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Week 12 delivered an epic Dallas Cowboys rally, or perhaps an epic Eagles implosion?

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

And did Shedeur Sanders perform sufficiently on his first NFL start to secure the full-time role in Cleveland?

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

Analysis – Cowboys Comeback or Eagles Collapse?

Dallas found themselves trailing badly at 21-0 down versus the defending championship champions, how exactly did they engineer their equal-largest comeback in history?

Sentiment of a initial home game after Marshawn Kneeland untimely death may have played a part, however it was a combination of Dak Prescott resolve and a defence that pounced on rare mistakes by the Philadelphia.

Dak surpassed Romo’s records for yards thrown (now 34,378) and game-winning possessions (25) with an all-action display – his plunging score personifying his energetic showing.

Philadelphia wasted a lead of twenty-one points or more for the initial time since 1999, with only their second game with several giveaways this year – the previous being a bad NFC East defeat at the Giants.

In addition to fourteen penalties for ninety-six yards, the offensive malaise that hit Jalen Hurts after what – for him – was an explosive beginning was significant. He'd only passed for over two hundred yards in four games prior to the weekend, he had more than 150 in the opening two quarters by himself in Texas.

Yet from the time Philadelphia went twenty-one to zero up their offence fell apart dramatically – with four consecutive kicks, a missed field goal and then a fumble handing chance after opportunity to the Dallas.

The Eagles defence is brilliant, it truly is, but an offence that's not surpassed 21 points in 5 of seven games (3 losses) is now a huge concern, because the components are all there but it's simply not working.

Nick Sirianni game is all about securing the key situations, the defense keeps them in it and what offense there is manages barely enough – if it cannot even do that and now the discipline and possession security is failing, there may be problems ahead.

In Focus – Postseason Mahomes Appears Prematurely to Save Kansas City

It wasn’t as dramatic, but the Chiefs’ eleven-point comeback in the fourth quarter against a powerful Colts team was very notable – and could have only saved their season.

How significant was it? Indeed, the league’s advanced analytics now assign the Chiefs a fifty-eight percent probability of reaching the postseason, whereas a loss on the weekend would have dropped that figure to twenty-eight percent.

It’s no surprise the postseason form of Patrick Mahomes arrived, throwing for 235 yards in the latter half alone and guiding 3 scoring drives in their last four possessions to win it in extra time.

Some huge throws and swashbuckling runs are commonplace for Mahomes in the postseason, but right now the Kansas City are in post-season form – at six and five and only 10th in the conference rankings.

This was more like the old Chiefs though, with a initial one-score win of the season after losing five already – they secured eleven of them the previous season so, if that confidence returns, this Chiefs Kingdom might not be done so soon.

Discussion – Are Chicago Be Kings of the Division?

You just can't ignore the Chicago Bears any longer. A win over the Steelers, without Aaron Rodgers, kept them first of the division and at eight and three – sharing the identical standing as the Philadelphia.

They look dangerous on both sides of the field, with a defence that leads the league in picks and total takeaways and, in Caleb Williams, a emerging player now used to winning tight games.

He can at times be shaky, surrendering a touchdown after a turnover in his team’s end zone – but he additionally threw 3 touchdowns and, with already 5 fourth-quarter comebacks this season, he knows how to finish the game.

Green Bay are in hot pursuit in the division after overpowering the Vikings and the Lions are right there after beating the Giants in extra time with a huge game from Jahmyr Gibbs.

The Bears are strangely the most reliable with 8 victories in 9, but as they visit the Super Bowl winners on the holiday we'll see exactly how good they truly are.

Preview – Thrilling Holiday in Store

This looks among the best Thanksgiving schedules for a long time, with every game packed with playoff consequences.

The Lions host the Green Bay in the classic opener in Michigan, before a unusual visit return to Texas for the Chiefs, who started out life as the Texans way back in the 1960s before moving to Kansas City.

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

And how about the Ravens? An unattractive victory over the New York in fact has them top of the AFC North after starting 1-5 and appearing finished.

Holiday and Black Friday Games (all times GMT)

• Thursday, twenty-seven November: Packers @ Detroit Lions (6:00 PM)
• Thursday, 27 November: Kansas City Chiefs @ Cowboys (21:30)
• Friday, 28 November: Bengals @ Ravens (1:20 AM)
• Friday, twenty-eight November: Chicago Bears @ Philadelphia Eagles (20:00)

Can Sanders Keep His Job?

Cleveland Browns head coach Stefanski dismissed questions on whether Shedeur Sanders had performed enough in his debut NFL start to maintain the starting position when Gabriel comes back.

But the issue will keep being raised as Shedeur became the first Browns quarterback to win his first NFL game after Eric Zeier in nineteen ninety-nine – with seventeen additional first-year quarterbacks failing to do so afterward.

It came just the Las Vegas, and with the assistance of an nearly feral Cleveland defense recording ten sacks, but the Browns’ offense needs a director, a presence to inspire confidence.

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