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

Playoff Mahomes arrived to salvage the Kansas City's campaign as the Chicago Bears keep to surprise while they continue their winning streak.

Did Shedeur Sanders do enough on his debut professional start to secure the starting role in Ohio?

We’ll examine at the best of the action in the NFL.

Analysis – Dallas Rally or Philly Fail?

Dallas found themselves trailing badly at 21-0 behind versus the reigning championship winners, so how on earth did they engineer their equal-largest comeback ever?

Sentiment of a initial home fixture since Marshawn Kneeland tragic passing may have played a part, but technically it was a mixture of Prescott’s resolve and a defensive unit that pounced on rare errors by the Eagles.

Prescott eclipsed Tony Romo records for yards thrown (now 34,378) and clutch drives (25) with an dynamic display – his plunging touchdown personifying his all-action display.

Philadelphia squandered a lead of 21 points or more for the first time after nineteen ninety-nine, with only their second game with multiple giveaways this season – the previous being another disappointing NFC East defeat at the New York.

Along with fourteen penalties for ninety-six yards, the attacking struggles that affected Hurts after what – for him – was an explosive start was huge. He had only thrown for 200-plus yards in 4 games prior to the weekend, he had over 150 in the first half alone in Texas.

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

Philadelphia’s defence is brilliant, it truly is, but an offence that's not surpassed twenty-one points in five of seven games (3 losses) is now a huge concern, as the components are all there but it's just not working.

Sirianni’s game is all about winning the key situations, the defence keeps them in it and what offense there is manages barely sufficient – if it can't even do that and now the discipline and possession security is failing, there may be trouble in the future.

Spotlight – Postseason Mahomes Appears Early to Rescue Kansas City

It wasn’t as extreme, but Kansas City's eleven-point comeback in the fourth quarter versus a powerful Colts team was hugely notable – and may have just rescued their season.

How big was it? Well, the league’s Next Gen Stats now give the Kansas City a fifty-eight percent chance of making the playoffs, whereas a defeat on Sunday would have reduced that figure to twenty-eight percent.

It’s no surprise the playoff form of Mahomes arrived, throwing for 235 yards in the latter half alone and guiding three scoring drives in their last 4 possessions to seal it in overtime.

A few big throws and daring runs are commonplace for Mahomes in the postseason, but right now the Kansas City are in post-season mode – at six and five and just 10th in the AFC standings.

That was more like the old Kansas City though, with a first one-score victory of the season after losing 5 previously – they won 11 of them last year so, if that confidence comes back, this Chiefs Kingdom may not be done so soon.

Discussion – Are Chicago Be Kings of the Division?

You just can't overlook the Bears any longer. A win over the Steelers, without Rodgers, kept them top of the NFC North and at 8-3 – sharing the identical standing as the Philadelphia.

They appear threatening on each side of the ball, with a defense that tops the NFL in interceptions and total takeaways and, in Caleb Williams, a emerging player now used to winning tight games.

He may at times be shaky, giving away a score after a turnover in his own goal area – but he also passed for three scores and, with already five final period comebacks this year, he knows how to finish the game.

The Green Bay Packers are in hot chase in the division after overpowering the Vikings and the Lions are right there after overcoming the Giants in extra time with a huge game from Gibbs.

Chicago are strangely the most consistent with eight wins in nine, but as they travel to the championship winners on Thanksgiving we'll see exactly how good they truly are.

Look Ahead – Exciting Thanksgiving in Prospect

It appears among the most exciting holiday line-ups for years, with each game packed with postseason consequences.

The Lions welcome the Green Bay in the classic curtain-raiser in Detroit, before a unusual visit back to Dallas for the Kansas City, who started out existence as the Dallas Texans long ago in the 1960s before moving to Missouri.

The weekend’s rally teams are both clinging to playoff hopes but have minimal margin for error – so this will have a post-season feel.

What about the Baltimore Ravens? An unattractive victory over the New York actually has them leading of the AFC North after beginning one and five and looking dead and buried.

Holiday and Black Friday Games (all times GMT)

• Thursday, 27 November: Packers @ Lions (18:00)
• Thursday, 27 November: Kansas City Chiefs @ Dallas Cowboys (21:30)
• Friday, twenty-eight November: Bengals @ Baltimore Ravens (1:20 AM)
• Friday, 28 November: Bears @ Philadelphia Eagles (20:00)

Will Shedeur Sanders Keep His Job?

Browns coach Stefanski batted away questions on whether Sanders had done enough in his debut professional start to maintain the starting job when Dillon Gabriel returns.

But the question will keep being raised as Shedeur became the first Cleveland signal-caller to secure his debut NFL game since Eric Zeier in nineteen ninety-nine – with seventeen other first-year signal callers unsuccessful to do so afterward.

It was just the Raiders, and with the assistance of an nearly aggressive Browns defense getting 10 tackles, but Cleveland's offence needs a director, a presence to build belief.

And confidence is one thing not missing in Shedeur, who told a CBS {