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The twelfth week delivered an incredible Dallas Cowboys rally, or was it an epic Eagles implosion?

Playoff Mahomes showed up to salvage the Kansas City's season as the Chicago Bears keep to surprise as they extend their winning streak.

Did Sanders do enough on his debut professional outing to earn the full-time job in Ohio?

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

The Breakdown – Dallas Rally or Eagles Collapse?

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

Sentiment of a initial home game since Marshawn Kneeland untimely death could have played a part, but technically 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 clutch drives (25) with an all-action display – his diving touchdown embodying his all-action showing.

Philadelphia squandered a lead of 21 points or more for the initial time since nineteen ninety-nine, with only their second game with several turnovers this season – the previous being a bad division loss at the New York.

In addition to 14 infractions for 96 yards, the offensive struggles that affected Jalen Hurts after what – for him – was an fast start was significant. He'd only thrown for 200-plus yards in 4 games prior to Sunday, he had over one hundred fifty in the opening two quarters alone in Dallas.

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

Philadelphia’s defense is excellent, it truly is, but an offence that's not surpassed 21 points in 5 of 7 games (3 losses) is now a huge worry, because the components are all there but it's just not working.

Sirianni’s game is all about securing the key situations, the defense keeps them in it and what offense there is does just about sufficient – if it can't even do that and now the composure and ball protection is failing, there may be problems ahead.

In Focus – Postseason Mahomes Appears Early to Rescue Chiefs

It wasn’t quite as dramatic, but the Chiefs’ 11-point comeback in the fourth quarter against a powerful Indianapolis squad was very notable – and may have just rescued their season.

How big was it? Indeed, the league’s advanced analytics now assign the Chiefs a 58% probability of making the postseason, whereas a defeat on Sunday would have reduced that number to 28%.

No wonder the playoff version of Mahomes arrived, throwing for 235 yards in the second half by itself and guiding three point-scoring drives in their final 4 possessions to seal it in extra time.

Some huge passes and daring scrambles are typical for Patrick in the postseason, but currently the Kansas City are in post-season mode – at six and five and only tenth in the conference standings.

This was more like the former Kansas City however, with a initial one-score win of the season after losing 5 already – they won 11 of them last year so, if that belief returns, this Chiefs Kingdom might not be done just yet.

Discussion – Are Chicago Be Kings of the Division?

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

They look dangerous on each side of the ball, with a defense that leads the league in picks and overall takeaways and, in Caleb Williams, a emerging player now accustomed to winning close games.

He can still be shaky, surrendering a score after a fumble in his own end zone – but he also passed for 3 touchdowns and, with already five final period rallies this year, he understands how to finish the game.

Green Bay are in hot pursuit in the division after overpowering the Minnesota and Detroit are in contention after beating the Giants in extra time with a huge game from Jahmyr Gibbs.

Chicago are interestingly the most consistent with eight wins 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 Store

This looks one of the most exciting holiday schedules for years, with each game loaded with postseason consequences.

The Lions welcome the Packers in the traditional curtain-raiser in Detroit, prior to a unusual visit back to Dallas for the Chiefs, who started out existence as the Texans long ago in the sixties 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 playoff feel.

And how about the Baltimore Ravens? An ugly win over the New York actually has them top of the division after beginning 1-5 and looking dead and buried.

Thanksgiving and Shopping Day Fixtures (all times GMT)

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

Will Shedeur Sanders Retain His Job?

Browns coach Kevin Stefanski dismissed questions on whether Sanders had done enough in his first NFL outing to keep the starting job when Dillon Gabriel comes back.

But the question will continue to be asked as Shedeur became the first Browns signal-caller to win his first NFL start after Zeier in 1999 – with seventeen other rookie quarterbacks failing to do so afterward.

It came only the Raiders, and with the help of an nearly feral Cleveland defense getting ten sacks, but Cleveland's offense needs a leader, a presence to inspire confidence.

And self-belief is something not lacking in Sanders, who told a network {