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The twelfth week provided an epic Dallas Cowboys comeback, or perhaps an epic Eagles collapse?

Postseason Patrick Mahomes showed up to rescue the Kansas City's campaign as the Bears keep to surprise while they extend their victorious run.

Did Shedeur Sanders perform enough on his first NFL start to earn the full-time job in Ohio?

Let's take a look at the pick of the week in the league.

Analysis – Cowboys Comeback or Philly Fail?

Dallas were trailing badly at twenty-one to zero down against the reigning Super Bowl winners, how exactly did they engineer their joint-best comeback ever?

The emotions of a initial home game since a teammate’s untimely death could have played a part, but technically it was a mixture of Dak Prescott resolve and a defensive unit that pounced on rare mistakes by the Eagles.

Dak surpassed Romo’s records for yards thrown (now thirty-four thousand three hundred seventy-eight) and game-winning possessions (twenty-five) with an dynamic display – his plunging score embodying his energetic display.

Philly squandered a lead of twenty-one points or more for the initial time since 1999, with just their second game with multiple turnovers this season – the previous being another disappointing division loss at the Giants.

In addition to 14 penalties for ninety-six yards, the offensive struggles that hit Jalen 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 150 in the opening two quarters alone in Texas.

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

The Eagles defence is excellent, it really is, but an offense that's not eclipsed 21 points in five of seven games (3 losses) is now a major worry, as the pieces are all there but it's simply not working.

Nick Sirianni game is all about winning the key moments, the defense maintains them in it and what offense there is does just about enough – if it cannot even do that and now the discipline and ball protection is failing, there could be problems in the future.

Spotlight – Playoff Patrick Shows Up Early to Save Chiefs

It wasn't quite as dramatic, but Kansas City's 11-point recovery in the fourth quarter versus a powerful Indianapolis squad was very notable – and may have just rescued their campaign.

How significant was it? Indeed, the league’s advanced analytics now assign the Kansas City a fifty-eight percent chance of making the postseason, when a defeat on the weekend would have dropped that number to 28%.

No wonder the playoff form of Mahomes arrived, throwing for two hundred thirty-five yards in the second half by itself and leading 3 scoring possessions in their last 4 series to win it in overtime.

A few big throws and swashbuckling runs are commonplace for Patrick in the postseason, but right now the Kansas City are in playoff mode – at 6-5 and only 10th in the conference rankings.

That was closer to the old Chiefs though, with a initial one-score victory of the year after losing five previously – they won eleven of them last year so, if that belief comes back, this Kansas City faithful may not be done just yet.

Discussion – Are Chicago Be Rulers of the North?

You can no longer ignore the Chicago Bears now. A victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers, minus Aaron Rodgers, kept them first of the NFC North and at eight and three – holding the identical standing as the Eagles.

They appear threatening on each side of the ball, with a defense that leads the NFL in picks and overall takeaways and, in Williams, a emerging player now accustomed to securing tight games.

He may at times be inconsistent, giving away a score after a turnover in his own goal area – but he additionally threw three scores and, with already 5 fourth-quarter comebacks this season, he knows how to get the job done.

Green Bay are in hot pursuit in the division after overpowering the Minnesota and the Lions are in contention after beating the New York in overtime with a monster game from Gibbs.

Chicago are strangely the most reliable with 8 victories in 9, but as they visit the Super Bowl winners on Thanksgiving we'll discover just how good they really are.

Preview – Thrilling Holiday in Store

It appears one of the best Thanksgiving line-ups for a long time, with every game packed with playoff implications.

Detroit welcome the Green Bay in the traditional opener in Michigan, before a unusual trip return to Texas for the Chiefs, who began life as the Texans way back in the 1960s before relocating to Kansas City.

Sunday's comeback kings are each holding on to postseason aspirations but have minimal room for error – so this will have a playoff feel.

And how about the Ravens? An unattractive win over the Jets actually has them top of the AFC North after beginning one and five and looking dead and buried.

Thanksgiving and Black Friday Games (all times GMT)

• Thursday, twenty-seven November: Packers @ Lions (6:00 PM)
• Thursday, 27 November: Kansas City Chiefs @ Dallas Cowboys (9:30 PM)
• Friday, twenty-eight November: Bengals @ Baltimore Ravens (01:20)
• Friday, twenty-eight November: Chicago Bears @ Eagles (8:00 PM)

Will Shedeur Sanders Retain His Job?

Browns coach Stefanski batted away questions on whether Sanders had done sufficiently in his first professional outing to maintain the first-team position when Gabriel returns.

Yet the question will keep being asked as Shedeur became the first Cleveland signal-caller to win his debut NFL game after Eric Zeier in nineteen ninety-nine – with seventeen other rookie quarterbacks unsuccessful to do so afterward.

It came just the Raiders, and with the assistance of an almost aggressive Browns defense getting ten tackles, but the Browns’ offense requires a leader, a figurehead to build confidence.

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