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The twelfth week delivered an incredible Dallas Cowboys rally, or was it an epic Philadelphia Eagles implosion?

Postseason Patrick Mahomes showed up to salvage the Chiefs' season as the Chicago Bears keep to surprise while they extend their victorious run.

Did Sanders perform sufficiently on his first NFL start to secure the starting role in Ohio?

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

Analysis – Cowboys Comeback or Philly Fail?

Dallas were down and out at twenty-one to zero behind versus the defending Super Bowl champions, how exactly did they engineer their equal-largest recovery in history?

Sentiment of a initial home game after Marshawn Kneeland untimely death may have been a factor, however it was a combination of Prescott’s determination and a defensive unit that pounced on rare mistakes by the Eagles.

Prescott eclipsed Romo’s records for yards thrown (now thirty-four thousand three hundred seventy-eight) and clutch drives (25) with an all-action display – his plunging touchdown personifying his all-action display.

Philadelphia squandered a advantage of twenty-one points or more for the initial time after 1999, with only their second game with several giveaways this year – the other being another bad division loss at the New York.

Along with 14 penalties for 96 yards, the attacking malaise that affected Hurts after what – for him – was an explosive beginning was huge. He had only passed for over two hundred yards in four games before the weekend, he had over one hundred fifty in the first half alone in Texas.

However from the time the Eagles went twenty-one to zero up their offence derailed dramatically – with four straight punts, a failed field goal and then a fumble handing opportunity after opportunity to the Cowboys.

The Eagles defense is excellent, it truly is, but an offence that's not surpassed twenty-one points in 5 of seven games (three losses) is now a huge concern, as the components are all there but it's simply not working.

Nick Sirianni game is all about winning the key moments, the defence maintains them in it and what offence there is does just about sufficient – if it cannot even do that and now the discipline and ball protection is breaking down, there could be problems in the future.

In Focus – Playoff Patrick Shows Up Prematurely to Rescue Chiefs

It wasn't quite as extreme, but the Chiefs’ eleven-point recovery in the fourth quarter versus a powerful Indianapolis squad was hugely notable – and may have only saved their season.

How big was it? Indeed, the league’s Next Gen Stats now give the Chiefs a fifty-eight percent probability of making the postseason, when a loss on the weekend would have dropped that number to 28%.

No wonder the playoff form of Mahomes arrived, passing for two hundred thirty-five yards in the latter half alone and leading 3 point-scoring drives in their last four possessions to win it in overtime.

Some huge passes and swashbuckling scrambles are commonplace for Patrick in the postseason, but right now the Chiefs are in playoff mode – at six and five and just tenth in the conference standings.

That was more like the old Kansas City though, with a first close win of the season after losing five already – they won eleven of them the previous season so, if that belief returns, this Chiefs Kingdom might not be finished just yet.

Talking Point – Can Bears Be Rulers of the North?

You just can't overlook the Chicago Bears any longer. A win over the Pittsburgh Steelers, minus Rodgers, kept them first of the NFC North and at 8-3 – sharing the identical standing as the Eagles.

They appear dangerous on both sides of the field, with a defence that leads the NFL in interceptions and overall takeaways and, in Williams, a young player now used to winning tight games.

He may at times be shaky, surrendering a score after a fumble in his own goal area – but he additionally passed for 3 scores and, with already five fourth-quarter comebacks this season, he understands how to finish the game.

The Green Bay Packers are in close pursuit in the NFC North after dominating the Minnesota and the Lions are right there after beating the New York in overtime with a monster game from Gibbs.

Chicago are interestingly the most reliable with 8 wins in 9, but as they visit the Super Bowl champs on Thanksgiving we'll discover exactly how good they truly are.

Preview – Exciting Thanksgiving in Store

This looks one of the most exciting Thanksgiving schedules for years, with each game packed with playoff consequences.

The Lions welcome the Packers in the traditional opener in Detroit, prior to a rare visit back to Texas for the Kansas City, who began life as the Dallas Texans long ago in the sixties before relocating to Missouri.

The weekend’s comeback kings are each clinging to playoff hopes but have very little margin for mistakes – so this will have a playoff atmosphere.

And how about the Ravens? An unattractive win over the Jets in fact has them leading of the division after starting 1-5 and appearing finished.

Holiday and Black Friday Games (all times GMT)

• Thursday, twenty-seven November: Green Bay Packers @ Detroit Lions (6:00 PM)
• Thursday, 27 November: Chiefs @ Cowboys (21:30)
• Friday, 28 November: Cincinnati Bengals @ Ravens (01:20)
• Friday, twenty-eight November: Chicago Bears @ Philadelphia Eagles (8:00 PM)

Can Sanders Keep His Starting Role?

Browns coach Kevin Stefanski batted away questions on whether Sanders had performed sufficiently in his debut NFL start to maintain the first-team job when Gabriel returns.

Yet the issue will keep being asked as Sanders became the first Browns signal-caller to secure his debut NFL game after Eric Zeier in 1999 – with 17 other rookie signal callers unsuccessful to do so since.

It was just the Las Vegas, and with the assistance of an almost aggressive Browns defense recording ten tackles, but Cleveland's offense requires a director, a presence to build confidence.

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