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The twelfth week provided an epic Cowboys comeback, or perhaps an epic Eagles collapse?

Postseason Mahomes showed up to salvage the Kansas City's season as the Bears keep to impress as they extend their winning run.

Did Shedeur Sanders do sufficiently on his first NFL outing to earn the full-time role in Ohio?

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

Analysis – Cowboys Comeback or Eagles Collapse?

Dallas found themselves trailing badly at twenty-one to zero down against the reigning championship winners, how exactly did they produce their equal-largest recovery ever?

Sentiment of a first home fixture since a teammate’s tragic death could have played a part, but technically it was a mixture of Dak Prescott resolve and a defence that pounced on uncommon mistakes by the Philadelphia.

Dak surpassed Tony Romo records for passing yards (now 34,378) and game-winning possessions (twenty-five) with an dynamic display – his plunging touchdown personifying his energetic display.

Philadelphia wasted a lead of 21 points or more for the first time since 1999, with just their second game with several giveaways this season – the previous being another disappointing division loss at the New York.

In addition to fourteen infractions for 96 yards, the offensive struggles that hit Jalen Hurts after what – for him – was an fast start was huge. He'd only thrown for 200-plus yards in 4 games prior to the weekend, he had over one hundred fifty in the opening two quarters by himself in Texas.

However from the time the Eagles went twenty-one to zero up their offence derailed spectacularly – with four consecutive punts, 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 surpassed 21 points in 5 of 7 games (three losses) is now a huge concern, as the components are all there but it's just not clicking.

Nick Sirianni approach is all about securing the big moments, the defense maintains them in it and what offense there is manages just about sufficient – if it can't even do that and now the discipline and ball protection is failing, there may be problems in the future.

Spotlight – Playoff Patrick Shows Up Early to Save Chiefs

It wasn’t as dramatic, but the Chiefs’ 11-point comeback in the final period against a strong Indianapolis team was very notable – and could have only saved their season.

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

No wonder the postseason version of Mahomes turned up, throwing for 235 yards in the latter half by itself and leading three point-scoring possessions in their final four possessions to win it in extra time.

A few huge passes and swashbuckling runs are typical for Patrick in the playoffs, but currently the Kansas City are in post-season form – at 6-5 and only 10th in the conference rankings.

That was closer to the former Kansas City though, with a first one-score win of the year after dropping 5 already – they won eleven of them last year so, if that confidence comes back, this Kansas City faithful may not be done so soon.

Discussion – Are Chicago Become Kings of the Division?

You just can't overlook the Chicago Bears now. A win over the Pittsburgh Steelers, without Aaron Rodgers, kept them top of the division and at eight and three – sharing the same standing as the Eagles.

They appear dangerous on both sides of the ball, with a defense that tops the NFL in picks and overall takeaways and, in Caleb Williams, a young player now accustomed to securing tight games.

He can at times be shaky, surrendering a score after a fumble in his own end zone – but he additionally threw three scores and, with already five fourth-quarter rallies this season, he knows how to get the job done.

Green Bay are in hot chase in the division after overpowering the Vikings and Detroit are in contention after beating the Giants in overtime with a huge game from Jahmyr Gibbs.

The Bears are strangely the most reliable with eight wins in nine, but as they travel to the championship winners on the holiday we'll discover just how strong they really are.

Preview – Thrilling Holiday in Store

This looks one of the most exciting holiday schedules for a long time, with each game packed with postseason consequences.

The Lions welcome the Green Bay in the classic opener in Detroit, prior to a unusual trip back to Texas for the Chiefs, who started out existence as the Dallas Texans long ago in the 1960s before relocating to Missouri.

The weekend’s comeback kings are both clinging to postseason aspirations but have minimal margin for error – so this will have a playoff feel.

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

Holiday and Black Friday Fixtures (all times GMT)

• Thursday, twenty-seven November: Green Bay Packers @ Detroit Lions (6:00 PM)
• Thursday, 27 November: Kansas City Chiefs @ Dallas Cowboys (21:30)
• Friday, 28 November: Cincinnati Bengals @ Ravens (1:20 AM)
• Friday, twenty-eight November: Bears @ Eagles (20:00)

Will Shedeur Sanders Retain His Job?

Cleveland Browns coach Kevin Stefanski dismissed questions on whether Sanders had performed sufficiently in his debut professional outing to maintain the starting position when Dillon Gabriel returns.

Yet the issue will continue to be raised as Shedeur became the first Browns signal-caller to win his debut league start after Eric Zeier in 1999 – with 17 additional rookie signal callers unsuccessful to do so since.

It was only the Las Vegas, and with the help of an nearly feral Cleveland defense recording ten tackles, but the Browns’ offense requires a director, a presence to inspire belief.

And confidence is something not lacking in Sanders, who informed a network {