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Week 12 delivered an incredible Dallas Cowboys rally, or perhaps an epic Philadelphia Eagles collapse?

Playoff Mahomes showed up to salvage the Chiefs' campaign while the Bears continue to surprise while they continue their victorious run.

Did Shedeur Sanders do enough on his first NFL start to secure the starting role in Cleveland?

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

Analysis – Dallas Rally or Eagles Collapse?

The Cowboys found themselves trailing badly at twenty-one to zero down against the defending Super Bowl champions, how exactly did they engineer their equal-largest comeback ever?

The emotions of a initial home fixture since Marshawn Kneeland untimely passing could have played a part, but technically it was a mixture of Dak Prescott determination and a defensive unit that pounced on uncommon mistakes by the Philadelphia.

Dak surpassed Tony Romo records for yards thrown (now 34,378) and clutch possessions (twenty-five) with an dynamic performance – his diving score embodying his all-action display.

Philadelphia wasted a lead of twenty-one points or more for the first time since 1999, with only their second game with several giveaways this year – the previous being a bad division loss at the New York.

In addition to 14 infractions for 96 yards, the attacking malaise that hit Hurts after what – for him – was an fast beginning was huge. He had only passed for 200-plus yards in four games prior to the weekend, he had more than 150 in the first half by himself in Dallas.

However from the time Philadelphia went 21-0 up their offense fell apart spectacularly – with four straight punts, a missed field goal and then a turnover handing opportunity after chance to the Cowboys.

The Eagles defence is brilliant, it truly is, but an offense 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 securing the key moments, the defence keeps them in it and what offence there is manages barely enough – if it can't even do that and now the discipline and ball protection is breaking down, there may be trouble ahead.

In Focus – Playoff Patrick Shows Up Prematurely to Save Chiefs

It wasn't as extreme, but the Chiefs’ 11-point recovery in the fourth quarter against a powerful Indianapolis team was hugely notable – and could have just rescued their campaign.

How big was it? Well, the NFL's Next Gen Stats now assign the Kansas City a 58% probability of reaching the playoffs, whereas a loss on the weekend would have dropped that number to twenty-eight percent.

It’s no surprise the playoff version of Patrick Mahomes turned up, throwing for 235 yards in the second half alone and leading 3 scoring possessions in their last 4 series to seal it in extra time.

A few big passes and swashbuckling scrambles are commonplace for Mahomes in the playoffs, but right now the Chiefs are in post-season mode – at 6-5 and just 10th in the AFC rankings.

This was more like the old Kansas City however, with a initial close victory of the season after losing 5 previously – they secured eleven of them last year so, if that belief comes back, this Kansas City faithful may not be finished just yet.

Talking Point – Can Bears Become Kings of the Division?

You just can't overlook the Chicago Bears any longer. A win over the Pittsburgh Steelers, minus Rodgers, maintained them first of the NFC North and at 8-3 – sharing the identical record as the Philadelphia.

They look dangerous on each side of the field, with a defence that leads the league in picks and total takeaways and, in Caleb Williams, a young player now used to winning close games.

He may still be shaky, surrendering a score after a turnover in his own end zone – but he also passed for 3 touchdowns and, with already 5 fourth-quarter rallies this year, he knows how to get the job done.

The Green Bay Packers are in close chase in the division after dominating the Minnesota and Detroit are in contention after beating the New York in extra time with a monster game from Jahmyr Gibbs.

The Bears are strangely the most consistent with eight victories in 9, but as they visit the championship champs on Thanksgiving we'll discover exactly how strong they really are.

Preview – Exciting Thanksgiving in Store

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

The Lions welcome the Green Bay in the classic curtain-raiser in Detroit, prior to a unusual trip return to Dallas for the Kansas City, who started out existence as the Texans way back in the 1960s before relocating to Kansas City.

Sunday's comeback teams are both holding on to playoff aspirations but have minimal margin for mistakes – so this will have a playoff atmosphere.

What about the Baltimore Ravens? An unattractive win over the Jets in fact has them top of the division after starting one and five and appearing finished.

Holiday and Black Friday Games (all times GMT)

• Thursday, 27 November: Packers @ Detroit Lions (6:00 PM)
• Thursday, 27 November: Chiefs @ Dallas Cowboys (21:30)
• Friday, twenty-eight November: Bengals @ Ravens (1:20 AM)
• Friday, twenty-eight November: Chicago Bears @ Eagles (8:00 PM)

Will Shedeur Sanders Keep His Starting Role?

Browns head coach Stefanski batted away questions on whether Sanders had performed enough in his first NFL outing to keep the starting job when Gabriel comes back.

Yet the question will keep being raised as Shedeur became the first Browns signal-caller to secure his first league game since Eric Zeier in nineteen ninety-nine – with seventeen other first-year signal callers unsuccessful to do so since.

It came only the Las Vegas, and with the help of an almost feral Browns defense recording ten tackles, but Cleveland's offence needs a director, a presence to build belief.

Moreover self-belief is something not missing in Shedeur, who told a network {