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Week 12 provided an incredible Cowboys comeback, or was it an epic Eagles implosion?

Playoff Patrick Mahomes arrived to salvage the Kansas City's campaign as the Chicago Bears continue to surprise as they continue their winning run.

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

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

The Breakdown – Cowboys Comeback or Eagles Collapse?

The Cowboys were trailing badly at 21-0 down against the reigning Super Bowl champions, how exactly did they produce their joint-best comeback ever?

Sentiment of a first home game since a teammate’s untimely passing may have been a factor, but technically it was a mixture of Dak Prescott resolve and a defence that cashed in on uncommon mistakes by the Eagles.

Prescott surpassed Romo’s records for yards thrown (now 34,378) and game-winning possessions (twenty-five) with an all-action performance – his diving score embodying his all-action display.

Philly squandered a lead of twenty-one points or more for the first time after 1999, with only their second game with multiple giveaways this year – the previous being another disappointing NFC East defeat at the Giants.

Along with 14 penalties for 96 yards, the offensive struggles that hit Hurts after what – for him – was an explosive beginning was huge. He'd only passed for over two hundred yards in four games prior to the weekend, he had over 150 in the first half by himself in Dallas.

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

Philadelphia’s defence is excellent, it truly is, but an offence that's not surpassed 21 points in 5 of seven games (3 losses) is now a major worry, because the components are all there but it's simply not working.

Sirianni’s approach is all about securing the big moments, the defence maintains them in it and what offence there is does just about enough – if it cannot even do that and now the discipline and possession security is failing, there could be trouble in the future.

In Focus – Postseason Mahomes Shows Up Early to Save Kansas City

It wasn’t quite as extreme, but the Chiefs’ eleven-point comeback in the final period versus a powerful Indianapolis team was hugely notable – and could have only rescued their campaign.

How big was it? Well, the league’s Next Gen Stats now give the Kansas City a 58% chance of reaching the playoffs, when a loss on the weekend would have reduced that number to twenty-eight percent.

It’s no surprise the playoff version of Patrick Mahomes arrived, passing for 235 yards in the latter half by itself and leading 3 scoring possessions in their last four series to win it in extra time.

A few big passes and swashbuckling scrambles are commonplace for Patrick in the postseason, but currently the Kansas City are in post-season mode – at six and five and just tenth in the conference rankings.

That was more like the former Kansas City however, with a first one-score victory of the season after losing 5 previously – they won eleven of them the previous season so, if that confidence returns, this Chiefs Kingdom might not be finished so soon.

Discussion – Are Chicago Become Kings of the North?

You can no longer overlook the Chicago Bears now. A victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers, without Rodgers, maintained them first of the NFC North and at 8-3 – sharing the same record as the Philadelphia.

They appear threatening on both sides of the ball, with a defence that tops the league in picks and overall turnovers and, in Williams, a young player now used to securing tight games.

He can still be inconsistent, surrendering a score after a fumble in his team’s goal area – but he additionally threw 3 scores and, with already five final period comebacks this year, he understands how to finish the game.

Green Bay are in hot pursuit in the division after dominating the Vikings and the Lions are right there after beating the Giants in overtime with a huge game from Gibbs.

The Bears are interestingly the most reliable with 8 victories in 9, but as they visit the championship champs on the holiday we'll discover just how good they really are.

Preview – Exciting Holiday in Store

This looks among the best holiday schedules for a long time, with every game packed with postseason consequences.

Detroit welcome the Packers in the traditional opener in Michigan, before a unusual visit return to Texas for the Kansas City, who started out existence as the Dallas Texans long ago in the sixties before moving to Missouri.

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

What about the Ravens? An ugly victory over the New York actually has them top of the division after starting one and five and appearing dead and buried.

Holiday and Black Friday Fixtures (all times GMT)

• Thursday, twenty-seven November: Packers @ Lions (18:00)
• Thursday, 27 November: Chiefs @ Dallas Cowboys (21:30)
• Friday, 28 November: Cincinnati Bengals @ Baltimore Ravens (1:20 AM)
• Friday, twenty-eight November: Chicago Bears @ Eagles (20:00)

Will Shedeur Sanders Retain His Job?

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

Yet the question will keep being asked as Sanders became the first Cleveland quarterback to secure his first league start since Eric Zeier in 1999 – with seventeen other first-year quarterbacks unsuccessful to do so since.

It came only the Las Vegas, and with the assistance of an almost feral Browns defence getting 10 sacks, but the Browns’ offense needs a director, a figurehead to inspire belief.

And self-belief is something not missing in Shedeur, who informed a network {