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The twelfth week delivered an epic Cowboys comeback, or perhaps an epic Eagles collapse?

Postseason Patrick Mahomes arrived to rescue the Chiefs' season while the Chicago Bears continue to surprise while they continue their winning streak.

And did Shedeur Sanders perform enough on his first NFL start to secure the starting job in Cleveland?

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

Analysis – Cowboys Comeback or Eagles Collapse?

Dallas found themselves down and out at twenty-one to zero behind against the defending championship champions, so how on earth did they engineer their equal-largest comeback ever?

Sentiment of a first home fixture after Marshawn Kneeland untimely passing may have played a part, but technically it was a combination of Prescott’s resolve and a defence that cashed in on rare mistakes by the Eagles.

Prescott surpassed Romo’s records for passing yards (now thirty-four thousand three hundred seventy-eight) and clutch possessions (twenty-five) with an all-action performance – his diving touchdown personifying his all-action showing.

Philly squandered a advantage of 21 points or more for the initial time after nineteen ninety-nine, with only their second game with multiple giveaways this year – the other being a disappointing NFC East loss at the Giants.

In addition to 14 infractions for 96 yards, the offensive struggles that hit Jalen Hurts after what – for him – was an explosive beginning was significant. He'd only thrown for 200-plus yards in 4 games before Sunday, he had more than one hundred fifty in the first half by himself in Texas.

Yet from the time Philadelphia went twenty-one to zero up their offense fell apart spectacularly – with four straight kicks, a missed field goal and then a turnover handing chance after chance to the Cowboys.

The Eagles defence is brilliant, it truly is, but an offence that's not eclipsed twenty-one points in five of 7 games (3 losses) is now a major worry, because the pieces are all there but it's just not clicking.

Sirianni’s approach is all about winning the big situations, the defence keeps them in it and what offense there is does barely enough – if it cannot even do that and now the composure and possession security is failing, there could be problems in the future.

In Focus – Playoff Patrick Shows Up Early to Rescue Kansas City

It wasn’t quite as extreme, but the Chiefs’ eleven-point comeback in the fourth quarter against a powerful Colts squad was hugely impressive – and could have just saved their campaign.

How significant was it? Well, the league’s Next Gen Stats now give the Chiefs a 58% chance of reaching the playoffs, whereas a loss on Sunday would have reduced that number to twenty-eight percent.

No wonder the playoff form of Patrick Mahomes turned up, passing for 235 yards in the latter half alone and guiding three point-scoring possessions in their final 4 possessions to win it in extra time.

A few huge passes and swashbuckling runs are typical for Patrick in the postseason, but currently the Chiefs are in post-season mode – at 6-5 and just 10th in the conference rankings.

This was more like the old Chiefs though, with a first close win of the season after dropping 5 already – they won eleven of them last year so, if that confidence returns, this Kansas City faithful might not be finished just yet.

Discussion – Are Chicago Be Kings of the Division?

You can no longer overlook the Chicago Bears now. A win over the Pittsburgh Steelers, without Rodgers, maintained them top of the division and at 8-3 – holding the identical record as the Eagles.

They look threatening on each side of the ball, with a defense that leads the NFL in interceptions and total takeaways and, in Caleb Williams, a emerging player now accustomed to winning close games.

He may at times be shaky, surrendering a touchdown after a turnover in his team’s goal area – but he additionally threw three scores and, with already 5 final period comebacks this season, he knows how to finish the game.

Green Bay are in close chase in the NFC North after overpowering the Vikings and the Lions are right there after beating the New York in extra time with a monster game from Jahmyr Gibbs.

Chicago are strangely the most reliable with 8 wins in nine, but as they travel to the championship champs on Thanksgiving we'll see exactly how strong they truly are.

Look Ahead – Exciting Thanksgiving in Store

It appears among the best holiday line-ups for years, with every game loaded with postseason consequences.

The Lions host the Green Bay in the classic curtain-raiser in Michigan, before a rare trip return to Dallas for the Chiefs, who started out existence as the Texans long ago in the sixties before moving to Missouri.

The weekend’s comeback teams are each holding on to playoff hopes but have very little room for mistakes – 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 division after beginning one and five and looking dead and buried.

Holiday and Black Friday Fixtures (all times GMT)

• Thursday, 27 November: Green Bay Packers @ Lions (18:00)
• Thursday, twenty-seven November: Kansas City Chiefs @ Cowboys (9:30 PM)
• Friday, twenty-eight November: Cincinnati Bengals @ Ravens (01:20)
• Friday, twenty-eight November: Bears @ Eagles (20:00)

Will Shedeur Sanders Keep His Job?

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

Yet the issue will continue to be asked as Shedeur became the first Cleveland quarterback to win his debut NFL game since Eric Zeier in 1999 – with seventeen other rookie signal callers failing to do so since.

It was only the Las Vegas, and with the assistance of an almost feral Browns defence getting ten tackles, but Cleveland's offense requires a leader, a figurehead to inspire belief.

Moreover confidence is one thing not missing in Shedeur, who informed a CBS {