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With a third of the professional football campaign gone, clubs are beginning to reveal their true colours

Tampa Bay and Indianapolis Colts achieved status as the first teams to reach five victories as they continued their remarkable openings to the season

The Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots are appearing as contenders, while Pittsburgh are appearing established in the American Football Conference North

The schedule appears over now for an important pre-season Super Bowl top picks the Ravens, but might just be getting going for Kansas City

Tampa Bay's leader Receives Most Valuable Player Shouts

Is Baker Mayfield in the running for top honors? That's what Tampa Bay Buccaneers fans were shouting following a further dynamic display from their field general in a 30-19 victory over the San Francisco 49ers

Mayfield is the primary reason the Buccaneers are 5-1 and he commanded as a leader again, delivering a pair of TDs and making each important moment - including an remarkable crucial situation carry when he bulled through multiple defenders to obtain a crucial new set of downs

He possesses a knack that isn't coachable or instructed

Baker's crucial actions had caused every one of the four prior successes coming in the last minute - the more decisive way during the weekend further boosted his growing Most Valuable Player claims

Daniel Jones is a similar redemption tale in Indianapolis following the The Colts overcame the The Cardinals to achieve five and one - their top opening since nine years ago

Running back the Colts RB is the other key player of the the team's surprise beginning, but Daniel Jones makes big moments at the correct juncture - registering dual throwing touchdowns and an additional running during the weekend

Certainly Regarding This - The Patriots Have Returned

Occupying the position of a New England Patriots signal-caller comes with a unique expectation because of Tom Brady, but through Drake Maye they could at last have their upcoming face of the franchise

After only his second campaign, the quarterback seems composed in the passing area and is unafraid to throw the pigskin out - delivering touchdowns of multiple lengths and witnessing a 61-yard pass ruled out by a infraction in Sunday's success at the New Orleans Saints

He is only the fourth signal-caller below age 24 to record five straight games with 200-plus passing distance and a passer rating of 100 and above

The last two including a national television win in versus Buffalo followed by, in the intense atmosphere of the Saints' home, show why New England faithful are getting excited that - guided by new leader Mike Vrabel - they might be back in business

Seattle joined the New England on four and two as they achieved their ninth consecutive away contest - an impressive twenty to twelve win at the Jacksonville

Sam Darnold is proving the prior campaign's improvement in with the Vikings was no fluke and he possesses one of the best receivers in the sport in the receiver, who secured eight catches for substantial yardage and a TD in Florida

The Steelers' Play-off Route Opens Up

Pittsburgh progressed to four and one with a 22nd straight home victory against the Cleveland in the NFL season - and they seem to have an open door to the play-offs currently in a less competitive AFC North

It's usually among the most difficult divisions around but Rodgers' four and one The Steelers seem in complete control, with their competitors each struggling

The Cleveland Browns have just a single victory and a continuously messy quarterback circumstance, while the Baltimore Ravens seem completed after a 17-3 at home setback by The Rams lowered them to one and five

Just four clubs in NFL all-time records have qualified for the playoffs after a 1-5 beginning and, as Lamar Jackson topping an elite injury list, the team won't be contributing to that record

The Cincinnati Bengals fell eighteen to twenty-seven in versus Green Bay to fall to 2-4, with forty-year-old the quarterback not quite a like-for-like replacement for {Joe Burrow|Burrow|