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Week 12 delivered an epic Dallas Cowboys comeback, or perhaps an epic Eagles implosion?

Playoff Patrick Mahomes showed up to salvage the Chiefs' season while the Bears continue to impress while they extend their victorious streak.

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

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

The Breakdown – Dallas Rally or Philly Fail?

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

The emotions of a first home fixture after a teammate’s tragic death could have played a part, however it was a combination of Dak Prescott resolve and a defensive unit that pounced on uncommon mistakes by the Eagles.

Prescott surpassed Tony Romo records for yards thrown (now 34,378) and clutch possessions (twenty-five) with an all-action performance – his plunging touchdown embodying his all-action showing.

Philadelphia wasted a lead of 21 points or more for the initial time since nineteen ninety-nine, with only their second game with several turnovers this year – the previous being a disappointing NFC East loss at the Giants.

In addition to fourteen infractions for ninety-six yards, the attacking malaise that hit Jalen Hurts after what – for him – was an explosive beginning was significant. He'd only thrown for over two hundred yards in 4 games before the weekend, he had more than one hundred fifty in the first half by himself in Dallas.

However from the time the Eagles went 21-0 up their offense fell apart dramatically – with four consecutive punts, a missed three-point attempt and then a turnover giving chance after chance to the Cowboys.

The Eagles defense is brilliant, it truly is, but an offence that's not surpassed 21 points in five of seven games (3 losses) is now a major worry, as the pieces are all there but it's simply not clicking.

Nick Sirianni approach is all about winning the big moments, 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 possession security is failing, there could be trouble in the future.

In Focus – Postseason Mahomes Shows Up Prematurely to Rescue Chiefs

It wasn’t as extreme, but Kansas City's eleven-point comeback in the final period versus a powerful Indianapolis squad was hugely notable – and may have just saved their season.

How significant was it? Well, the NFL's advanced analytics now assign the Kansas City a 58% probability of making the postseason, when a loss on the weekend would have dropped that figure to 28%.

No wonder the postseason version of Patrick Mahomes arrived, throwing for two hundred thirty-five yards in the second half by itself and leading 3 point-scoring possessions in their final 4 series to win it in extra time.

Some huge throws and swashbuckling runs are typical for Mahomes in the postseason, but currently the Kansas City are in post-season form – at 6-5 and only 10th in the AFC rankings.

That was more like the former Chiefs however, with a initial close victory of the year after dropping five already – they secured 11 of them the previous season so, if that belief returns, this Kansas City faithful might not be done just yet.

Talking Point – Can Bears Be Kings of the North?

You can no longer ignore the Bears any longer. A victory over the Steelers, without Rodgers, maintained them top of the division and at eight and three – holding the identical record as the Philadelphia.

They appear dangerous on each side of the field, with a defence that leads the league in interceptions and overall takeaways and, in Williams, a young player now used to securing tight games.

He can at times be shaky, giving away a score after a fumble in his own end zone – but he additionally threw three touchdowns and, with already five final period rallies this year, he knows how to finish the game.

Green Bay are in close chase in the NFC North after dominating the Minnesota and the Lions are in contention after beating the Giants in overtime with a monster game from Jahmyr Gibbs.

The Bears are interestingly the most reliable with 8 wins in nine, but as they travel to the championship champs on the holiday we'll see just how good they really are.

Preview – Thrilling Holiday in Store

It appears among the most exciting holiday line-ups for years, with every game packed with playoff consequences.

Detroit welcome the Green Bay in the traditional opener in Detroit, before a rare trip back to Dallas for the Chiefs, who began existence as the Texans way back in the sixties before relocating to Kansas City.

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

And how about the Baltimore Ravens? An ugly win over the New York in fact has them leading of the division after starting one and five and appearing finished.

Holiday and Black Friday Fixtures (all times GMT)

• Thursday, 27 November: Packers @ Detroit Lions (6:00 PM)
• Thursday, twenty-seven November: Chiefs @ Dallas Cowboys (9:30 PM)
• Friday, 28 November: Cincinnati Bengals @ Ravens (01:20)
• Friday, 28 November: Bears @ Philadelphia Eagles (20:00)

Will Shedeur Sanders Retain His Starting Role?

Cleveland Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski batted away inquiries on whether Shedeur Sanders had done sufficiently in his debut NFL start to keep the first-team job when Gabriel comes back.

Yet the question will continue to be raised as Shedeur became the first Cleveland quarterback to win his first league game since Eric Zeier in 1999 – with 17 additional rookie quarterbacks failing to do so since.

It was just the Raiders, and with the assistance of an almost feral Browns defense getting ten tackles, but the Browns’ offence requires a leader, a figurehead to inspire confidence.

Moreover confidence is one thing not missing in Shedeur, who informed a network {