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

Postseason Mahomes showed up to salvage the Kansas City's campaign while the Chicago Bears keep to surprise as they extend their victorious streak.

Did Shedeur Sanders perform enough on his first professional start to earn the full-time role in Ohio?

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

Analysis – Cowboys Comeback or Philly Fail?

The Cowboys were trailing badly at 21-0 down against the reigning championship winners, how exactly did they engineer their equal-largest recovery ever?

Sentiment of a first home game after a teammate’s tragic death may have played a part, however it was a mixture of Dak Prescott resolve and a defence that pounced on rare mistakes by the Eagles.

Prescott eclipsed Romo’s marks for passing yards (now thirty-four thousand three hundred seventy-eight) and clutch drives (twenty-five) with an all-action performance – his plunging touchdown embodying his all-action display.

Philadelphia squandered a advantage of 21 points or more for the first time since nineteen ninety-nine, with only their second game with several turnovers this year – the previous being a bad NFC East defeat at the Giants.

Along with fourteen infractions for 96 yards, the attacking struggles that affected Hurts after what – for him – was an fast start was significant. He had only thrown for over two hundred yards in 4 games before the weekend, he had over 150 in the opening two quarters alone in Texas.

However from the time the Eagles went twenty-one to zero up their offence derailed spectacularly – with four straight kicks, a missed field goal and then a fumble giving opportunity after opportunity to the Cowboys.

The Eagles defense is excellent, it really is, but an offence that's not eclipsed twenty-one points in five of seven games (3 losses) is now a major worry, because the components are all there but it's simply not clicking.

Nick Sirianni approach is all about winning the big moments, the defense keeps them in it and what offense there is does just about enough – if it cannot even do that and now the discipline and ball protection is breaking down, there may be problems in the future.

Spotlight – Playoff Patrick Shows Up Prematurely to Rescue Chiefs

It wasn't as dramatic, but the Chiefs’ eleven-point recovery in the fourth quarter versus a powerful Indianapolis squad was hugely notable – and may have just saved their season.

How big was it? Indeed, the NFL's advanced analytics now assign the Chiefs a fifty-eight percent chance of making the playoffs, whereas a loss on Sunday would have dropped that figure to twenty-eight percent.

No wonder the postseason form of Patrick Mahomes turned up, throwing for 235 yards in the latter half alone and guiding three point-scoring drives in their last 4 possessions to seal it in overtime.

A few huge throws and daring runs are commonplace for Mahomes in the postseason, but currently the Kansas City are in post-season mode – at 6-5 and just tenth in the AFC rankings.

This was more like the old Chiefs however, with a first one-score win of the year after dropping 5 previously – they won 11 of them last year so, if that confidence returns, this Chiefs Kingdom might not be finished just yet.

Talking Point – Are Chicago Become Rulers of the Division?

You just can't overlook the Bears any longer. A victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers, without Aaron Rodgers, kept them first of the NFC North and at 8-3 – holding the identical standing as the Philadelphia.

They appear threatening on each side of the field, with a defense that tops the NFL in interceptions and overall takeaways and, in Williams, a young player now used to winning tight games.

He can at times be shaky, giving away a score after a turnover in his own end zone – but he additionally passed for 3 touchdowns and, with already five final period comebacks this year, he understands how to get the job done.

Green Bay are in hot chase in the NFC North after overpowering the Vikings and Detroit are right there after overcoming the New York in extra time with a monster game from Jahmyr Gibbs.

The Bears are strangely the most consistent with 8 victories in 9, but as they travel to the Super Bowl winners on Thanksgiving we'll see just how good they truly are.

Preview – Exciting Holiday in Prospect

This looks one of the best Thanksgiving line-ups for years, with each game loaded with postseason implications.

The Lions welcome the Green Bay in the traditional opener in Michigan, before a rare visit back to Dallas for the Kansas City, who started out life as the Dallas Texans way back in the sixties before moving to Kansas City.

The weekend’s comeback kings are both holding on to playoff aspirations but have minimal room for error – so this will have a post-season atmosphere.

And how about the Baltimore Ravens? An unattractive win over the Jets actually has them leading of the AFC North after starting 1-5 and appearing dead and buried.

Holiday and Black Friday Games (all times GMT)

• Thursday, 27 November: Green Bay Packers @ Lions (18:00)
• Thursday, twenty-seven November: Chiefs @ Cowboys (9:30 PM)
• Friday, twenty-eight November: Bengals @ Ravens (01:20)
• Friday, 28 November: Bears @ Eagles (8:00 PM)

Can Sanders Keep His Starting Role?

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

Yet the question will continue to be raised as Sanders became the first Browns quarterback to win his first league game after Eric Zeier in nineteen ninety-nine – with 17 additional rookie signal callers unsuccessful to do so since.

It was only the Raiders, and with the help of an almost feral Browns defence getting ten sacks, but Cleveland's offence requires a leader, a figurehead to build belief.

And self-belief is something not missing in Sanders, who informed a CBS {