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The twelfth week provided an incredible Dallas Cowboys comeback, or was it an epic Eagles collapse?

Playoff Mahomes showed up to salvage the Kansas City's campaign while the Chicago Bears keep to surprise as they continue their victorious run.

Did Sanders do sufficiently on his debut NFL start to secure the full-time role in Cleveland?

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

The Breakdown – Dallas Rally or Philly Fail?

The Cowboys were trailing badly at twenty-one to zero behind versus the reigning Super Bowl champions, how exactly did they produce their equal-largest comeback in history?

The emotions of a first home fixture since a teammate’s tragic death may have been a factor, but technically it was a mixture of Prescott’s determination and a defensive unit that cashed in on rare mistakes by the Eagles.

Dak surpassed Tony Romo marks for passing yards (now thirty-four thousand three hundred seventy-eight) and game-winning drives (25) with an dynamic performance – his diving score personifying his all-action showing.

Philly squandered a advantage of twenty-one points or more for the initial time since 1999, with only their second game with multiple giveaways this season – the previous being a bad NFC East loss at the New York.

In addition to 14 infractions for ninety-six yards, the attacking malaise that affected Hurts after what – for him – was an fast beginning was significant. He had only thrown for 200-plus yards in four games before Sunday, he had over 150 in the opening two quarters by himself in Dallas.

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

The Eagles defense is brilliant, it really is, but an offence that's not surpassed 21 points in five of 7 games (3 losses) is now a major worry, as the pieces are all there but it's simply not working.

Sirianni’s game is all about winning the key moments, the defence keeps them in it and what offense there is manages just about enough – if it can't even do that and now the composure and possession security is breaking down, there may be trouble ahead.

Spotlight – Playoff Patrick Appears Early to Rescue Kansas City

It wasn't quite as dramatic, but the Chiefs’ 11-point recovery in the final period against a strong Indianapolis squad was very notable – and could have only saved their season.

How significant was it? Indeed, the league’s advanced analytics now give the Chiefs a 58% probability of making the playoffs, whereas a loss on the weekend would have dropped that figure to twenty-eight percent.

No wonder the playoff version of Patrick Mahomes turned up, passing for 235 yards in the latter half by itself and leading three scoring drives in their final four possessions to win it in extra time.

Some big passes and swashbuckling scrambles are commonplace for Mahomes in the playoffs, but currently the Chiefs are in playoff form – at six and five and only 10th in the AFC rankings.

This was closer to the former Chiefs though, with a first close victory of the season after dropping 5 previously – they won 11 of them the previous season so, if that belief returns, this Kansas City faithful may not be finished just yet.

Discussion – Can Bears Become Rulers of the Division?

You can no longer ignore the Chicago Bears now. A win over the Steelers, minus Rodgers, kept them top of the division and at eight and three – sharing the identical record as the Eagles.

They appear dangerous on both sides of the ball, with a defence that tops the NFL in picks and overall takeaways and, in Williams, a emerging quarterback now accustomed to securing tight games.

He may still be shaky, surrendering a touchdown after a fumble in his team’s goal area – but he additionally threw three scores and, with already 5 fourth-quarter comebacks this season, he understands how to get the job done.

The Green Bay Packers are in hot chase in the NFC North after overpowering the Vikings and the Lions are in contention after beating the New York in extra time with a huge game from Gibbs.

Chicago are strangely the most consistent with eight victories in nine, but as they travel to the championship winners on Thanksgiving we'll see just how strong they truly are.

Look Ahead – Exciting Thanksgiving in Prospect

This looks among the most exciting Thanksgiving line-ups for years, with every game loaded with playoff consequences.

Detroit welcome the Green Bay in the traditional opener in Detroit, before a rare trip back to Dallas for the Chiefs, who began existence as the Dallas Texans way back in the sixties before moving to Kansas City.

The weekend’s rally kings are each holding on to playoff aspirations but have minimal room for mistakes – so this will have a post-season feel.

What about the Baltimore Ravens? An ugly win over the New York in fact has them top of the division after beginning one and five and looking finished.

Holiday and Shopping Day Fixtures (all times GMT)

• Thursday, twenty-seven November: Packers @ Detroit Lions (18:00)
• Thursday, 27 November: Chiefs @ Dallas Cowboys (21:30)
• Friday, twenty-eight November: Bengals @ Ravens (01:20)
• Friday, twenty-eight November: Bears @ Philadelphia Eagles (8:00 PM)

Can Sanders Retain His Starting Role?

Cleveland Browns coach Stefanski dismissed questions on whether Sanders had done enough in his debut professional outing to maintain the first-team job when Gabriel returns.

But the issue will keep being asked as Sanders became the first Cleveland signal-caller to secure his debut NFL game since Zeier in 1999 – with seventeen other rookie signal callers failing to do so since.

It came just the Raiders, and with the assistance of an almost aggressive Browns defence recording 10 tackles, but Cleveland's offence requires a director, a figurehead to build belief.

And self-belief is something not missing in Sanders, who informed a network {