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Now that 33% of the professional football schedule gone, clubs are beginning to reveal their real potential

The Buccaneers and Indianapolis Colts achieved status as the first teams to attain five victories as they maintained their notable beginnings to the campaign

The Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots are emerging as competitors, while the Pittsburgh Steelers are seeming comfortable in the American Football Conference North

This campaign looks concluded at this point for a major preseason title game favourites the Ravens, but could be starting to develop for the Kansas City Chiefs

Baker Mayfield Earns top performer Calls

Would Baker Mayfield a Most Valuable Player contender? That's what Tampa Bay Buccaneers fans were chanting subsequent to a further dynamic display from their quarterback in a 30-19 victory over the San Francisco 49ers

The quarterback is the main cause the Bucs are 5-1 and he directed with authority another time, delivering a pair of TDs and producing every crucial play - incorporating an incredible third and long rush when he barged past tackler after tackler to obtain a vital continued possession

He has a ability that you can't teach or coach

The quarterback's clutch actions had caused all four earlier victories happening in the dying moments - the more decisive way this past Sunday further boosted his growing Most Valuable Player credentials

Daniel Jones is a comparable redemption narrative in Indianapolis subsequent to the Indianapolis overcame the Arizona to reach 5-1 - their best start since 2009

Rusher the Colts RB is the second star of the the team's surprise beginning, but Jones creates important actions at the correct moment - registering two passing touchdowns and an additional ground on Sunday

No Maye-be About It - the Pats Are Back

Serving as a New England Patriots field general includes a unique pressure because of the former Patriot, but with Drake Maye they could at last have their upcoming franchise quarterback

Following merely his second season, Maye appears confident in the passing area and is unafraid to throw the ball long - passing touchdowns of 25, 29 and 53 yards and witnessing a long completion disallowed by a penalty in the recent success at the The Saints

He is only the fourth signal-caller younger than 24 to record five straight contests with 200-plus passing yards and a passer rating of 100 and above

The most recent pair being a primetime win in versus Buffalo and subsequently, in the intense noise of the Superdome, show why Patriots faithful are getting enthusiastic that - under recently appointed head coach the new coach - they might be competitive again

Seattle equaled the The Pats on 4-2 as they won their ninth straight road match - an remarkable twenty to twelve win at the The Jaguars

Sam Darnold is showing the previous season's comeback in with the Vikings was not accidental and he possesses one of the best pass catchers in the league in Smith-Njigba, who secured 8 catches for 163 yards and a score in Florida

Pittsburgh's Playoff Opportunity Opens Up

The Steelers progressed to four wins with a 22nd consecutive straight in Pittsburgh success over the Cleveland in the campaign - and they seem to have an clear path to the playoffs currently in a weakened American Football Conference North

Typically a particularly challenging groups in the league but Rodgers' four and one Steelers look in total dominance, with their competitors all declining

Cleveland have merely a single victory and a persistently unsettled QB situation, while Baltimore look finished after a 17-3 in Baltimore defeat by Los Angeles lowered them to one win

Merely four franchises in NFL history have qualified for the play-offs subsequent to a single victory start and, with Lamar Jackson leading an elite injury list, Baltimore will not be contributing to that stat

The Bengals fell eighteen to twenty-seven in versus Green Bay to decline to 2-4, with forty-year-old Flacco hardly a equivalent stand-in for {Joe Burrow|Burrow|