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As a third of the professional football campaign gone, franchises are beginning to reveal their actual capabilities

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Indianapolis Colts became the first clubs to achieve a 5-1 record as they continued their notable starts to the campaign

The Seahawks and The Patriots are emerging as competitors, while The Steelers are seeming comfortable in the Northern division

The season appears concluded already for a major before the campaign Super Bowl top picks the Ravens, but things only be beginning for the Kansas City Chiefs

Baker Mayfield Receives top performer Chants

Would Baker Mayfield an MVP candidate? Precisely what Tampa Bay Buccaneers fans were yelling subsequent to a further energetic performance from their field general in a 30-19 victory against the San Francisco 49ers

Mayfield is the main reason the Bucs are with five wins and he led from the front again, delivering two scoring passes and making every crucial play - including an incredible third and long carry when he barged by tackler after tackler to obtain a crucial continued possession

He possesses a ability that isn't coachable or trained

Baker's crucial performances had resulted in every one of the four previous wins happening in the final minute - the more definitive manner during the weekend further boosted his growing Most Valuable Player credentials

Indianapolis's signal-caller is a similar redemption story in for Indianapolis after the Indianapolis defeated the Arizona Cardinals to reach five victories - their top beginning from nine years ago

Running back Taylor is the additional standout of the Colts' unexpected beginning, but the quarterback creates big moments at the correct moment - recording two throwing scores and an additional ground on Sunday

Definitely Concerning That - the Pats Are Back

Occupying the position of a New England field general involves a particular expectation because of the former Patriot, but in Drake Maye they could at last have their next team leader

After only his sophomore year, Maye seems confident in the passing area and is unafraid to launch the football downfield - throwing scores of 25, 29 and 53 yards and seeing a 61-yard pass nullified by a infraction in the recent success at the The Saints

He becomes the fourth different signal-caller below age 24 to achieve five in a row contests with more than 200 aerial gains and a QB rating of triple digits

The most recent pair being a prime-time victory in against the Bills followed by, in the overwhelming noise of the New Orleans stadium, demonstrate the explanation for New England supporters are growing optimistic that - with recently appointed coach the new coach - they could be a force once more

The Seattle Seahawks matched the The Pats on four wins as they secured their ninth consecutive road match - an notable twenty to twelve win at the The Jaguars

Sam Darnold is showing the prior campaign's comeback in Minnesota was no fluke and he utilizes one of the best pass catchers in the game in Jaxon Smith-Njigba, who made 8 receptions for 163 total yards and a score in Florida

Pittsburgh's Play-off Path Emerges

The Pittsburgh Steelers moved to four wins with a 22nd consecutive successive at home win over the Cleveland in the campaign - and they appear to have an open door to the play-offs at present in a softer AFC North

Normally among the most difficult groups around but the quarterback's four-win Steelers appear in absolute dominance, with their competitors all struggling

Cleveland have merely a single victory and a persistently complicated signal-caller situation, while the Baltimore Ravens look finished subsequent to a seventeen to three at home loss by The Rams reduced them to one and five

Just four clubs in league history have qualified for the postseason after a 1-5 beginning and, as Jackson heading an premier injured reserve, Baltimore won't be adding to that record

Cincinnati were defeated 18-27 in Green Bay to decline to 2-4, with veteran Joe Flacco hardly a like-for-like replacement for {Joe Burrow|Burrow|