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Week 12 delivered an incredible Dallas Cowboys rally, or was it an massive Eagles implosion?

Postseason Patrick Mahomes showed up to salvage the Chiefs' season while the Bears continue to surprise while they continue their winning run.

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

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

The Breakdown – Cowboys Comeback or Eagles Collapse?

Dallas found themselves down and out at twenty-one to zero behind against the reigning Super Bowl champions, how exactly did they engineer their equal-largest comeback in history?

Sentiment of a first home game after a teammate’s tragic passing could have been a factor, however it was a mixture of Prescott’s determination and a defensive unit that cashed in on rare mistakes by the Philadelphia.

Dak surpassed Tony Romo marks for yards thrown (now 34,378) and game-winning drives (25) with an dynamic display – his plunging score personifying his energetic display.

Philly squandered a advantage of twenty-one points or more for the first time after nineteen ninety-nine, with just their second game with multiple giveaways this season – the previous being a bad NFC East defeat at the Giants.

Along with fourteen penalties for 96 yards, the attacking struggles that hit Hurts after what – for him – was an explosive start was huge. He'd only thrown for 200-plus yards in 4 games prior to the weekend, he had more than one hundred fifty in the opening two quarters alone in Dallas.

However from the time the Eagles went twenty-one to zero up their offence fell apart spectacularly – with four consecutive punts, a missed field goal and then a turnover giving opportunity after opportunity to the Cowboys.

Philadelphia’s defence is brilliant, it really is, but an offense that's not eclipsed twenty-one points in five of 7 games (3 losses) is now a huge worry, as the components are all there but it's just not working.

Nick Sirianni approach is all about securing the key situations, the defense keeps them in it and what offence there is does barely sufficient – if it cannot even do that and now the discipline and possession security is breaking down, there could be problems ahead.

In Focus – Postseason Mahomes Shows Up Prematurely to Rescue Kansas City

It wasn’t quite as dramatic, but the Chiefs’ eleven-point recovery in the fourth quarter versus a strong Colts team was very notable – and may have only saved their season.

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

No wonder the playoff version of Mahomes arrived, passing for two hundred thirty-five yards in the latter half alone and guiding three scoring possessions in their final four series to win it in overtime.

A few big throws and daring runs are typical for Patrick in the postseason, but right now the Kansas City are in playoff mode – at 6-5 and just tenth in the AFC rankings.

That was more like the old Kansas City though, with a first close win of the season after losing five already – they won 11 of them last year so, if that belief comes back, this Chiefs Kingdom may not be done just yet.

Talking Point – Are Chicago Be Kings of the North?

You can no longer overlook the Chicago Bears any longer. A victory over the Steelers, minus Aaron Rodgers, maintained them top of the division and at 8-3 – holding the identical standing as the Eagles.

They look dangerous on each side of the ball, with a defence that leads the NFL in interceptions and total takeaways and, in Williams, a emerging quarterback now accustomed to securing close games.

He can still be shaky, surrendering a score after a fumble in his own end zone – but he also passed for three touchdowns and, with already five fourth-quarter comebacks this season, he understands how to finish the game.

The Green Bay Packers are in close chase in the NFC North after overpowering the Minnesota and the Lions are right there after beating the New York in overtime with a huge game from Jahmyr Gibbs.

The Bears are strangely the most consistent with eight victories in 9, but as they visit the championship champs on the holiday we'll discover just how good they really are.

Preview – Thrilling Holiday in Prospect

This looks among the most exciting holiday line-ups for years, with each game loaded with postseason implications.

The Lions host the Green Bay in the classic opener in Detroit, before a unusual visit back to Dallas for the Chiefs, who started out existence as the Dallas Texans way back in the sixties before moving to Kansas City.

Sunday's rally kings are each clinging to playoff hopes but have very little margin for mistakes – so this will have a playoff atmosphere.

What about the Baltimore Ravens? An unattractive win over the Jets actually has them top of the division after beginning 1-5 and looking finished.

Thanksgiving and Black Friday Games (all times GMT)

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

Will Shedeur Sanders Retain His Starting Role?

Browns head coach Stefanski dismissed questions on whether Sanders had done sufficiently in his first professional outing to maintain the starting position when Gabriel comes back.

Yet the issue will continue to be asked as Shedeur became the first Browns quarterback to win his first league game since Zeier in 1999 – with 17 additional first-year signal callers unsuccessful to do so since.

It came just the Raiders, and with the help of an nearly feral Browns defence getting ten tackles, but the Browns’ offence needs a director, a figurehead to build belief.

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