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The twelfth week provided an incredible Dallas Cowboys comeback, or perhaps an massive Philadelphia Eagles collapse?

Postseason Mahomes showed up to salvage the Chiefs' season while the Chicago Bears continue to impress as they continue their victorious run.

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

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

Analysis – Cowboys Comeback or Philly Fail?

Dallas were trailing badly at twenty-one to zero behind against the reigning championship winners, so how on earth did they engineer their equal-largest recovery ever?

Sentiment of a first home game after a teammate’s untimely death may have been a factor, however it was a combination of Prescott’s resolve and a defence that cashed in on rare mistakes by the Eagles.

Prescott surpassed Tony Romo records for passing yards (now thirty-four thousand three hundred seventy-eight) and clutch possessions (25) with an all-action display – his diving touchdown embodying his all-action showing.

Philadelphia wasted a lead of twenty-one points or more for the first time since 1999, with just their second game with multiple giveaways this season – the other being another disappointing division defeat at the Giants.

In addition to fourteen penalties for 96 yards, the attacking struggles that hit Jalen Hurts after what – for him – was an explosive start was huge. He'd only passed for 200-plus yards in four games prior to the weekend, he had more than 150 in the opening two quarters by himself in Texas.

Yet from the time the Eagles went twenty-one to zero up their offense fell apart spectacularly – with four consecutive punts, a failed field goal and then a fumble giving chance after chance to the Dallas.

The Eagles defence is brilliant, it truly is, but an offence that's not eclipsed twenty-one points in five of 7 games (three losses) is now a huge worry, because the components are all there but it's just not clicking.

Nick Sirianni game is all about securing the key situations, the defence keeps them in it and what offence there is does just about enough – if it can't even do that and now the discipline and ball protection is breaking down, there may be problems in the future.

In Focus – Postseason Mahomes Appears Prematurely to Rescue Kansas City

It wasn’t as extreme, but Kansas City's 11-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 Chiefs a fifty-eight percent probability of reaching the postseason, when a loss on the weekend would have reduced that figure to twenty-eight percent.

No wonder the postseason form of Mahomes arrived, throwing for two hundred thirty-five yards in the second half alone and guiding three scoring possessions in their last four series to win it in extra time.

Some huge throws and swashbuckling runs are typical for Mahomes in the playoffs, but right now the Chiefs are in post-season form – at 6-5 and only 10th in the AFC standings.

That was closer to the former Chiefs though, with a first close victory of the season after dropping 5 previously – they secured eleven of them last year so, if that belief returns, this Kansas City faithful may not be finished just yet.

Talking Point – Can Bears Become Kings of the North?

You just can't overlook the Bears now. A win over the Pittsburgh Steelers, minus Rodgers, maintained them top of the NFC North and at 8-3 – sharing the same standing as the Philadelphia.

They look threatening on both sides of the field, with a defence that tops the league in picks and total turnovers and, in Caleb Williams, a young quarterback now used to winning tight games.

He may at times be inconsistent, giving away a touchdown after a fumble in his team’s end zone – but he additionally threw 3 touchdowns and, with already 5 final period comebacks this season, he knows how to finish the game.

The Green Bay Packers are in hot chase in the division after dominating the Minnesota and the Lions are right there after overcoming the Giants in overtime with a monster game from Gibbs.

Chicago are interestingly the most consistent with 8 victories in nine, but as they visit the championship champs on Thanksgiving we'll see exactly how good they truly are.

Preview – Exciting Holiday in Store

It appears among the best Thanksgiving schedules for a long time, with every game packed with postseason implications.

The Lions host the Packers in the classic opener in Detroit, before a rare visit back to Dallas for the Chiefs, who started out life as the Texans way back in the 1960s before relocating to Missouri.

The weekend’s rally teams are both clinging to postseason aspirations but have very little margin for mistakes – so this will have a playoff atmosphere.

And how about the Baltimore Ravens? An ugly victory over the New York actually has them top of the division after starting one and five and looking finished.

Holiday and Shopping Day Games (all times GMT)

• Thursday, 27 November: Green Bay Packers @ Lions (18:00)
• Thursday, twenty-seven November: Kansas City Chiefs @ Dallas Cowboys (9:30 PM)
• Friday, twenty-eight November: Cincinnati Bengals @ Ravens (01:20)
• Friday, 28 November: Bears @ Philadelphia Eagles (8:00 PM)

Will Shedeur Sanders Keep His Job?

Cleveland Browns coach Stefanski batted away questions on whether Sanders had done sufficiently in his debut professional outing to maintain the first-team job when Gabriel comes back.

But the issue will keep being raised as Sanders became the first Browns signal-caller to secure his debut NFL game since Eric Zeier in nineteen ninety-nine – with seventeen other rookie signal callers unsuccessful to do so since.

It was just the Raiders, and with the assistance of an almost aggressive Browns defence recording 10 sacks, but the Browns’ offense needs a director, a presence to build confidence.

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