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Week 12 provided an epic Dallas Cowboys rally, or perhaps an epic Eagles collapse?

Playoff Mahomes arrived to salvage the Kansas City's campaign while the Bears continue to surprise as they extend their victorious run.

Did Sanders perform enough on his debut NFL outing to earn the starting role in Ohio?

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

The Breakdown – Cowboys Comeback or Eagles Collapse?

Dallas found themselves down and out at 21-0 down versus the reigning Super Bowl winners, so how on earth did they produce their equal-largest recovery in history?

The emotions of a initial home game after a teammate’s tragic death may have played a part, but technically it was a mixture of Prescott’s resolve and a defence that pounced on rare mistakes by the Philadelphia.

Prescott eclipsed Romo’s records for yards thrown (now 34,378) and clutch drives (25) with an all-action performance – his diving touchdown personifying his energetic showing.

Philly wasted a advantage of twenty-one points or more for the initial time after 1999, with just their second game with several turnovers this year – the other being a bad NFC East defeat at the New York.

Along with fourteen infractions for ninety-six yards, the attacking malaise that hit Jalen Hurts after what – for him – was an explosive beginning was significant. He'd only passed for over two hundred yards in four games prior to the weekend, he had over 150 in the first half by himself in Texas.

Yet from the time the Eagles went twenty-one to zero up their offense derailed dramatically – with four consecutive punts, a failed three-point attempt and then a fumble giving opportunity after opportunity to the Cowboys.

The Eagles defence is excellent, it truly is, but an offense that's not eclipsed twenty-one points in 5 of 7 games (three losses) is now a major concern, because the components are all there but it's simply not clicking.

Sirianni’s game is all about securing the key moments, the defence maintains them in it and what offense there is does just about enough – if it can't even do that and now the composure and ball protection is failing, there could be problems ahead.

Spotlight – Postseason Mahomes Appears Early to Rescue Kansas City

It wasn't as dramatic, but Kansas City's 11-point comeback in the final period against a powerful Indianapolis team was hugely notable – and may have just saved their campaign.

How significant was it? Indeed, the league’s Next Gen Stats now give the Kansas City a 58% chance of making the playoffs, when a defeat on Sunday would have dropped that figure to twenty-eight percent.

It’s no surprise the playoff version of Mahomes turned up, passing for two hundred thirty-five yards in the latter half alone and guiding three point-scoring possessions in their final four possessions to win it in overtime.

Some big passes and swashbuckling runs are commonplace for Patrick in the postseason, but currently the Chiefs are in playoff form – at 6-5 and only tenth in the AFC standings.

That was closer to the former Kansas City though, with a first one-score victory of the season after losing five previously – they secured 11 of them the previous season so, if that belief comes back, this Kansas City faithful may not be done so soon.

Discussion – Can Bears Be Kings of the Division?

You can no longer overlook the Chicago Bears now. A win over the Pittsburgh Steelers, minus Aaron Rodgers, kept them first of the NFC North and at eight and three – sharing the identical standing as the Philadelphia.

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

He may at times be inconsistent, surrendering a score after a fumble in his team’s end zone – but he additionally threw three touchdowns and, with already 5 final period comebacks this season, he knows how to get the job done.

Green Bay are in close chase in the NFC North after dominating the Vikings and the Lions are right there after beating the New York in overtime with a monster game from Jahmyr Gibbs.

The Bears are interestingly the most reliable with 8 wins in 9, but as they visit the championship winners on Thanksgiving we'll see exactly how strong they truly are.

Look Ahead – Thrilling Thanksgiving in Prospect

It appears among the most exciting Thanksgiving schedules for years, with every game loaded with postseason implications.

Detroit welcome the Packers in the traditional opener in Michigan, prior to a unusual visit back to Texas for the Kansas City, who began existence as the Texans long ago in the 1960s before moving to Missouri.

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

What about the Baltimore Ravens? An unattractive victory 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 Shopping Day Games (all times GMT)

• Thursday, 27 November: Green Bay Packers @ Detroit Lions (18:00)
• Thursday, twenty-seven November: Chiefs @ Dallas Cowboys (9:30 PM)
• Friday, 28 November: Cincinnati Bengals @ Ravens (01:20)
• Friday, twenty-eight November: Bears @ Eagles (8:00 PM)

Will Shedeur Sanders Keep His Starting Role?

Cleveland Browns head coach Stefanski batted away inquiries on whether Sanders had done sufficiently in his first NFL start to keep the first-team job when Dillon Gabriel returns.

Yet the question will keep being raised as Sanders became the first Browns signal-caller to win his first league start since Eric Zeier in nineteen ninety-nine – with 17 additional first-year quarterbacks failing to do so afterward.

It was just the Las Vegas, and with the assistance of an almost aggressive Browns defence recording ten sacks, but Cleveland's offence needs a director, a figurehead to build confidence.

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