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Week 12 provided an incredible Dallas Cowboys comeback, or perhaps an epic Eagles implosion?

Playoff Mahomes arrived to rescue the Kansas City's season as the Bears continue to impress as they extend their winning streak.

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

We’ll examine at the pick of the action in the NFL.

Analysis – Cowboys Comeback or Philly Fail?

Dallas found themselves down and out at twenty-one to zero behind against the defending Super Bowl winners, how exactly did they engineer their joint-best comeback ever?

The emotions of a first home fixture since a teammate’s untimely passing could have been a factor, but technically it was a combination of Dak Prescott determination and a defence that pounced on rare errors by the Eagles.

Dak surpassed Tony Romo marks for passing yards (now 34,378) and game-winning drives (twenty-five) with an all-action display – his diving score personifying his all-action showing.

Philadelphia squandered a lead of twenty-one points or more for the initial time since nineteen ninety-nine, with only their second game with multiple giveaways this season – the previous being a bad NFC East defeat at the Giants.

In addition to fourteen infractions for ninety-six yards, the attacking malaise that hit Hurts after what – for him – was an explosive beginning was significant. He'd only passed for over two hundred yards in four games before the weekend, he had over one hundred fifty in the opening two quarters alone in Dallas.

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

The Eagles defence is brilliant, it truly is, but an offense that's not surpassed 21 points in five of 7 games (3 losses) is now a huge concern, as the components are all there but it's simply not clicking.

Sirianni’s approach is all about winning the key situations, the defense keeps them in it and what offense there is does barely enough – if it cannot even do that and now the discipline and possession security is breaking down, there may be trouble in the future.

In Focus – Playoff Patrick Appears Prematurely to Save Chiefs

It wasn’t quite as extreme, but Kansas City's eleven-point recovery in the fourth quarter against a strong Indianapolis team was hugely impressive – and may have just rescued their season.

How big was it? Indeed, the NFL's Next Gen Stats now give the Chiefs a 58% chance of making the playoffs, when a defeat on the weekend would have dropped that figure to twenty-eight percent.

It’s no surprise the playoff form of Patrick Mahomes turned up, throwing for 235 yards in the latter half alone and guiding 3 scoring drives in their last four possessions to seal it in extra time.

A few big throws and daring runs are typical for Patrick in the playoffs, but right now the Chiefs are in post-season mode – at 6-5 and just 10th in the conference standings.

That was more like the old Chiefs however, with a initial one-score victory of the year after dropping five previously – they secured eleven of them last year so, if that belief comes back, this Kansas City faithful might not be finished just yet.

Talking Point – Are Chicago Become Kings of the Division?

You just can't ignore the Chicago Bears any longer. A victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers, minus Rodgers, kept them first of the division and at eight and three – sharing the identical standing as the Eagles.

They look dangerous on each side of the field, with a defense that leads the NFL in interceptions and overall turnovers and, in Williams, a young quarterback now used to winning tight games.

He can still be shaky, giving away a touchdown after a fumble in his team’s end zone – but he also passed for 3 touchdowns and, with already 5 fourth-quarter comebacks this season, he knows how to finish the game.

The Green Bay Packers are in hot pursuit in the division after dominating the Minnesota and the Lions are in contention after beating the New York in overtime with a monster game from Jahmyr Gibbs.

The Bears are interestingly the most consistent with eight wins in nine, but as they travel to the championship winners on Thanksgiving we'll see exactly how strong they truly are.

Look Ahead – Thrilling Holiday in Store

It appears one of the best Thanksgiving line-ups for a long time, with each game packed with postseason implications.

Detroit host the Packers in the classic curtain-raiser in Michigan, prior to a rare visit return to Texas for the Chiefs, who began existence as the Dallas Texans way back in the 1960s before relocating to Kansas City.

Sunday's comeback kings are both holding on to postseason aspirations but have very little room for mistakes – so this will have a post-season feel.

What about the Baltimore Ravens? An unattractive win over the Jets in fact has them leading of the division after beginning 1-5 and looking finished.

Holiday and Black Friday Fixtures (all times GMT)

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

Can Sanders Retain His Starting Role?

Browns coach Stefanski batted away questions on whether Sanders had performed enough in his first professional start to maintain the first-team job when Gabriel returns.

Yet the issue will continue to be asked as Sanders became the first Cleveland signal-caller to win his debut NFL start since Zeier in nineteen ninety-nine – with 17 other rookie quarterbacks failing to do so afterward.

It came just the Raiders, and with the assistance of an almost feral Browns defence recording 10 tackles, but Cleveland's offense requires a leader, a figurehead to build confidence.

And confidence is something not missing in Sanders, who informed a CBS {