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The twelfth week delivered an incredible Cowboys comeback, or perhaps an epic Eagles collapse?

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

And did Shedeur Sanders do sufficiently on his debut professional outing to earn the starting job in Cleveland?

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

Analysis – Cowboys Comeback or Eagles Collapse?

Dallas were trailing badly at twenty-one to zero down against the reigning Super Bowl champions, how exactly did they produce their equal-largest recovery ever?

The emotions of a initial home fixture since a teammate’s tragic death may have played a part, but technically it was a combination of Prescott’s resolve and a defensive unit that cashed in on uncommon errors by the Philadelphia.

Prescott eclipsed Romo’s marks for passing yards (now thirty-four thousand three hundred seventy-eight) and clutch possessions (twenty-five) with an all-action display – his plunging touchdown embodying his all-action display.

Philadelphia wasted a advantage of twenty-one points or more for the initial time after 1999, with just their second game with multiple turnovers this season – the other being a disappointing NFC East loss at the New York.

In addition to 14 infractions for 96 yards, the attacking malaise that affected Hurts after what – for him – was an explosive start was significant. He'd only passed for 200-plus yards in 4 games before Sunday, he had more than one hundred fifty in the first half alone in Texas.

However from the time Philadelphia went 21-0 up their offence fell apart dramatically – with four straight kicks, a missed three-point attempt and then a fumble giving opportunity after chance to the Cowboys.

The Eagles defense is brilliant, it truly is, but an offense that's not surpassed 21 points in 5 of 7 games (three losses) is now a huge concern, as the pieces are all there but it's simply not working.

Nick Sirianni game is all about securing the key moments, the defense keeps them in it and what offence there is manages barely enough – if it can't even do that and now the composure and ball protection is failing, there may be trouble in the future.

In Focus – Playoff Patrick Shows Up Prematurely to Rescue Kansas City

It wasn’t as extreme, but the Chiefs’ 11-point recovery in the fourth quarter against a powerful Indianapolis team was hugely notable – and could have only rescued their season.

How significant was it? Indeed, the NFL's advanced analytics now assign the Kansas City a 58% probability of reaching the playoffs, when a loss on Sunday would have reduced that figure to 28%.

It’s no surprise the playoff form of Patrick Mahomes turned up, passing for two hundred thirty-five yards in the second half by itself and guiding three point-scoring possessions in their last 4 possessions to win it in overtime.

Some huge throws and swashbuckling runs are typical for Mahomes in the postseason, but right now the Kansas City are in playoff mode – at 6-5 and only tenth in the conference rankings.

This was more like the old Chiefs however, with a first close victory of the year after losing five previously – they secured eleven of them last year so, if that confidence returns, this Chiefs Kingdom may not be finished so soon.

Discussion – Can Bears Become Rulers of the North?

You can no longer ignore the Bears now. A victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers, without Rodgers, kept them top 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 NFL in interceptions and overall takeaways and, in Caleb Williams, a young quarterback now used to winning tight games.

He may still be inconsistent, giving away a touchdown after a turnover in his team’s end zone – but he also passed for 3 scores and, with already five fourth-quarter rallies this season, he knows how to finish the game.

Green Bay are in close pursuit in the NFC North after overpowering the Vikings and the Lions are in contention after beating the Giants in extra time with a huge game from Jahmyr Gibbs.

The Bears are strangely the most reliable with eight wins in nine, but as they visit the Super Bowl champs on the holiday we'll see just how strong they really are.

Preview – Exciting Thanksgiving in Prospect

It appears among the best holiday schedules for a long time, with every game packed with postseason implications.

The Lions welcome the Packers in the classic curtain-raiser in Michigan, before a unusual visit return to Texas for the Kansas City, who began existence as the Dallas Texans way back in the 1960s before moving to Kansas City.

The weekend’s comeback teams are each clinging to playoff aspirations but have minimal margin for mistakes – so this will have a playoff feel.

And how about the Ravens? An ugly victory over the Jets in fact has them top of the division after starting one and five and appearing dead and buried.

Holiday and Shopping Day Fixtures (all times GMT)

• Thursday, twenty-seven November: Green Bay Packers @ Lions (18:00)
• Thursday, twenty-seven November: Kansas City Chiefs @ Cowboys (21:30)
• Friday, 28 November: Bengals @ Baltimore Ravens (01:20)
• Friday, 28 November: Chicago Bears @ Eagles (8:00 PM)

Will Shedeur Sanders Retain His Job?

Cleveland Browns coach Kevin Stefanski batted away questions on whether Shedeur Sanders had done sufficiently in his first professional start to maintain the first-team position when Dillon Gabriel comes back.

Yet the issue will keep being raised as Shedeur became the first Browns signal-caller to secure his first league start since Eric Zeier in nineteen ninety-nine – with seventeen additional rookie signal callers failing to do so afterward.

It was only the Raiders, and with the assistance of an nearly feral Cleveland defense getting ten tackles, but the Browns’ offense requires a leader, a presence to build belief.

Moreover self-belief is one thing not lacking in Sanders, who informed a CBS {