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Now that 33% of the professional football schedule gone, franchises are beginning to reveal their actual capabilities

The Buccaneers and The Colts emerged as the initial clubs to achieve a 5-1 record as they continued their remarkable openings to the season

The Seahawks and The Patriots are developing as contenders, while the Pittsburgh Steelers are appearing established in the American Football Conference North

The season seems concluded at this point for a major preseason Super Bowl favourites the Ravens, but might be starting to develop for Kansas City

The Buccaneers quarterback Receives MVP Shouts

Would Baker Mayfield a Most Valuable Player contender? That's what Tampa Bay Buccaneers fans were chanting after another energetic performance from their field general in a 30-19 victory against the San Francisco 49ers

The quarterback is the key reason the Buccaneers are five and one and he commanded from the front again, delivering two touchdowns and making every crucial play - featuring an amazing third and long carry when he bulled past several opponents to get a crucial first down

He has a knack that you can't teach or instructed

Mayfield's clutch plays had caused each of the four previous victories happening in the last minute - the more decisive manner during the weekend just strengthened his expanding Most Valuable Player claims

Indianapolis's signal-caller is a parallel resurgence tale in with the Colts subsequent to the Indianapolis overcame the Arizona to achieve five victories - their finest beginning from nine years ago

Running back Taylor is the additional standout of the Colts' surprise beginning, but Jones makes important moments at the appropriate juncture - achieving a pair of passing touchdowns and an additional running this past Sunday

Certainly Concerning That - New England Are Back

Serving as a New England quarterback comes with a unique pressure thanks to the legendary quarterback, but with Drake Maye they could eventually have their upcoming team leader

Following merely his second campaign, Maye looks confident in the passing area and is fearless to air the ball out - delivering scores of 25, 29 and 53 yards and witnessing a 61-yard pass nullified by a infraction in Sunday's success at the New Orleans Saints

He becomes the fourth QB under 24 to record five consecutive matches with 200-plus throwing gains and a efficiency rating of 100 or higher

The last two featuring a primetime victory in against the Bills then, in the deafening sound of the New Orleans stadium, demonstrate the reason Pats fans are becoming optimistic that - under fresh head coach Vrabel - they could be a force once more

The Seahawks matched the The Pats on four wins as they secured their ninth consecutive away match - an notable 20-12 win at the The Jaguars

The quarterback is proving last year's improvement in for Minnesota was no fluke and he has a premier pass catchers in the league in Smith-Njigba, who secured eight different grabs for substantial yardage and a TD in Florida

The Steelers' Postseason Path Opens Up

Pittsburgh advanced to 4-1 with a twenty-second consecutive home success against the Cleveland Browns in the regular season - and they appear to have an open door to the postseason now in a softer division

It's usually among the most difficult divisions in the league but Aaron Rodgers' four and one Steelers look in absolute command, with their competitors everyone declining

The Browns have merely a single victory and a constantly unsettled QB situation, while Baltimore look finished following a seventeen to three in Baltimore loss by Los Angeles dropped them to one and five

Only four clubs in NFL all-time records have qualified for the play-offs following a single victory start and, while the quarterback heading an elite injured reserve, the Ravens will not be contributing to that statistic

The Cincinnati Bengals were defeated eighteen to twenty-seven in versus Green Bay to drop to two wins, with veteran Flacco hardly a direct replacement for {Joe Burrow|Burrow|