eagles.

Prescott surpassed Romo’s records for yards thrown (now thirty-four thousand three hundred seventy-eight) and clutch possessions (25) with an dynamic display – his diving touchdown personifying his all-action display.

Philadelphia squandered a lead of 21 points or more for the first time after nineteen ninety-nine, with just their second game with multiple turnovers this year – the other being a bad division defeat at the New York.

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

Yet from the time Philadelphia went 21-0 up their offence derailed spectacularly – with four straight punts, a missed field goal and then a turnover giving opportunity after opportunity to the Cowboys.

Philadelphia’s defense is excellent, it truly is, but an offense that's not surpassed 21 points in 5 of 7 games (3 losses) is now a major concern, as the pieces are all there but it's just not working.

Nick Sirianni approach is all about securing the big moments, the defense maintains them in it and what offense there is does barely enough – if it cannot even do that and now the discipline and ball protection is failing, there may be problems in the future.

In Focus – Postseason Mahomes Appears Early to Rescue Kansas City

It wasn't quite as extreme, but Kansas City's 11-point comeback in the final period against a strong Colts squad was very impressive – and may have just saved their campaign.

How big was it? Well, the league’s advanced analytics now assign the Chiefs a 58% chance of making the postseason, whereas a loss on the weekend would have dropped 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 guiding three scoring drives in their last four series to win it in extra time.

Some big passes and swashbuckling scrambles are commonplace for Patrick in the postseason, but right now the Chiefs are in playoff mode – at six and five and just tenth in the conference standings.

This was more like the old Chiefs though, with a initial close victory of the year after dropping 5 already – they secured 11 of them last year so, if that confidence comes back, this Chiefs Kingdom may not be done so soon.

Discussion – Are Chicago Become Rulers of the Division?

You can no longer overlook the Chicago Bears now. A victory over the Steelers, minus Rodgers, maintained them top of the NFC North and at 8-3 – sharing the identical standing as the Eagles.

They appear threatening on each side of the ball, with a defence that leads the NFL in interceptions and overall takeaways and, in Caleb Williams, a emerging player now used to winning close games.

He can still be inconsistent, giving away a score after a turnover in his own end zone – but he additionally passed for 3 touchdowns and, with already five final period rallies this season, he understands how to get the job done.

Green Bay are in close chase in the division after dominating the Minnesota and Detroit are in contention after beating the New York in extra time with a monster game from Gibbs.

Chicago are strangely the most consistent with 8 victories in 9, but as they travel to the Super Bowl champs on the holiday we'll discover just how good they really are.

Preview – Thrilling Thanksgiving in Prospect

This looks among the most exciting Thanksgiving schedules for a long time, with every game loaded with postseason consequences.

The Lions welcome the Packers in the traditional curtain-raiser in Michigan, prior to a rare visit return to Texas for the Chiefs, who began life as the Dallas Texans long ago in the sixties before moving to Missouri.

Sunday's rally kings are each clinging to postseason aspirations but have very little margin for error – so this will have a playoff feel.

What about the Ravens? An ugly win over the Jets in fact has them leading of the division after starting one and five and appearing dead and buried.

Holiday and Shopping Day Fixtures (all times GMT)

• Thursday, 27 November: Green Bay Packers @ Detroit Lions (6:00 PM)
• Thursday, twenty-seven November: Chiefs @ Cowboys (21:30)
• Friday, twenty-eight November: Bengals @ Ravens (1:20 AM)
• Friday, twenty-eight November: Bears @ Eagles (20:00)

Will Shedeur Sanders Retain His Job?

Browns coach Kevin Stefanski batted away inquiries on whether Sanders had done sufficiently in his debut NFL outing to keep the starting position when Gabriel comes back.

Yet the issue will continue to be raised as Shedeur became the first Browns quarterback to win his debut NFL game since Zeier in nineteen ninety-nine – with 17 other first-year signal callers failing to do so since.

It was just the Las Vegas, and with the assistance of an almost aggressive Cleveland defense recording 10 tackles, but Cleveland's offence needs a leader, a figurehead to build confidence.

And self-belief is one thing not lacking in Shedeur, who told a CBS {