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

Postseason Patrick Mahomes arrived to salvage the Chiefs' campaign as the Bears keep to impress while they continue their winning streak.

Did 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.

The Breakdown – Cowboys Comeback or Philly Fail?

Dallas found themselves down and out at twenty-one to zero down against the defending Super Bowl champions, so how on earth did they engineer their equal-largest recovery ever?

The emotions of a initial home game since Marshawn Kneeland untimely passing could have played a part, however it was a combination of Prescott’s resolve and a defence that pounced on uncommon mistakes by the Philadelphia.

Prescott eclipsed Romo’s marks for passing yards (now 34,378) and clutch possessions (25) with an dynamic display – his plunging touchdown personifying his energetic showing.

Philadelphia squandered a advantage of 21 points or more for the initial time since 1999, with only their second game with several turnovers this season – the other being another disappointing NFC East defeat at the New York.

In addition to fourteen infractions for ninety-six yards, the attacking malaise that affected Hurts after what – for him – was an explosive start was significant. He had only thrown for 200-plus yards in 4 games before Sunday, he had more than one hundred fifty in the first half alone in Texas.

Yet from the time the Eagles went 21-0 up their offense derailed dramatically – with four consecutive kicks, a missed field goal and then a fumble giving chance after opportunity to the Dallas.

The Eagles defence is brilliant, it really is, but an offence that's not eclipsed twenty-one points in 5 of seven games (three losses) is now a huge worry, because the components are all there but it's simply not working.

Nick Sirianni game is all about securing the key situations, the defense keeps them in it and what offense there is manages just about enough – if it can't even do that and now the composure and possession security is failing, there could be trouble in the future.

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

It wasn’t quite as extreme, but Kansas City's 11-point recovery in the fourth quarter versus a strong Indianapolis team was very notable – and may have just saved their season.

How significant was it? Indeed, the NFL's advanced analytics now give the Kansas City a fifty-eight percent probability of making the postseason, when a loss on Sunday would have reduced that figure to twenty-eight percent.

No wonder the playoff version of Patrick Mahomes arrived, passing for two hundred thirty-five yards in the second half by itself and guiding 3 scoring drives in their last 4 series to seal it in overtime.

A few big passes and swashbuckling runs are typical for Mahomes in the postseason, but right now the Chiefs are in playoff form – at six and five and just tenth in the AFC standings.

That was more like the old Chiefs though, with a initial one-score win of the year after dropping five previously – they secured 11 of them last year so, if that confidence returns, this Kansas City faithful might not be done so soon.

Discussion – Can Bears Be Kings of the Division?

You just can't ignore the Bears now. A victory over the Steelers, minus Rodgers, kept them first of the NFC North and at eight and three – holding the same record as the Philadelphia.

They look dangerous on each side of the ball, with a defence that tops the league in picks and overall takeaways and, in Caleb Williams, a emerging player now accustomed to securing close games.

He may still be shaky, giving away a score after a turnover in his own goal area – but he additionally passed for three scores and, with already 5 fourth-quarter rallies this year, he understands how to get the job done.

Green Bay are in hot chase in the NFC North after dominating the Minnesota and Detroit are right there after overcoming the New York in extra time with a huge game from Gibbs.

Chicago are interestingly the most consistent with eight wins in nine, but as they visit the Super Bowl champs on Thanksgiving we'll discover just how strong they really are.

Preview – Thrilling Holiday in Store

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

Detroit host the Packers in the traditional curtain-raiser in Michigan, before a rare visit back to Texas for the Kansas City, who started out life as the Dallas Texans long ago in the 1960s before relocating to Kansas City.

The weekend’s comeback teams are each clinging to playoff hopes but have very little margin for error – so this will have a post-season atmosphere.

And how about the Ravens? An unattractive win over the New York in fact has them top of the division after beginning 1-5 and looking finished.

Holiday and Black Friday Games (all times GMT)

• Thursday, twenty-seven November: Packers @ Detroit Lions (6:00 PM)
• Thursday, 27 November: Kansas City Chiefs @ Cowboys (9:30 PM)
• Friday, twenty-eight November: Bengals @ Ravens (1:20 AM)
• Friday, 28 November: Chicago Bears @ Eagles (8:00 PM)

Can Sanders Retain His Job?

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

But the question will keep being asked as Sanders became the first Cleveland signal-caller to win his first NFL game after Eric Zeier in 1999 – with 17 other first-year signal callers unsuccessful to do so afterward.

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

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