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With a third of the professional football season finished, clubs are demonstrating their actual capabilities

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Indianapolis Colts became the first teams to reach a 5-1 record as they continued their notable openings to the campaign

Seattle and New England are appearing as challengers, while the Pittsburgh Steelers are looking established in the AFC North

The schedule looks concluded at this point for one of the big pre-season title game favourites the Ravens, but things just be getting going for the Kansas City Chiefs

Baker Mayfield Gets Most Valuable Player Calls

Could Baker Mayfield in the running for top honors? That is exactly what Bucs supporters were shouting following another all-action showing from their quarterback in a 30-19 victory over the San Francisco 49ers

The 30-year-old is the key cause the Tampa Bay are with five wins and he led as a leader once more, delivering two touchdowns and making all the big plays - incorporating an remarkable crucial situation run when he powered past multiple defenders to obtain a essential continued possession

He possesses a talent that isn't coachable or coach

Baker's crucial performances had led to each of the four previous wins occurring in the last minute - the more definitive way on Sunday only enhanced his growing Most Valuable Player credentials

The Colts quarterback is a comparable comeback story in with the Colts following the Colts beat the Arizona to reach five and one - their finest opening after 2009

Ball carrier Jonathan Taylor is the additional standout of the Indianapolis's remarkable beginning, but Daniel Jones produces big moments at the appropriate juncture - registering a pair of passing TDs and an additional ground during the weekend

Definitely Regarding This - the Pats Have Returned

Being a Patriots signal-caller includes a special burden thanks to Tom Brady, but through Drake Maye they could finally have their upcoming face of the franchise

Following merely his second season, the quarterback appears poised in the protection and is unafraid to air the pigskin out - throwing scores of various distances and witnessing a long completion nullified by a violation in the recent victory at the New Orleans Saints

He becomes the fourth quarterback younger than 24 to achieve five straight matches with 200-plus passing yards and a QB rating of triple digits

The last two featuring a national television victory in versus Buffalo followed by, in the intense sound of the New Orleans stadium, show the explanation for Patriots fans are growing enthusiastic that - guided by fresh coach the new coach - they might be competitive again

The Seattle Seahawks equaled the Patriots on four and two as they won their ninth consecutive visiting match - an remarkable 20-12 win at the Jacksonville Jaguars

Sam Darnold is showing the prior campaign's resurgence in with the Vikings was genuine and he has a premier wideouts in the league in Smith-Njigba, who secured eight different receptions for 163 total yards and a TD in Florida

Pittsburgh Steelers' Play-off Opportunity Emerges

The Steelers advanced to 4-1 with a 22nd consecutive straight home victory over the Cleveland Browns in the regular season - and they appear to have an clear path to the playoffs now in a less competitive AFC North

Typically one of the toughest divisions around but Aaron Rodgers' four and one The Steelers seem in absolute control, with their opponents everyone declining

Cleveland have only one win and a continuously complicated quarterback scenario, while Baltimore appear done for following a 17-3 at home defeat by the Los Angeles Rams lowered them to one win

Just four teams in league history have made the playoffs following a 1-5 opening and, while Jackson heading an premier injured reserve, the team is unlikely to be including to that stat

The Cincinnati Bengals fell 18-27 in versus Green Bay to decline to two wins, with forty-year-old Flacco hardly a direct replacement for {Joe Burrow|Burrow|