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Week 12 provided an epic Cowboys comeback, or perhaps an epic Eagles implosion?

Postseason Mahomes showed up to salvage the Kansas City's campaign as the Bears keep to impress while they extend their winning run.

And did Sanders perform sufficiently on his first professional start to secure the starting role in Cleveland?

We’ll examine at the pick of the action in the league.

Analysis – Dallas Rally or Eagles Collapse?

The Cowboys were trailing badly at 21-0 down versus the reigning championship winners, how exactly did they engineer their equal-largest recovery in history?

Sentiment of a initial home fixture after Marshawn Kneeland tragic passing may have been a factor, but technically it was a mixture of Dak Prescott determination and a defensive unit that cashed in on rare errors by the Philadelphia.

Dak surpassed Romo’s marks for yards thrown (now 34,378) and game-winning drives (25) with an dynamic display – his diving touchdown personifying his energetic showing.

Philly squandered a lead of 21 points or more for the initial time after 1999, with only their second game with several giveaways this year – the other being another bad NFC East defeat at the New York.

Along with fourteen penalties for ninety-six yards, the offensive malaise that affected Hurts after what – for him – was an explosive start was huge. He'd only thrown for over two hundred yards in four games prior to the weekend, he had more than one hundred fifty in the first half by himself in Dallas.

However from the time the Eagles went twenty-one to zero up their offense derailed spectacularly – with four straight punts, a missed field goal and then a turnover handing chance after opportunity to the Dallas.

The Eagles defence is brilliant, it really is, but an offense that's not eclipsed twenty-one points in 5 of seven games (three losses) is now a huge concern, because the components are all there but it's just not clicking.

Nick Sirianni game is all about securing the big situations, the defence maintains them in it and what offence there is manages just about sufficient – if it can't even do that and now the discipline and ball protection is breaking down, there could be problems ahead.

In Focus – Playoff Patrick Shows Up Early to Save Chiefs

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

How significant was it? Indeed, the league’s Next Gen Stats now give the Chiefs a 58% probability of reaching the playoffs, when a defeat on Sunday would have reduced that number to twenty-eight percent.

No wonder the playoff form of Patrick Mahomes arrived, throwing for 235 yards in the latter half alone and leading three point-scoring possessions in their last 4 possessions to seal it in overtime.

A few huge passes and daring scrambles are commonplace for Mahomes in the postseason, but currently the Kansas City are in post-season form – at six and five and just 10th in the conference rankings.

This was more like the old Chiefs however, with a initial one-score win of the year after dropping 5 previously – they secured 11 of them the previous season so, if that confidence comes back, this Chiefs Kingdom may not be finished so soon.

Talking Point – Are Chicago Be Rulers of the Division?

You just can't overlook the Bears now. A win over the Pittsburgh Steelers, without Rodgers, kept them first of the NFC North and at 8-3 – holding the same record as the Philadelphia.

They look threatening on each side of the field, with a defense that tops the league in picks and overall turnovers and, in Williams, a emerging player now used to securing close games.

He can still be shaky, surrendering a touchdown after a fumble in his team’s end zone – but he additionally passed for three scores and, with already five fourth-quarter comebacks this year, he understands how to get the job done.

Green Bay are in close pursuit in the division after dominating the Vikings and Detroit are in contention after overcoming the Giants in overtime with a huge game from Gibbs.

Chicago are interestingly the most consistent with 8 wins in nine, but as they travel to the championship champs on the holiday we'll discover exactly how strong they really are.

Look Ahead – Exciting Holiday in Store

It appears one of the best holiday line-ups for years, with each game loaded with postseason consequences.

The Lions host the Green Bay in the classic opener in Detroit, prior to a rare trip back to Dallas for the Kansas City, who started out existence as the Texans long ago in the sixties before moving to Missouri.

Sunday's comeback kings are both holding on to postseason hopes but have very little room for mistakes – so this will have a playoff feel.

What about the Baltimore Ravens? An ugly win over the New York in fact has them top of the AFC North after beginning one and five and appearing dead and buried.

Thanksgiving and Black Friday Fixtures (all times GMT)

• Thursday, twenty-seven November: Packers @ Lions (6:00 PM)
• Thursday, 27 November: Kansas City Chiefs @ Cowboys (21:30)
• Friday, twenty-eight November: Bengals @ Baltimore Ravens (1:20 AM)
• Friday, 28 November: Chicago Bears @ Eagles (8:00 PM)

Can Sanders Retain His Starting Role?

Cleveland Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski batted away questions on whether Shedeur Sanders had performed sufficiently in his debut professional outing to maintain the first-team position when Gabriel returns.

Yet the question will continue to be asked as Sanders became the first Cleveland signal-caller to win his debut NFL game after Zeier in nineteen ninety-nine – with seventeen other rookie signal callers unsuccessful to do so since.

It was just the Raiders, and with the help of an almost feral Cleveland defence getting ten tackles, but Cleveland's offence needs a leader, a figurehead to build confidence.

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