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Week 12 provided an epic Cowboys rally, or perhaps an massive Philadelphia Eagles implosion?

Postseason Patrick Mahomes showed up to salvage the Chiefs' campaign while the Bears continue to impress as they continue their winning streak.

Did Sanders do enough on his first professional start to secure 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 down and out at 21-0 behind against the defending championship champions, so how on earth did they produce their equal-largest comeback ever?

Sentiment of a first home game after a teammate’s tragic death may have been a factor, but technically it was a combination of Prescott’s determination and a defence that pounced on uncommon errors by the Eagles.

Prescott eclipsed Tony Romo marks for passing yards (now thirty-four thousand three hundred seventy-eight) and clutch possessions (25) with an dynamic performance – his plunging touchdown personifying his energetic display.

Philly wasted a advantage of 21 points or more for the initial time since 1999, with just their second game with several turnovers this year – the other being a disappointing NFC East defeat at the Giants.

Along with fourteen infractions for 96 yards, the attacking malaise that affected Jalen Hurts after what – for him – was an explosive 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.

However from the time Philadelphia went twenty-one to zero up their offence fell apart dramatically – with four consecutive punts, a missed field goal and then a turnover handing chance after chance to the Dallas.

The Eagles defense is brilliant, it really is, but an offense that's not surpassed 21 points in 5 of 7 games (3 losses) is now a huge worry, because the components are all there but it's just not clicking.

Sirianni’s approach is all about winning the big moments, the defense maintains them in it and what offence there is does barely sufficient – if it cannot even do that and now the composure and ball protection is failing, there may be trouble ahead.

In Focus – Playoff Patrick Shows Up Prematurely to Rescue Chiefs

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

How significant was it? Well, the NFL's advanced analytics now assign the Kansas City a fifty-eight percent chance of reaching the postseason, whereas a defeat on Sunday would have reduced that number to twenty-eight percent.

No wonder the playoff version of Mahomes turned up, throwing for 235 yards in the second half alone and guiding three point-scoring possessions in their final four series to win it in overtime.

Some big passes and swashbuckling scrambles are commonplace for Mahomes in the playoffs, but right now the Chiefs are in post-season mode – at 6-5 and only 10th in the conference rankings.

That was more like the old Chiefs however, with a first close victory of the year after dropping 5 previously – they secured 11 of them the previous season so, if that belief returns, this Kansas City faithful may not be finished so soon.

Discussion – Are Chicago Become Rulers of the North?

You can no longer ignore the Chicago Bears now. A victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers, minus Aaron Rodgers, maintained them first of the NFC North and at eight and three – sharing the identical record as the Philadelphia.

They appear threatening on both sides of the field, with a defense that tops the NFL in interceptions and overall turnovers and, in Caleb Williams, a young quarterback now used to winning close games.

He can at times be inconsistent, surrendering a score after a fumble in his team’s end zone – but he additionally passed for 3 touchdowns and, with already five final period comebacks this year, he knows how to get the job done.

Green Bay are in hot chase in the division after overpowering the Vikings and Detroit are right there after beating the New York in extra time with a huge game from Jahmyr Gibbs.

The Bears are interestingly the most consistent with 8 wins in nine, but as they travel to the championship winners on Thanksgiving we'll see just how good they truly are.

Preview – Exciting Holiday in Store

It appears one of the best Thanksgiving line-ups for a long time, with each game loaded with playoff consequences.

Detroit host the Green Bay in the traditional opener in Michigan, before a rare trip back to Texas for the Chiefs, who started out existence as the Dallas Texans way back in the sixties before relocating to Missouri.

The weekend’s comeback kings are each holding on to playoff hopes but have minimal room for mistakes – so this will have a playoff feel.

And how about the Baltimore Ravens? An ugly win over the Jets in fact has them top of the division after beginning one and five and appearing finished.

Holiday and Shopping Day Fixtures (all times GMT)

• Thursday, twenty-seven November: Packers @ Detroit Lions (6:00 PM)
• Thursday, twenty-seven November: Chiefs @ Dallas Cowboys (21:30)
• Friday, twenty-eight November: Cincinnati Bengals @ Baltimore Ravens (01:20)
• Friday, twenty-eight November: Chicago Bears @ Philadelphia Eagles (20:00)

Will Shedeur Sanders Keep His Starting Role?

Browns head coach Stefanski dismissed questions on whether Sanders had done sufficiently in his first NFL outing to keep the first-team job when Dillon Gabriel comes back.

But the question will continue to be asked as Shedeur became the first Browns signal-caller to win his first NFL game after Eric Zeier in nineteen ninety-nine – with 17 other rookie signal callers failing to do so since.

It was just the Las Vegas, and with the assistance of an nearly feral Browns defence getting ten tackles, but Cleveland's offense needs a leader, a presence to build confidence.

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