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Week 12 provided an epic Dallas Cowboys rally, or was it an epic Eagles implosion?

Playoff Patrick Mahomes showed up to salvage the Chiefs' campaign while the Bears keep to surprise as they continue their winning streak.

Did Sanders do enough on his first professional outing to earn the starting role in Ohio?

We’ll examine at the pick of the week in the league.

The Breakdown – Dallas Rally 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 recovery in history?

The emotions of a first home game after Marshawn Kneeland untimely passing may have been a factor, however it was a mixture of Dak Prescott determination and a defence that pounced on rare errors by the Philadelphia.

Dak eclipsed Romo’s marks for yards thrown (now 34,378) and clutch drives (25) with an all-action performance – his plunging score personifying his energetic display.

Philly wasted a advantage of 21 points or more for the initial time after nineteen ninety-nine, with only their second game with multiple turnovers this season – the previous being another disappointing NFC East loss at the New York.

In addition to fourteen penalties for 96 yards, the attacking struggles that affected Hurts after what – for him – was an fast beginning was huge. He'd only thrown for 200-plus yards in four games before the weekend, he had over one hundred fifty in the opening two quarters alone in Texas.

However from the time Philadelphia went 21-0 up their offense fell apart dramatically – with four straight punts, a missed field goal and then a turnover giving opportunity after chance to the Cowboys.

Philadelphia’s defense is brilliant, it truly is, but an offense that's not eclipsed 21 points in five of 7 games (three losses) is now a major concern, as the pieces are all there but it's simply not working.

Sirianni’s game is all about securing the key moments, the defence maintains them in it and what offense there is does barely sufficient – if it cannot even do that and now the discipline and ball protection is breaking down, there may be problems in the future.

In Focus – Playoff Patrick Appears Prematurely to Rescue Kansas City

It wasn’t as extreme, but Kansas City's 11-point recovery in the final period against a strong Indianapolis squad was very notable – and could have only rescued their campaign.

How significant was it? Well, the league’s advanced analytics now assign the Chiefs a 58% chance of reaching the playoffs, when a defeat on Sunday would have reduced that number to 28%.

It’s no surprise the playoff form of Patrick Mahomes arrived, passing for two hundred thirty-five yards in the second half alone and leading three point-scoring possessions in their final 4 possessions to win it in overtime.

Some huge passes and daring runs are typical for Patrick in the postseason, but right now the Kansas City are in playoff form – at six and five and just tenth in the AFC rankings.

This was more like the old Kansas City however, with a initial one-score victory of the year after dropping five previously – they won eleven of them the previous season so, if that belief returns, this Kansas City faithful may not be done just yet.

Discussion – Can Bears Become Kings of the Division?

You can no longer ignore the Chicago Bears now. A victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers, minus Aaron Rodgers, maintained them first of the division and at eight and three – sharing the identical standing as the Eagles.

They look threatening on each side of the ball, with a defence that tops the league in picks and total turnovers and, in Caleb Williams, a young quarterback now used to securing close games.

He may at times be inconsistent, giving away a score after a fumble in his own end zone – but he also passed for 3 scores and, with already 5 fourth-quarter comebacks this year, he understands how to get the job done.

Green Bay are in hot chase in the NFC North after overpowering the Minnesota and Detroit are in contention after overcoming the New York in extra time with a huge game from Jahmyr Gibbs.

The Bears are strangely the most consistent with eight victories in 9, but as they visit the Super Bowl champs on Thanksgiving we'll see exactly how strong they truly are.

Preview – Thrilling Thanksgiving in Store

It appears among the most exciting Thanksgiving schedules for a long time, with every game packed with postseason consequences.

Detroit host the Green Bay in the traditional curtain-raiser in Michigan, before a unusual trip return to Dallas for the Kansas City, who began existence as the Dallas Texans long ago in the sixties before relocating to Missouri.

The weekend’s rally kings are both clinging to postseason aspirations but have very little margin for mistakes – so this will have a playoff atmosphere.

And how about the Baltimore Ravens? An unattractive victory over the Jets in fact has them leading of the AFC North after starting 1-5 and looking finished.

Thanksgiving and Black Friday Fixtures (all times GMT)

• Thursday, twenty-seven November: Packers @ Detroit Lions (6:00 PM)
• Thursday, 27 November: Kansas City Chiefs @ Cowboys (9:30 PM)
• Friday, twenty-eight November: Cincinnati Bengals @ Baltimore Ravens (01:20)
• Friday, 28 November: Chicago Bears @ Philadelphia Eagles (20:00)

Can Sanders Keep His Starting Role?

Cleveland Browns coach Kevin Stefanski dismissed inquiries on whether Sanders had performed enough in his first NFL outing to maintain the starting position when Dillon Gabriel comes back.

But the issue will keep being asked as Sanders became the first Browns signal-caller to secure his debut NFL start after Zeier in 1999 – with seventeen other first-year quarterbacks unsuccessful to do so since.

It came just the Raiders, and with the assistance of an nearly aggressive Cleveland defence getting ten sacks, but Cleveland's offense requires a leader, a figurehead to inspire confidence.

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