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Now that 33% of the National Football League campaign completed, teams are beginning to reveal their actual capabilities

Tampa Bay and Indianapolis Colts emerged as the initial franchises to attain five victories as they maintained their remarkable starts to the schedule

The Seahawks and New England Patriots are appearing as contenders, while The Steelers are appearing settled in the AFC North

This campaign appears concluded at this point for one of the big before the campaign championship top picks the Ravens, but might be starting to develop for the Kansas City Chiefs

Tampa Bay's leader Gets top performer Shouts

Would Baker Mayfield in the running for top honors? That is exactly what Tampa Bay Buccaneers fans were yelling after another energetic performance from their quarterback in a successful outcome against the The 49ers

The 30-year-old is the key cause the Buccaneers are with five wins and he commanded from the front another time, passing a pair of TDs and executing every crucial play - incorporating an amazing third and long rush when he barged past tackler after tackler to get a essential first down

He has a talent that isn't coachable or instructed

Mayfield's clutch actions had led to each of the four prior wins coming in the final minute - the clearer way during the weekend just strengthened his growing MVP arguments

Daniel Jones is a similar redemption tale in with the Colts following the Colts beat the Arizona to go to 5-1 - their best start from the 2009 season

Running back the Colts RB is the other key player of the the team's remarkable opening, but Jones produces important moments at the correct moment - registering dual throwing scores and a single ground on Sunday

Certainly About It - The Patriots Are Competitive Again

Being a Patriots field general comes with a unique pressure because of the legendary quarterback, but through Drake Maye they could at last have their upcoming face of the franchise

Following merely his second season, Drake Maye appears poised in the pocket and is unafraid to launch the ball long - passing TDs of multiple lengths and having a 61-yarder ruled out by a infraction in Sunday's success at the The Saints

He becomes the next QB below age 24 to produce five in a row contests with over 200 aerial yards and a efficiency rating of 100 or higher

The most recent pair including a primetime victory in versus Buffalo and subsequently, in the overwhelming atmosphere of the Superdome, demonstrate why Pats faithful are getting excited that - guided by new leader Vrabel - they might be back in business

The Seattle Seahawks joined the New England on four wins as they won their ninth straight road contest - an remarkable twenty to twelve victory at the The Jaguars

Darnold is demonstrating last year's comeback in Minnesota was no fluke and he utilizes one of the best receivers in the game in Smith-Njigba, who caught eight different grabs for 163 yards and a touchdown in the Sunshine State

Pittsburgh's Playoff Route Emerges

Pittsburgh advanced to 4-1 with a 22nd straight in Pittsburgh win over the Cleveland Browns in the campaign - and they appear to have an clear path to the postseason now in a softer American Football Conference North

It's usually a particularly challenging divisions in the league but Rodgers' four-win Steelers appear in total control, with their rivals each flagging

The Cleveland Browns have just one success and a continuously complicated signal-caller situation, while Baltimore appear completed after a 17-3 home loss by Los Angeles reduced them to one win

Just four clubs in league history have made the postseason after a one and five start and, as the quarterback heading an all-star casualty report, the Ravens won't be including to that record

Cincinnati fell 18-27 in Green Bay to decline to 2-4, with veteran Flacco hardly a equivalent stand-in for {Joe Burrow|Burrow|