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The twelfth week delivered an incredible Dallas Cowboys comeback, or was it an massive Eagles implosion?

Playoff Patrick Mahomes arrived to salvage the Chiefs' season as the Bears continue to impress as they continue their winning streak.

Did Sanders do sufficiently on his first NFL start to earn the full-time role in Cleveland?

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

Analysis – Cowboys Comeback or Philly Fail?

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

Sentiment of a initial home game since a teammate’s untimely death may have played a part, however it was a mixture of Dak Prescott determination and a defensive unit that pounced on rare mistakes by the Philadelphia.

Dak surpassed Romo’s marks for passing yards (now thirty-four thousand three hundred seventy-eight) and clutch possessions (25) with an dynamic performance – his diving touchdown personifying his energetic showing.

Philadelphia wasted a advantage of twenty-one points or more for the first time after nineteen ninety-nine, with only their second game with several giveaways this season – the other being a bad division defeat at the Giants.

Along with fourteen penalties for ninety-six yards, the offensive malaise that affected Jalen Hurts after what – for him – was an explosive beginning was significant. He'd only thrown for 200-plus yards in 4 games prior to Sunday, he had over one hundred fifty in the opening two quarters by himself in Texas.

However from the time Philadelphia went 21-0 up their offence derailed spectacularly – with four straight kicks, a failed field goal and then a fumble giving opportunity after chance to the Cowboys.

Philadelphia’s defence is excellent, it really is, but an offence that's not eclipsed 21 points in five of seven games (3 losses) is now a huge worry, because the components are all there but it's simply not clicking.

Sirianni’s approach is all about securing the key moments, the defence keeps them in it and what offence there is manages barely sufficient – if it cannot even do that and now the discipline and ball protection is failing, there may be trouble ahead.

In Focus – Playoff Patrick Appears Prematurely to Rescue Kansas City

It wasn’t quite as extreme, but the Chiefs’ 11-point comeback in the fourth quarter against a powerful Indianapolis squad was very notable – and could have just rescued their season.

How significant was it? Indeed, the NFL's Next Gen Stats now assign the Chiefs a fifty-eight percent probability of reaching the postseason, when a loss on the weekend would have dropped that figure to twenty-eight percent.

No wonder the postseason form of Mahomes arrived, passing for 235 yards in the latter half by itself and leading 3 point-scoring possessions in their last four series to win it in overtime.

A few huge passes and daring scrambles are typical for Mahomes in the playoffs, but currently the Kansas City are in playoff form – at 6-5 and just 10th in the AFC standings.

This was closer to the old Chiefs though, with a first one-score win of the year after losing five already – they won 11 of them the previous season so, if that belief returns, this Kansas City faithful may not be finished so soon.

Discussion – Are Chicago Become Kings of the North?

You just can't overlook the Bears now. A victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers, minus Rodgers, kept them top of the division and at eight and three – sharing the identical record as the Eagles.

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

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

The Green Bay Packers are in close pursuit in the NFC North after dominating the Minnesota and Detroit are in contention after beating the Giants in overtime with a huge game from Jahmyr Gibbs.

The Bears are interestingly the most consistent with 8 victories in 9, but as they travel to the Super Bowl winners on the holiday we'll discover exactly how strong they truly are.

Look Ahead – Thrilling Holiday in Store

This looks one of the most exciting Thanksgiving line-ups for a long time, with each game packed with postseason implications.

Detroit host the Green Bay in the classic curtain-raiser in Michigan, before a unusual trip return to Texas for the Kansas City, who started out existence as the Dallas Texans way back in the 1960s before moving to Missouri.

The weekend’s comeback kings are both holding on to playoff aspirations but have minimal room for error – so this will have a playoff feel.

And how about the Ravens? An ugly win over the Jets actually has them top of the AFC North after starting 1-5 and appearing dead and buried.

Thanksgiving and Black Friday Games (all times GMT)

• Thursday, 27 November: Green Bay Packers @ Lions (18:00)
• Thursday, 27 November: Chiefs @ Cowboys (21:30)
• Friday, twenty-eight November: Bengals @ Baltimore Ravens (1:20 AM)
• Friday, twenty-eight November: Chicago Bears @ Eagles (8:00 PM)

Can Sanders Keep His Job?

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

But the issue will continue to be raised as Shedeur became the first Browns signal-caller to secure his debut league game after Eric Zeier in 1999 – with seventeen other first-year signal callers failing to do so since.

It came only the Las Vegas, and with the help of an nearly feral Cleveland defence getting ten tackles, but Cleveland's offence requires a director, a presence to inspire belief.

Moreover confidence is something not lacking in Sanders, who told a CBS {