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

Postseason Patrick Mahomes arrived to rescue the Kansas City's season while the Bears continue to impress while they continue their winning run.

And did Shedeur Sanders perform enough on his debut NFL outing to earn the full-time job in Ohio?

Let's take a look at the best of the action in the league.

The Breakdown – Dallas Rally or Eagles Collapse?

The Cowboys found themselves trailing badly at twenty-one to zero behind against the defending championship champions, how exactly did they produce their equal-largest comeback ever?

Sentiment of a first home game after a teammate’s tragic death could have been a factor, but technically it was a mixture of Dak Prescott determination and a defence that pounced on rare errors by the Philadelphia.

Dak eclipsed Romo’s marks for passing yards (now thirty-four thousand three hundred seventy-eight) and clutch drives (twenty-five) with an dynamic display – his diving score personifying his all-action showing.

Philadelphia squandered a advantage of twenty-one points or more for the first time since nineteen ninety-nine, with only their second game with multiple giveaways this season – the previous being another disappointing division loss at the New York.

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

Yet from the time the Eagles went twenty-one to zero up their offense fell apart dramatically – with four straight kicks, a missed field goal and then a turnover giving opportunity after chance to the Dallas.

The Eagles defense is brilliant, it truly is, but an offense that's not eclipsed 21 points in 5 of 7 games (three losses) is now a huge concern, as the pieces are all there but it's simply not working.

Nick Sirianni game is all about securing the big situations, the defense maintains them in it and what offense there is manages barely sufficient – if it cannot even do that and now the discipline and ball protection is failing, there may be trouble in the future.

Spotlight – Postseason Mahomes Appears Prematurely to Rescue Chiefs

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

How big was it? Well, the league’s Next Gen Stats now assign the Chiefs a fifty-eight percent chance of making the playoffs, whereas a defeat on Sunday would have reduced that number to 28%.

It’s no surprise the playoff form of Patrick Mahomes turned up, throwing for 235 yards in the second half alone and guiding 3 scoring drives in their final four possessions to seal it in extra time.

A few big passes and swashbuckling scrambles are commonplace for Patrick in the postseason, but right now the Kansas City are in post-season form – at six and five and just 10th in the conference rankings.

That was closer to the old Chiefs though, with a first one-score victory of the season after dropping five already – they won eleven of them the previous season so, if that belief comes back, this Chiefs Kingdom may not be finished so soon.

Talking Point – Are Chicago Become Rulers of the Division?

You can no longer ignore the Chicago Bears now. A win over the Pittsburgh Steelers, without Rodgers, maintained them top of the division and at eight and three – holding the identical standing as the Philadelphia.

They appear dangerous on each side of the ball, with a defense that leads the NFL in interceptions and total takeaways and, in Williams, a emerging player now used to securing close games.

He may at times be shaky, surrendering a score after a turnover in his own goal area – but he also threw 3 scores and, with already 5 final period rallies this year, he knows how to finish the game.

Green Bay are in close pursuit in the NFC North after overpowering the Vikings and Detroit are right there after overcoming the New York in overtime 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 champs on Thanksgiving we'll discover just how strong they truly are.

Look Ahead – Exciting Holiday in Store

This looks one of the best Thanksgiving line-ups for years, with every game packed with postseason consequences.

Detroit host the Green Bay in the traditional opener in Michigan, prior to a unusual trip back to Texas for the Chiefs, who started out existence as the Dallas Texans way back in the sixties before relocating to Missouri.

Sunday's rally teams are both holding on to playoff hopes but have very little room for mistakes – so this will have a post-season feel.

What about the Baltimore Ravens? An ugly win over the New York in fact has them leading of the AFC North after beginning one and five and looking dead and buried.

Holiday and Black Friday Fixtures (all times GMT)

• Thursday, 27 November: Green Bay Packers @ Lions (18:00)
• Thursday, twenty-seven November: Kansas City Chiefs @ Dallas Cowboys (21:30)
• Friday, twenty-eight November: Bengals @ Ravens (01:20)
• Friday, 28 November: Chicago Bears @ Philadelphia Eagles (20:00)

Can Sanders Keep His Starting Role?

Cleveland Browns head coach Stefanski dismissed questions on whether Sanders had done sufficiently in his debut NFL outing to keep the first-team position when Gabriel comes back.

Yet the issue will continue to be asked as Shedeur became the first Cleveland quarterback to win his debut league game after Zeier in nineteen ninety-nine – with 17 other rookie signal callers unsuccessful to do so since.

It came just the Las Vegas, and with the help of an nearly feral Cleveland defence recording 10 sacks, but Cleveland's offense needs a leader, a presence to inspire belief.

And confidence is one thing not missing in Shedeur, who told a CBS {