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With 33% of the professional football campaign finished, franchises are starting to show their real potential

The Buccaneers and Indianapolis achieved status as the first clubs to reach five wins as they persisted with their notable starts to the season

The Seahawks and The Patriots are emerging as contenders, while Pittsburgh are seeming established in the AFC North

The schedule seems over at this point for a major preseason Super Bowl top picks the Ravens, but things only be beginning for the Kansas City Chiefs

The Buccaneers quarterback Gets MVP Calls

Would Baker Mayfield an MVP candidate? That is exactly what Tampa Bay faithful were chanting subsequent to one more dynamic showing from their field general in a successful outcome over the San Francisco 49ers

Mayfield is the main cause the Bucs are five and one and he directed as a leader again, passing two scoring passes and executing every crucial play - incorporating an incredible third and long run when he powered through several opponents to get a essential continued possession

He possesses a knack that cannot be taught or instructed

Mayfield's crucial performances had led to each of the four earlier victories coming in the dying moments - the clearer manner on Sunday just strengthened his expanding Most Valuable Player arguments

The Colts quarterback is a comparable redemption tale in with the Colts following the Colts beat the Arizona to go to five and one - their top opening from nine years ago

Running back Jonathan Taylor is the other standout of the the team's unexpected beginning, but Jones produces significant moments at the correct time - recording dual passing scores and one running this past Sunday

Certainly Regarding This - The Patriots Have Returned

Serving as a New England Patriots quarterback involves a special pressure due to Tom Brady, but in Drake Maye they might eventually have their upcoming franchise quarterback

After only his second season, Drake Maye seems confident in the passing area and is unafraid to launch the ball downfield - throwing TDs of various distances and seeing a 61-yard pass disallowed by a penalty in the recent win at the New Orleans Saints

He becomes the next QB under 24 to achieve five in a row games with over 200 aerial distance and a efficiency rating of 100 and above

The last two featuring a prime-time success in versus Buffalo followed by, in the intense sound of the New Orleans stadium, show the explanation for Patriots faithful are becoming optimistic that - guided by fresh leader the new coach - they could be a force once more

The Seahawks joined the The Pats on four wins as they secured their ninth consecutive visiting game - an impressive 20-12 success at the Jacksonville

The quarterback is proving last year's resurgence in Minnesota was not accidental and he has one of the best wideouts in the game in Smith-Njigba, who secured eight different grabs for 163 total yards and a score in the Sunshine State

Pittsburgh Steelers' Postseason Route Emerges

The Pittsburgh Steelers progressed to 4-1 with a 22nd consecutive successive at home victory versus the Cleveland Browns in the campaign - and they look to have an open door to the playoffs now in a softer division

Normally a particularly challenging sections around but Rodgers' four and one The Steelers look in total control, with their competitors everyone declining

Cleveland have only one success and a constantly messy QB circumstance, while the Baltimore Ravens appear done for following a 17-3 home setback by the Los Angeles Rams reduced them to 1-5

Just four teams in league the annals have made the play-offs subsequent to a one and five beginning and, as Jackson heading an all-star casualty report, the Ravens won't be including to that record

The Cincinnati Bengals lost eighteen to twenty-seven in Green Bay to drop to 2-4, with 40-year-old Joe Flacco hardly a like-for-like stand-in for {Joe Burrow|Burrow|