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The twelfth week delivered an incredible Cowboys comeback, or perhaps an massive Eagles collapse?

Postseason Mahomes arrived to rescue the Kansas City's season as the Bears continue to surprise as they continue their victorious streak.

And did Shedeur Sanders do sufficiently on his debut NFL outing to secure the starting role in Cleveland?

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

The Breakdown – Dallas Rally or Philly Fail?

The Cowboys found themselves down and out at twenty-one to zero down against the defending Super Bowl champions, so how on earth did they produce their equal-largest comeback in history?

The emotions of a initial home game after Marshawn Kneeland untimely death may have played a part, but technically it was a combination of Dak Prescott resolve and a defence that pounced on uncommon mistakes by the Philadelphia.

Prescott surpassed Romo’s marks for yards thrown (now 34,378) and game-winning possessions (25) with an all-action performance – his plunging touchdown personifying his all-action showing.

Philadelphia wasted a advantage of twenty-one points or more for the initial time since 1999, with only their second game with multiple turnovers this season – the other being another disappointing NFC East loss at the New York.

Along with fourteen penalties for 96 yards, the offensive malaise that affected Jalen Hurts after what – for him – was an fast beginning was huge. He'd only thrown for over two hundred yards in 4 games before Sunday, he had more than 150 in the opening two quarters by himself in Dallas.

However from the time the Eagles went 21-0 up their offense fell apart dramatically – with four consecutive punts, a missed field goal and then a turnover giving opportunity after opportunity to the Dallas.

The Eagles defense is excellent, it truly is, but an offence that's not eclipsed twenty-one points in five of seven games (three losses) is now a huge concern, because the pieces are all there but it's simply not clicking.

Nick Sirianni approach is all about winning the big situations, the defence maintains them in it and what offence there is manages barely enough – if it cannot even do that and now the discipline and ball protection is breaking down, there could be trouble in the future.

Spotlight – Postseason Mahomes Shows Up Early to Save Kansas City

It wasn't as dramatic, but the Chiefs’ 11-point recovery in the fourth quarter versus a strong Indianapolis team was very impressive – and could have just rescued their campaign.

How significant was it? Well, the league’s advanced analytics now assign the Chiefs a 58% probability of reaching the postseason, whereas a defeat on Sunday would have reduced that figure to 28%.

It’s no surprise the playoff form of Mahomes arrived, throwing for two hundred thirty-five yards in the latter half alone and leading three scoring drives in their last 4 possessions to seal it in extra time.

A few huge throws and swashbuckling runs are typical for Patrick in the postseason, but currently the Chiefs are in post-season mode – at 6-5 and only tenth in the AFC standings.

This was more like the former Chiefs however, with a first close victory of the year after dropping five already – they won 11 of them last year so, if that belief returns, this Kansas City faithful might not be finished just yet.

Talking Point – Are Chicago Be Kings of the North?

You can no longer overlook the Bears any longer. A victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers, without Aaron Rodgers, maintained them top of the division and at 8-3 – sharing the identical record as the Eagles.

They look threatening on both sides of the ball, with a defense that leads the league in picks and overall takeaways and, in Caleb Williams, a young player now accustomed to securing tight games.

He may at times be inconsistent, giving away a score after a fumble in his own goal area – but he additionally passed for 3 scores and, with already 5 fourth-quarter rallies this season, he knows how to finish the game.

The Green Bay Packers are in close chase in the division after overpowering the Vikings and Detroit are in contention after overcoming the New York in extra time with a monster game from Gibbs.

The Bears are strangely the most reliable with eight victories in 9, but as they travel to the Super Bowl winners on Thanksgiving we'll see exactly how good they really are.

Preview – Thrilling Holiday in Store

This looks among the best Thanksgiving line-ups for years, with each game loaded with playoff implications.

The Lions host the Packers in the classic curtain-raiser in Michigan, before a rare visit back to Texas for the Kansas City, who began existence as the Dallas Texans way back in the sixties before moving to Missouri.

Sunday's comeback teams are both holding on to playoff aspirations but have very little margin for error – so this will have a playoff feel.

What about the Baltimore Ravens? An unattractive win over the Jets actually has them leading of the division after starting 1-5 and appearing finished.

Thanksgiving and Shopping Day Games (all times GMT)

• Thursday, 27 November: Packers @ Lions (18:00)
• Thursday, 27 November: Kansas City Chiefs @ Dallas Cowboys (21:30)
• Friday, 28 November: Bengals @ Ravens (01:20)
• Friday, 28 November: Bears @ Philadelphia Eagles (8:00 PM)

Will Shedeur Sanders Retain His Starting Role?

Browns head coach Stefanski batted away questions on whether Shedeur Sanders had done sufficiently in his first NFL start to keep the first-team job when Gabriel comes back.

Yet the issue will keep being asked as Shedeur became the first Browns quarterback to win his debut NFL start since Eric Zeier in 1999 – with seventeen other rookie signal callers failing to do so since.

It came just the Raiders, and with the assistance of an nearly aggressive Cleveland defense getting 10 sacks, but the Browns’ offence requires a leader, a presence to inspire confidence.

And confidence is something not lacking in Shedeur, who told a CBS {