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

Playoff Mahomes showed up to salvage the Chiefs' campaign while the Chicago Bears keep to impress while they continue their victorious streak.

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

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

The Breakdown – Dallas Rally or Eagles Collapse?

The Cowboys found themselves down and out at twenty-one to zero behind against the defending championship champions, how exactly did they engineer their equal-largest recovery ever?

The emotions of a first home game after a teammate’s untimely death may have been a factor, but technically it was a combination of Dak Prescott determination and a defence that pounced on uncommon mistakes by the Eagles.

Prescott surpassed Tony Romo records for yards thrown (now 34,378) and clutch possessions (twenty-five) with an dynamic performance – his diving score embodying his energetic display.

Philadelphia squandered a lead of twenty-one points or more for the first time since nineteen ninety-nine, with only their second game with multiple turnovers this year – the other being another disappointing NFC East defeat at the Giants.

In addition to fourteen infractions for ninety-six yards, the offensive malaise that hit Jalen Hurts after what – for him – was an explosive beginning was significant. He had only passed for 200-plus yards in 4 games before Sunday, he had over one hundred fifty in the first half alone in Texas.

However from the time Philadelphia went 21-0 up their offence derailed dramatically – with four consecutive punts, a missed field goal and then a fumble giving chance after opportunity to the Dallas.

Philadelphia’s defense is excellent, it truly is, but an offence that's not surpassed 21 points in 5 of seven games (3 losses) is now a huge concern, as the components are all there but it's simply not working.

Nick Sirianni approach is all about winning the big situations, the defence maintains them in it and what offence there is does barely enough – if it can't even do that and now the discipline and ball protection is breaking down, there may be problems ahead.

In Focus – Playoff Patrick Appears Prematurely to Rescue Kansas City

It wasn't as extreme, but Kansas City's eleven-point comeback in the fourth quarter against a powerful Colts team was hugely impressive – and may have only saved 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 loss on Sunday would have reduced that number to twenty-eight percent.

It’s no surprise the postseason form of Patrick Mahomes arrived, passing for 235 yards in the latter half by itself and guiding three point-scoring drives in their last 4 possessions to seal it in extra time.

Some big passes and daring scrambles are commonplace for Patrick in the postseason, but currently the Chiefs are in playoff form – at six and five and only tenth in the conference standings.

This was more like the old Kansas City though, with a initial close win of the year after losing 5 previously – they won 11 of them the previous season so, if that confidence comes back, this Kansas City faithful may not be done just yet.

Discussion – Are Chicago Become Kings of the Division?

You can no longer ignore the Bears now. A win over the Steelers, without Rodgers, kept them first of the NFC North and at 8-3 – holding the identical standing as the Philadelphia.

They appear dangerous on both sides of the field, with a defence that tops the NFL in interceptions and overall turnovers and, in Caleb Williams, a young quarterback now used to securing close games.

He may at times be shaky, surrendering a score after a fumble in his team’s end zone – but he additionally passed for three touchdowns and, with already 5 final period rallies this year, he knows how to get the job done.

The Green Bay Packers are in close pursuit in the NFC North after overpowering the Minnesota and Detroit are in contention after overcoming the New York in extra time with a monster game from Gibbs.

The Bears are strangely the most reliable with eight victories in nine, but as they visit the Super Bowl winners on the holiday we'll discover exactly how good they truly are.

Preview – Exciting Holiday in Store

It appears among the best holiday line-ups for years, with every game loaded with postseason implications.

Detroit welcome the Packers in the classic curtain-raiser in Detroit, before a rare trip return to Texas for the Kansas City, who began life as the Dallas Texans long ago in the sixties before moving to Missouri.

The weekend’s rally kings are both holding on to playoff aspirations but have minimal margin for mistakes – so this will have a playoff atmosphere.

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

Holiday and Black Friday Fixtures (all times GMT)

• Thursday, 27 November: Packers @ Detroit Lions (18:00)
• Thursday, 27 November: Kansas City Chiefs @ Cowboys (9:30 PM)
• Friday, 28 November: Bengals @ Ravens (01:20)
• Friday, 28 November: Chicago Bears @ Eagles (20:00)

Will Shedeur Sanders Keep His Job?

Cleveland Browns coach Kevin Stefanski batted away inquiries on whether Sanders had performed sufficiently in his debut professional outing to keep the starting position when Gabriel comes back.

But the question will keep being asked as Shedeur became the first Cleveland signal-caller to win his first league start since Eric Zeier in 1999 – with seventeen additional rookie quarterbacks unsuccessful to do so afterward.

It came only the Las Vegas, and with the assistance of an nearly feral Cleveland defense recording ten tackles, but the Browns’ offense requires a director, a presence to build belief.

Moreover self-belief is something not lacking in Shedeur, who informed a network {