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As 33% of the professional football season finished, clubs are demonstrating their actual capabilities

The Buccaneers and Indianapolis Colts emerged as the pioneering clubs to achieve five wins as they maintained their notable starts to the season

Seattle and New England are developing as contenders, while Pittsburgh are seeming comfortable in the AFC North

The schedule seems finished now for a major preseason championship top picks Baltimore, but could be starting to develop for the Kansas City Chiefs

Tampa Bay's leader Earns top performer Calls

Would Baker Mayfield a Most Valuable Player contender? That is exactly what Tampa Bay faithful were chanting following a further all-action showing from their signal-caller in a 30-19 victory over the San Francisco

The quarterback is the primary factor the Buccaneers are 5-1 and he led as a leader again, throwing two scoring passes and producing every crucial play - including an remarkable third and long run when he bulled through several opponents to get a essential new set of downs

He possesses a knack that isn't coachable or trained

The quarterback's pressure actions had resulted in every one of the four previous successes occurring in the dying moments - the more decisive approach this past Sunday just strengthened his expanding top performer credentials

Daniel Jones is a parallel redemption tale in with the Colts subsequent to the Colts defeated the Arizona Cardinals to achieve 5-1 - their finest start after nine years ago

Ball carrier Taylor is the additional standout of the Colts' remarkable beginning, but Jones produces significant actions at the correct juncture - registering two throwing scores and a single running during the weekend

No Maye-be About It - the Pats Are Back

Occupying the position of a Patriots signal-caller includes a unique expectation thanks to the legendary quarterback, but with Drake Maye they could at last have their next face of the franchise

Following merely his second campaign, Drake Maye appears poised in the passing area and is fearless to air the football long - delivering touchdowns of various distances and witnessing a long completion disallowed by a penalty in the weekend's victory at the New Orleans Saints

He becomes the fourth different signal-caller under 24 to produce five straight contests with over 200 throwing distance and a QB rating of triple digits

The last two including a prime-time win in Buffalo then, in the overwhelming atmosphere of the New Orleans stadium, illustrate the reason New England fans are growing enthusiastic that - with new head coach the new coach - they might be competitive again

The Seahawks equaled the Patriots on 4-2 as they secured their ninth consecutive away match - an remarkable twenty to twelve success at the The Jaguars

Sam Darnold is showing the previous season's improvement in for Minnesota was not accidental and he has one of the best pass catchers in the sport in Smith-Njigba, who made eight different receptions for substantial yardage and a TD in Florida

Pittsburgh Steelers' Play-off Path Opens Up

The Pittsburgh Steelers advanced to four wins with a 22nd consecutive straight home success over the Cleveland Browns in the regular season - and they appear to have an open door to the postseason now in a less competitive American Football Conference North

It's usually a particularly challenging divisions in the league but Rodgers' four and one The Steelers appear in total dominance, with their opponents all struggling

Cleveland have only one win and a continuously complicated QB situation, while the Baltimore Ravens appear finished following a seventeen to three at home loss by the Los Angeles Rams reduced them to 1-5

Merely four teams in NFL all-time records have made the playoffs following a single victory beginning and, while the quarterback topping an all-star injured reserve, the Ravens is unlikely to be contributing to that statistic

The Bengals were defeated 18-27 in Green Bay to drop to two wins, with 40-year-old Joe Flacco hardly a direct stand-in for {Joe Burrow|Burrow|