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The twelfth week provided an epic Cowboys rally, or perhaps an massive Philadelphia Eagles implosion?

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

Did Sanders perform enough on his debut NFL outing to earn the full-time job in Cleveland?

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

Analysis – Cowboys Comeback or Eagles Collapse?

Dallas found themselves trailing badly at twenty-one to zero down versus the reigning Super Bowl champions, how exactly did they engineer their equal-largest recovery in history?

Sentiment of a first home game since a teammate’s tragic passing could have been a factor, but technically it was a mixture of Prescott’s resolve and a defensive unit that cashed in on rare mistakes by the Philadelphia.

Prescott surpassed Tony Romo records for passing yards (now 34,378) and game-winning drives (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 since nineteen ninety-nine, with only their second game with multiple turnovers this season – the other being a bad NFC East defeat at the New York.

In addition to fourteen infractions for ninety-six yards, the attacking malaise that hit Hurts after what – for him – was an fast beginning was significant. He'd only passed for 200-plus yards in four games before the weekend, he had more than 150 in the opening two quarters alone in Dallas.

Yet from the time the Eagles went 21-0 up their offense fell apart dramatically – with four consecutive kicks, a failed three-point attempt and then a turnover giving opportunity after chance to the Cowboys.

Philadelphia’s defence is excellent, it really is, but an offence that's not surpassed twenty-one points in 5 of 7 games (3 losses) is now a major concern, because the pieces are all there but it's just not working.

Nick Sirianni approach is all about winning the big moments, the defense maintains them in it and what offence there is manages just about enough – if it can't even do that and now the discipline and possession security is failing, there may be trouble in the future.

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

It wasn’t as dramatic, but Kansas City's 11-point recovery in the fourth quarter versus a powerful Indianapolis squad was hugely impressive – and could have just rescued their season.

How significant was it? Indeed, the NFL's Next Gen Stats now give the Kansas City a fifty-eight percent chance of reaching the playoffs, when a defeat on the weekend would have reduced that number to 28%.

No wonder the playoff version of Mahomes turned up, throwing for two hundred thirty-five yards in the latter half alone and leading 3 point-scoring drives in their last four series to seal it in overtime.

A few big passes and swashbuckling runs are typical for Mahomes in the postseason, but right now the Kansas City are in post-season mode – at six and five and only 10th in the conference standings.

That was closer to the former Chiefs though, with a initial close win of the year after dropping five previously – they won eleven of them last year so, if that confidence returns, this Chiefs Kingdom might not be done so soon.

Talking Point – Can Bears Become Kings of the North?

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

They look threatening on each side of the ball, with a defense that tops the league in picks and total takeaways and, in Caleb Williams, a young player now accustomed to winning tight games.

He may still be inconsistent, giving away a touchdown after a turnover in his team’s end zone – but he additionally passed for three scores and, with already five final period comebacks this season, he knows how to finish the game.

Green Bay are in hot pursuit in the division after dominating the Minnesota and Detroit are right there after beating the New York in extra time with a monster game from Gibbs.

The Bears are strangely the most reliable with 8 victories in 9, but as they visit the championship champs on the holiday we'll discover just how good they truly are.

Look Ahead – Exciting Holiday in Store

It appears one of the best holiday line-ups for a long time, with each game loaded with postseason consequences.

The Lions welcome the Packers in the classic curtain-raiser in Detroit, before a unusual visit back to Dallas for the Kansas City, who started out existence as the Dallas Texans long ago in the 1960s before moving to Kansas City.

The weekend’s rally teams are each holding on to playoff aspirations but have very little room for error – so this will have a post-season feel.

What about the Baltimore Ravens? An ugly win over the Jets actually has them leading of the AFC North after beginning one and five and appearing dead and buried.

Thanksgiving and Black Friday Fixtures (all times GMT)

• Thursday, twenty-seven November: Green Bay Packers @ Detroit Lions (6:00 PM)
• Thursday, 27 November: Chiefs @ Dallas Cowboys (9:30 PM)
• Friday, 28 November: Bengals @ Baltimore Ravens (1:20 AM)
• Friday, twenty-eight November: Bears @ Eagles (20:00)

Can Sanders Retain His Starting Role?

Cleveland Browns head coach Stefanski dismissed inquiries on whether Sanders had performed enough in his debut professional outing to maintain the first-team job when Gabriel comes back.

Yet the issue will continue to be asked as Shedeur became the first Browns signal-caller to secure his first league game after Zeier in nineteen ninety-nine – with seventeen other rookie signal callers failing to do so since.

It came just the Raiders, and with the assistance of an nearly feral Browns defence recording 10 sacks, but Cleveland's offence requires a leader, a presence to inspire belief.

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