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

Postseason Mahomes showed up to salvage the Kansas City's season while the Chicago Bears keep to surprise as they continue their victorious streak.

And did Sanders do sufficiently on his first professional start to earn the starting role in Ohio?

Let's take a look at the best of the week in the NFL.

The Breakdown – Dallas Rally or Philly Fail?

Dallas were trailing badly at twenty-one to zero down versus the reigning championship winners, how exactly did they engineer their joint-best recovery in history?

Sentiment of a initial home fixture after a teammate’s tragic passing could have played a part, but technically it was a combination of Prescott’s determination and a defensive unit that pounced on uncommon mistakes by the Eagles.

Prescott surpassed Tony Romo marks for yards thrown (now thirty-four thousand three hundred seventy-eight) and game-winning drives (twenty-five) with an dynamic performance – his diving touchdown embodying his energetic showing.

Philly wasted a advantage of twenty-one points or more for the first time after 1999, with only their second game with multiple turnovers this year – the previous being another disappointing division loss at the New York.

In addition to 14 penalties for 96 yards, the offensive malaise that affected Jalen Hurts after what – for him – was an fast start was huge. He'd only thrown for 200-plus yards in four games prior to Sunday, he had over 150 in the opening two quarters by himself in Dallas.

However from the time the Eagles went twenty-one to zero up their offense derailed spectacularly – with four consecutive punts, a failed three-point attempt and then a fumble handing opportunity after chance to the Cowboys.

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

Nick Sirianni approach is all about securing the key moments, the defence maintains them in it and what offence there is does barely sufficient – if it cannot even do that and now the discipline and possession security is breaking down, there may be problems in the future.

Spotlight – Playoff Patrick Appears Prematurely to Save Chiefs

It wasn't as dramatic, but Kansas City's eleven-point comeback in the fourth quarter against a strong Colts team was very impressive – and could have just rescued their season.

How significant was it? Well, the league’s Next Gen Stats now assign the Kansas City a 58% chance of making the postseason, whereas a defeat on the weekend would have dropped that number to 28%.

No wonder the playoff version of Mahomes arrived, passing for two hundred thirty-five yards in the latter half by itself and guiding 3 point-scoring drives in their last four series to win it in overtime.

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

That was closer to the old Kansas City however, with a first close victory of the year after losing five previously – they secured eleven of them last year so, if that confidence returns, this Kansas City faithful may not be finished just yet.

Talking Point – Are Chicago Become Rulers of the North?

You just can't ignore the Chicago Bears any longer. A victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers, without Rodgers, maintained them top of the NFC North and at 8-3 – holding the identical standing as the Philadelphia.

They look threatening on both sides of the field, with a defence that leads the NFL in picks and overall takeaways and, in Williams, a emerging quarterback now used to winning close games.

He may at times be inconsistent, giving away a touchdown after a fumble in his team’s goal area – but he also passed for three scores and, with already 5 final period comebacks this year, he understands how to finish the game.

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

The Bears are strangely the most consistent with 8 victories in nine, but as they visit the championship champs on the holiday we'll see exactly how strong they truly are.

Preview – Exciting Thanksgiving in Store

This looks one of the most exciting Thanksgiving schedules for a long time, with each game loaded with postseason implications.

Detroit host the Green Bay in the traditional curtain-raiser in Detroit, before a unusual visit return to Dallas for the Chiefs, who began life as the Texans way back in the sixties before relocating to Missouri.

Sunday's rally kings are both holding on to playoff aspirations but have minimal room for mistakes – so this will have a post-season atmosphere.

What about the Ravens? An unattractive win over the New York in fact has them leading of the division after starting one and five and looking finished.

Thanksgiving and Black Friday Fixtures (all times GMT)

• Thursday, 27 November: Green Bay Packers @ Lions (18:00)
• Thursday, 27 November: Chiefs @ Dallas Cowboys (9:30 PM)
• Friday, 28 November: Cincinnati Bengals @ Ravens (1:20 AM)
• Friday, twenty-eight November: Chicago Bears @ Philadelphia Eagles (8:00 PM)

Can Sanders Retain His Job?

Browns head coach Stefanski dismissed questions on whether Sanders had done sufficiently in his debut NFL start to maintain the starting position when Dillon Gabriel returns.

Yet the question will continue to be asked as Sanders became the first Browns quarterback to win his debut NFL game since Zeier in nineteen ninety-nine – with seventeen additional rookie signal callers unsuccessful to do so since.

It came only the Las Vegas, and with the assistance of an almost aggressive Browns defense getting 10 tackles, but Cleveland's offence needs a leader, a figurehead to build confidence.

And self-belief is one thing not missing in Shedeur, who told a network {