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Now that a third of the NFL schedule completed, clubs are demonstrating their true colours

Tampa Bay and Indianapolis achieved status as the pioneering teams to attain a 5-1 record as they continued their remarkable beginnings to the campaign

The Seattle Seahawks and The Patriots are developing as challengers, while The Steelers are looking settled in the AFC North

The season looks concluded at this point for an important pre-season title game favorites the Ravens, but might be starting to develop for Kansas City

The Buccaneers quarterback Earns Most Valuable Player Shouts

Could Baker Mayfield an MVP candidate? That's what Tampa Bay Buccaneers fans were shouting following another all-action performance from their field general in a successful outcome versus the The 49ers

The quarterback is the primary reason the Tampa Bay are 5-1 and he directed with authority another time, throwing two touchdowns and producing each important moment - including an amazing crucial situation rush when he bulled through multiple defenders to get a vital new set of downs

He possesses a knack that you can't teach or coach

Mayfield's crucial actions had caused all four previous successes happening in the final minute - the more decisive manner on Sunday only enhanced his expanding MVP credentials

Daniel Jones is a parallel resurgence story in for Indianapolis after the The Colts defeated the Arizona Cardinals to reach five victories - their best beginning from nine years ago

Ball carrier Jonathan Taylor is the other standout of the Colts' remarkable opening, but Daniel Jones makes big plays at the appropriate moment - achieving a pair of passing scores and a single ground on Sunday

No Maye-be Concerning That - The Patriots Are Back

Serving as a Patriots signal-caller comes with a particular burden thanks to Tom Brady, but in Drake Maye they might at last have their future face of the franchise

Following merely his second campaign, Maye seems confident in the protection and is fearless to air the football long - passing touchdowns of various distances and seeing a 61-yarder ruled out by a penalty in the weekend's win at the New Orleans Saints

He becomes the fourth different QB younger than 24 to produce five in a row matches with more than 200 throwing gains and a QB rating of 100 or higher

The most recent pair being a national television win in Buffalo followed by, in the overwhelming atmosphere of the New Orleans stadium, show why New England faithful are getting optimistic that - guided by fresh coach Mike Vrabel - they might be back in business

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

Darnold is showing last year's resurgence in with the Vikings was no fluke and he possesses among the top pass catchers in the league in Jaxon Smith-Njigba, who made 8 receptions for substantial yardage and a score in Jacksonville

Pittsburgh's Playoff Route Emerges

The Steelers advanced to four wins with a twenty-second successive in Pittsburgh success against the The Browns in the regular season - and they seem to have an clear path to the postseason currently in a less competitive division

Normally among the most difficult divisions in the league but the quarterback's four-win The Steelers appear in absolute dominance, with their opponents everyone declining

The Cleveland Browns have only one win and a persistently complicated signal-caller situation, while Baltimore look done for after a 17-3 home defeat by the Los Angeles Rams lowered them to 1-5

Merely four clubs in NFL all-time records have reached the playoffs after a one and five opening and, with Jackson topping an elite injured reserve, the team will not be contributing to that record

The Bengals were defeated eighteen to twenty-seven in versus Green Bay to fall to two wins, with forty-year-old Joe Flacco not exactly a like-for-like stand-in for {Joe Burrow|Burrow|