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Week 12 provided an incredible Cowboys comeback, or perhaps an massive Philadelphia Eagles collapse?

Playoff Mahomes showed up to rescue the Kansas City's season as the Chicago Bears continue to surprise as they extend their winning streak.

And did Shedeur Sanders perform sufficiently on his debut professional outing to earn the starting role in Cleveland?

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

Analysis – Dallas Rally or Eagles Collapse?

Dallas found themselves down and out at 21-0 down against the reigning Super Bowl winners, so how on earth did they produce their joint-best recovery in history?

The emotions of a first home fixture since Marshawn Kneeland untimely passing could have been a factor, however it was a combination of Prescott’s determination and a defensive unit that pounced on rare errors by the Eagles.

Prescott eclipsed Romo’s records for passing yards (now 34,378) and game-winning drives (twenty-five) with an all-action display – his diving score embodying his all-action showing.

Philly squandered a advantage of 21 points or more for the first time since 1999, with only their second game with several turnovers this season – the previous being a bad NFC East defeat at the New York.

In addition to fourteen infractions for 96 yards, the offensive struggles that affected Hurts after what – for him – was an explosive beginning was huge. He had only passed for 200-plus yards in four games before the weekend, he had more than one hundred fifty in the opening two quarters by himself in Dallas.

Yet from the time the Eagles went twenty-one to zero up their offence fell apart dramatically – with four straight kicks, a failed three-point attempt and then a turnover giving chance after opportunity to the Cowboys.

The Eagles defence is brilliant, it really is, but an offence that's not surpassed twenty-one points in five of seven games (3 losses) is now a major concern, because the pieces are all there but it's simply not working.

Sirianni’s game is all about winning the key moments, the defense keeps them in it and what offense there is does barely sufficient – if it cannot even do that and now the composure and possession security is breaking down, there may be problems ahead.

In Focus – Playoff Patrick Shows Up Prematurely to Save Kansas City

It wasn't as dramatic, but the Chiefs’ eleven-point recovery in the fourth quarter against a powerful Indianapolis team was hugely impressive – and may have just rescued their campaign.

How significant was it? Indeed, the league’s Next Gen Stats now assign the Kansas City a 58% probability of reaching the postseason, when a loss on Sunday would have dropped 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 alone and leading 3 scoring possessions in their last 4 series to win it in overtime.

A few huge throws and swashbuckling scrambles are commonplace for Mahomes in the postseason, but currently the Chiefs are in playoff mode – at 6-5 and only 10th in the conference rankings.

This was closer to the former Chiefs however, with a first one-score win of the season after losing 5 previously – they secured eleven of them the previous season so, if that confidence comes back, this Kansas City faithful may not be finished so soon.

Talking Point – Can Bears Be Kings of the Division?

You can no longer ignore the Bears now. A victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers, minus Rodgers, kept them first of the NFC North and at eight and three – sharing the same record as the Eagles.

They look dangerous on each side of the ball, with a defence that tops the league in interceptions and total turnovers and, in Williams, a young player now accustomed to securing close games.

He may at times be inconsistent, surrendering a touchdown after a fumble in his team’s goal area – but he also threw three scores and, with already 5 fourth-quarter comebacks this year, he knows how to get the job done.

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

Chicago are strangely the most consistent with eight wins in nine, but as they travel to the Super Bowl winners on Thanksgiving we'll see exactly how good they really are.

Preview – Thrilling Holiday in Prospect

It appears one of the best Thanksgiving line-ups for years, with each game loaded with playoff implications.

Detroit host the Green Bay in the classic opener in Detroit, before a unusual trip return to Dallas for the Kansas City, who started out existence as the Dallas Texans long ago in the 1960s before relocating to Kansas City.

The weekend’s comeback kings are both clinging to playoff aspirations but have very little margin for mistakes – so this will have a post-season feel.

And how about the Ravens? An unattractive victory over the New York in fact has them top of the AFC North after beginning one and five and appearing dead and buried.

Holiday and Shopping Day Fixtures (all times GMT)

• Thursday, 27 November: Green Bay Packers @ Detroit Lions (6:00 PM)
• Thursday, twenty-seven November: Kansas City Chiefs @ Dallas Cowboys (9:30 PM)
• Friday, twenty-eight November: Cincinnati Bengals @ Ravens (01:20)
• Friday, twenty-eight November: Chicago Bears @ Eagles (20:00)

Will Shedeur Sanders Keep His Starting Role?

Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski dismissed questions on whether Shedeur Sanders had performed sufficiently in his debut NFL outing to maintain the starting job when Dillon Gabriel returns.

Yet the question will keep being raised as Sanders became the first Cleveland quarterback to win his debut league game since Zeier in nineteen ninety-nine – with seventeen additional first-year signal callers failing to do so since.

It came just the Las Vegas, and with the help of an nearly aggressive Cleveland defence recording ten tackles, but Cleveland's offence needs a director, a figurehead to inspire belief.

Moreover confidence is one thing not lacking in Sanders, who informed a CBS {