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As a third of the National Football League schedule finished, franchises are beginning to reveal their true colours

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Indianapolis Colts achieved status as the initial clubs to attain five wins as they persisted with their impressive beginnings to the campaign

The Seattle Seahawks and The Patriots are emerging as challengers, while The Steelers are seeming established in the Northern division

This campaign appears concluded now for a major pre-season championship favourites the Ravens, but could just be getting going for the Kansas City Chiefs

Tampa Bay's leader Earns MVP Calls

Could Baker Mayfield a Most Valuable Player contender? That's what Tampa Bay Buccaneers fans were chanting after one more all-action showing from their field general in a successful outcome against the San Francisco 49ers

The quarterback is the primary reason the Buccaneers are 5-1 and he commanded with authority another time, throwing two scoring passes and producing every crucial play - featuring an amazing third and long carry when he powered past tackler after tackler to secure a crucial new set of downs

He possesses a ability that you can't teach or instructed

Mayfield's clutch performances had resulted in every one of the four previous successes coming in the last minute - the more definitive approach on Sunday just strengthened his increasing Most Valuable Player credentials

The Colts quarterback is a parallel comeback story in Indianapolis after the Colts overcame the The Cardinals to reach 5-1 - their finest opening since the 2009 season

Running back Jonathan Taylor is the other key player of the the team's surprise opening, but Jones makes important actions at the appropriate juncture - recording a pair of passing scores and an additional ground during the weekend

No Maye-be Regarding This - New England Have Returned

Serving as a Patriots field general includes a particular expectation thanks to the former Patriot, but with Drake Maye they could at last have their next franchise quarterback

In just his second season, the quarterback appears poised in the protection and is not scared to launch the ball long - throwing TDs of 25, 29 and 53 yards and having a long completion nullified by a violation in the weekend's success at the New Orleans

He becomes the next quarterback below age 24 to achieve five consecutive games with 200-plus aerial distance and a efficiency rating of triple digits

The previous duo being a prime-time victory in versus Buffalo then, in the overwhelming sound of the Superdome, illustrate the reason Patriots supporters are growing enthusiastic that - under fresh leader the new coach - they may be a force once more

Seattle matched the The Pats on four and two as they secured their ninth straight visiting contest - an remarkable twenty to twelve victory at the Jacksonville Jaguars

The quarterback is showing the previous season's resurgence in with the Vikings was genuine and he possesses a premier pass catchers in the game in Smith-Njigba, who secured 8 catches for 163 total yards and a score in the Sunshine State

The Steelers' Playoff Path Opens Up

The Pittsburgh Steelers progressed to four and one with a twenty-second successive home success versus the Cleveland Browns in the NFL season - and they look to have an open door to the postseason now in a weakened American Football Conference North

It's usually a particularly challenging groups around but Rodgers' 4-1 Pittsburgh appear in total command, with their opponents everyone declining

Cleveland have merely a single victory and a continuously messy quarterback circumstance, while the Baltimore Ravens appear done for subsequent to a 17-3 at home defeat by the Los Angeles Rams lowered them to one win

Merely four clubs in league the annals have reached the play-offs following a 1-5 start and, while Jackson leading an all-star injury list, the Ravens won't be including to that stat

The Bengals were defeated 18-27 in versus Green Bay to drop to two wins, with veteran Flacco not exactly a direct substitute for {Joe Burrow|Burrow|