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Week 12 provided an epic Cowboys comeback, or perhaps an epic Eagles collapse?

Postseason Mahomes showed up to rescue the Kansas City's season as the Bears continue to impress while they continue their victorious streak.

Did Shedeur Sanders do enough on his first professional start to secure the starting job in Ohio?

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

Analysis – Cowboys Comeback or Philly Fail?

The Cowboys found themselves down and out at 21-0 behind against the defending championship winners, so how on earth did they produce their equal-largest recovery in history?

The emotions of a first home fixture since a teammate’s untimely passing could have played a part, but technically it was a mixture of Prescott’s resolve and a defensive unit that pounced on uncommon errors by the Philadelphia.

Prescott eclipsed Tony Romo records for yards thrown (now 34,378) and game-winning drives (25) with an all-action display – his diving score personifying his all-action showing.

Philly squandered a advantage of twenty-one points or more for the initial time since nineteen ninety-nine, with only their second game with several turnovers this season – the other being another bad division loss at the New York.

In addition to 14 penalties for ninety-six yards, the attacking struggles that affected Hurts after what – for him – was an explosive beginning was significant. He had only thrown for over two hundred yards in 4 games prior to Sunday, he had more than one hundred fifty in the first half by himself in Texas.

However from the time the Eagles went 21-0 up their offence fell apart spectacularly – with four consecutive kicks, a failed three-point attempt and then a turnover handing opportunity after opportunity to the Dallas.

The Eagles defense is brilliant, it really is, but an offence that's not surpassed twenty-one points in 5 of seven games (3 losses) is now a huge worry, because the components are all there but it's just not clicking.

Sirianni’s game is all about winning the key situations, the defense maintains them in it and what offence there is does just about sufficient – if it cannot even do that and now the composure and ball protection is failing, there could be problems in the future.

In Focus – Postseason Mahomes Appears Prematurely to Save Chiefs

It wasn't quite as dramatic, but Kansas City's eleven-point comeback in the final period against a strong Colts team was very notable – and may have only rescued their campaign.

How significant was it? Well, the NFL's advanced analytics now assign the Kansas City a 58% chance of making the playoffs, whereas a loss on the weekend would have reduced that figure to twenty-eight percent.

No wonder the postseason form of Mahomes arrived, throwing for 235 yards in the latter half by itself and guiding three scoring drives in their last 4 series to win it in overtime.

Some huge throws and swashbuckling scrambles are commonplace for Patrick in the playoffs, but right now the Chiefs are in playoff form – at six and five and only 10th in the conference rankings.

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

Talking Point – Are Chicago Be Rulers of the Division?

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

They appear dangerous on each side of the field, with a defence that tops the league in interceptions and overall takeaways and, in Caleb Williams, a emerging player now used to winning tight games.

He may at times be shaky, surrendering a touchdown after a fumble in his team’s end zone – but he also threw 3 scores and, with already five fourth-quarter comebacks this season, he knows how to get the job done.

The Green Bay Packers are in close pursuit in the NFC North after dominating the Vikings and the Lions are in contention after beating the Giants in extra time with a monster game from Gibbs.

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

Preview – Thrilling Holiday in Prospect

This looks among the best holiday line-ups for a long time, with every game packed with postseason consequences.

Detroit host the Packers in the classic curtain-raiser in Michigan, before a rare visit back to Dallas for the Chiefs, who started out life as the Texans way back in the 1960s before relocating to Missouri.

The weekend’s rally teams are each holding on to postseason hopes but have minimal margin for error – so this will have a playoff atmosphere.

And how about the Baltimore Ravens? An unattractive win over the New York in fact has them leading of the division after beginning 1-5 and looking dead and buried.

Thanksgiving and Shopping Day Fixtures (all times GMT)

• Thursday, 27 November: Packers @ Detroit Lions (6:00 PM)
• Thursday, twenty-seven November: Kansas City Chiefs @ Dallas Cowboys (21:30)
• Friday, 28 November: Bengals @ Ravens (01:20)
• Friday, twenty-eight November: Bears @ Eagles (20:00)

Will Shedeur Sanders Retain His Job?

Browns head coach Stefanski dismissed questions on whether Sanders had done sufficiently in his first professional outing to maintain the first-team job when Dillon Gabriel returns.

Yet the issue will keep being raised as Shedeur became the first Cleveland quarterback to secure his first NFL start since Eric Zeier in 1999 – with 17 additional first-year quarterbacks failing to do so since.

It was only the Las Vegas, and with the assistance of an almost aggressive Browns defence recording 10 tackles, but Cleveland's offense requires a director, a presence to inspire belief.

Moreover self-belief is something not lacking in Sanders, who told a CBS {