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

Postseason Patrick Mahomes showed up to salvage the Kansas City's campaign as the Bears keep to impress as they extend their victorious streak.

And did Sanders do enough on his first professional outing to earn the starting role in Cleveland?

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

The Breakdown – Dallas Rally or Philly Fail?

Dallas were trailing badly at twenty-one to zero behind versus the defending championship champions, how exactly did they engineer their joint-best recovery ever?

Sentiment of a first home fixture after a teammate’s tragic death may have played a part, but technically it was a mixture of Dak Prescott determination and a defence that cashed in on rare mistakes by the Philadelphia.

Prescott surpassed Romo’s records for yards thrown (now thirty-four thousand three hundred seventy-eight) and game-winning possessions (25) with an dynamic performance – his plunging touchdown embodying his energetic display.

Philly squandered a advantage of twenty-one points or more for the initial time after nineteen ninety-nine, with only their second game with several giveaways this year – the other being another disappointing division loss at the Giants.

In addition to fourteen penalties for ninety-six yards, the attacking malaise that affected Hurts after what – for him – was an fast start was huge. He had only thrown for over two hundred yards in four games before Sunday, he had more than 150 in the opening two quarters by himself in Texas.

Yet from the time the Eagles went 21-0 up their offense fell apart dramatically – with four straight kicks, a failed three-point attempt and then a fumble handing opportunity after opportunity to the Cowboys.

The Eagles defence is brilliant, it really 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 just not clicking.

Sirianni’s approach is all about securing the key situations, the defense maintains them in it and what offence there is does just about sufficient – if it cannot even do that and now the discipline and possession security is failing, there could be trouble ahead.

Spotlight – Playoff Patrick Shows Up Early to Save Kansas City

It wasn't as extreme, but Kansas City's 11-point recovery in the final period versus a strong Indianapolis team was very impressive – and could have just saved their season.

How big was it? Well, the league’s Next Gen Stats now assign the Chiefs a 58% chance of making the postseason, whereas a defeat on the weekend would have dropped that number to 28%.

It’s no surprise the postseason form of Patrick Mahomes turned up, throwing for 235 yards in the second half by itself and guiding three scoring drives in their last four series to win it in overtime.

Some huge throws and daring runs are typical for Patrick in the playoffs, but currently the Kansas City are in post-season mode – at 6-5 and only tenth in the conference rankings.

This was more like the old Chiefs though, with a first close victory of the year after dropping five already – they secured eleven of them the previous season so, if that belief returns, this Kansas City faithful might not be done just yet.

Talking Point – Are Chicago Become Kings of the Division?

You can no longer ignore the Chicago Bears any longer. A victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers, minus Aaron Rodgers, kept them top of the division and at eight and three – sharing the identical standing as the Philadelphia.

They look dangerous on each side of the field, with a defence that leads the NFL in interceptions and overall turnovers and, in Caleb Williams, a young quarterback now accustomed to securing close games.

He can still be shaky, giving away a touchdown after a turnover in his own end zone – but he also threw 3 touchdowns and, with already 5 fourth-quarter comebacks this year, he knows how to finish the game.

Green Bay are in close pursuit in the NFC North after overpowering the Vikings and Detroit are in contention after overcoming the New York in overtime with a monster game from Jahmyr Gibbs.

Chicago are strangely the most reliable with 8 victories in 9, but as they visit the Super Bowl winners on the holiday we'll see exactly how good they truly are.

Look Ahead – Thrilling Thanksgiving in Store

This looks one of the most exciting holiday schedules for a long time, with every game loaded with playoff consequences.

Detroit host the Packers in the classic curtain-raiser in Michigan, before a unusual visit back to Dallas for the Chiefs, who started out life as the Dallas Texans long ago in the 1960s before relocating to Missouri.

The weekend’s rally kings are both clinging to postseason hopes but have minimal room for mistakes – so this will have a playoff atmosphere.

And how about the Baltimore Ravens? An unattractive victory over the Jets actually has them top of the division after beginning one and five and appearing dead and buried.

Holiday and Black Friday Games (all times GMT)

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

Can Sanders Keep His Job?

Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski dismissed questions on whether Sanders had done sufficiently in his first NFL start to keep the first-team position when Gabriel comes back.

But the issue will continue to be raised as Sanders became the first Browns quarterback to win his debut league start after Zeier in 1999 – with 17 other rookie signal callers unsuccessful to do so afterward.

It came just the Raiders, and with the help of an nearly feral Cleveland defense getting 10 sacks, but the Browns’ offence needs a director, a presence to build belief.

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