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The twelfth week provided an incredible Cowboys rally, or perhaps an epic Philadelphia Eagles implosion?

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

And did Sanders do sufficiently on his debut professional start to secure the full-time role in Ohio?

Let's take a look at the best of the week in the NFL.

The Breakdown – Dallas Rally or Eagles Collapse?

The Cowboys were down and out at twenty-one to zero behind against the defending championship winners, how exactly did they engineer their joint-best comeback ever?

The emotions of a first home fixture since a teammate’s tragic death may have been a factor, but technically it was a combination of Dak Prescott resolve and a defence that pounced on rare mistakes by the Philadelphia.

Prescott surpassed Tony Romo records for passing yards (now thirty-four thousand three hundred seventy-eight) and clutch drives (25) with an dynamic performance – his plunging score personifying his energetic showing.

Philly squandered a advantage of twenty-one points or more for the initial time since nineteen ninety-nine, with just their second game with multiple giveaways this season – the other being another disappointing NFC East loss at the New York.

In addition to 14 penalties for 96 yards, the offensive struggles that affected Jalen Hurts after what – for him – was an fast start was huge. He had only passed for over two hundred yards in 4 games before Sunday, he had over 150 in the opening two quarters by himself in Dallas.

However from the time the Eagles went 21-0 up their offence fell apart dramatically – with four straight punts, a missed three-point attempt and then a turnover handing chance after chance to the Cowboys.

The Eagles defence is excellent, it truly is, but an offense that's not surpassed twenty-one points in five of seven games (three losses) is now a huge worry, because the pieces are all there but it's simply not working.

Nick Sirianni game is all about winning the big moments, the defense keeps them in it and what offence there is manages just about enough – if it cannot even do that and now the composure and possession security is failing, there could be problems in the future.

In Focus – Playoff Patrick Appears Prematurely to Rescue Kansas City

It wasn’t quite as dramatic, but the Chiefs’ 11-point recovery in the fourth quarter against a strong Indianapolis squad was very impressive – and may have only rescued their campaign.

How significant was it? Well, the NFL's Next Gen Stats now assign the Kansas City a 58% chance of making the playoffs, when a defeat on the weekend would have dropped that figure to twenty-eight percent.

It’s no surprise the postseason version of Patrick Mahomes turned up, throwing for two hundred thirty-five yards in the second half alone and guiding 3 scoring drives in their last four possessions to seal it in overtime.

A few big passes and daring runs are commonplace for Patrick in the playoffs, but right now the Kansas City are in post-season mode – at 6-5 and only tenth in the conference rankings.

This was more like the former Kansas City though, with a initial one-score victory of the year after dropping 5 previously – they secured eleven of them the previous season so, if that belief returns, this Kansas City faithful might not be finished so soon.

Discussion – Are Chicago Be Kings of the Division?

You can no longer overlook the Bears now. A win over the Pittsburgh Steelers, without Rodgers, kept them first of the division and at 8-3 – sharing the identical standing as the Eagles.

They appear dangerous on each side of the ball, with a defence that leads the league in interceptions and total takeaways and, in Williams, a emerging player now used to winning tight games.

He may at times be inconsistent, surrendering a touchdown after a turnover in his own goal area – but he also passed for three touchdowns and, with already 5 final period rallies this year, he understands how to finish the game.

Green Bay are in close pursuit in the division after dominating the Vikings and Detroit are right there after overcoming the New York in extra time with a monster game from Gibbs.

Chicago are strangely the most reliable with eight wins in nine, but as they travel to the championship champs on the holiday we'll discover exactly how strong they truly are.

Look Ahead – Exciting Thanksgiving in Store

It appears among the most exciting holiday schedules for years, with each game loaded with postseason consequences.

The Lions welcome the Green Bay in the classic curtain-raiser in Michigan, prior to a rare trip return to Dallas for the Kansas City, who started out life as the Texans way back in the sixties before moving to Missouri.

Sunday's rally teams are each clinging to playoff hopes but have minimal room for error – so this will have a playoff feel.

What about the Ravens? An unattractive win over the New York in fact has them leading of the division after starting 1-5 and appearing finished.

Thanksgiving and Black Friday Games (all times GMT)

• Thursday, 27 November: Green Bay Packers @ Detroit Lions (6:00 PM)
• Thursday, twenty-seven November: Chiefs @ Dallas Cowboys (9:30 PM)
• Friday, twenty-eight November: Bengals @ Ravens (1:20 AM)
• Friday, 28 November: Bears @ Philadelphia Eagles (20:00)

Can Sanders Retain His Starting Role?

Browns coach Stefanski batted away inquiries on whether Sanders had performed enough in his first NFL start to maintain the first-team job when Gabriel comes back.

But the question will keep being asked as Sanders became the first Browns signal-caller to secure his debut NFL game after Eric Zeier in nineteen ninety-nine – with 17 additional first-year signal callers unsuccessful to do so since.

It came just the Raiders, and with the assistance of an almost feral Browns defense getting 10 sacks, but Cleveland's offense needs a director, a figurehead to build belief.

Moreover confidence is something not missing in Shedeur, who informed a CBS {