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With a third of the professional football campaign completed, franchises are starting to show their actual capabilities

The Buccaneers and Indianapolis achieved status as the first franchises to reach five victories as they persisted with their impressive starts to the campaign

Seattle and New England Patriots are emerging as contenders, while Pittsburgh are seeming comfortable in the Northern division

The schedule seems concluded already for an important preseason Super Bowl top picks Baltimore, but things just be getting going for The Chiefs

The Buccaneers quarterback Receives top performer Calls

Would Baker Mayfield a Most Valuable Player contender? That is exactly what Bucs supporters were yelling subsequent to a further dynamic performance from their quarterback in a 30-19 win over the San Francisco

The quarterback is the primary cause the Bucs are with five wins and he directed with authority again, passing a pair of TDs and executing every crucial play - including an amazing crucial situation carry when he barged by several opponents to obtain a crucial new set of downs

He has a ability that cannot be taught or coach

Mayfield's clutch plays had led to all four previous victories happening in the final minute - the more definitive approach during the weekend only enhanced his increasing Most Valuable Player credentials

Indianapolis's signal-caller is a similar resurgence narrative in for Indianapolis following the Colts overcame the Arizona to reach 5-1 - their finest start since 2009

Running back Jonathan Taylor is the other key player of the Colts' unexpected opening, but the quarterback makes important moments at the right moment - recording two passing scores and a single running during the weekend

Definitely Concerning That - The Patriots Are Competitive Again

Serving as a New England Patriots signal-caller comes with a unique burden thanks to Tom Brady, but with Drake Maye they could finally have their upcoming team leader

Following merely his second season, the quarterback looks poised in the protection and is not scared to throw the football long - passing TDs of 25, 29 and 53 yards and seeing a long completion ruled out by a violation in the recent success at the New Orleans

He is only the fourth QB younger than 24 to achieve five straight matches with over 200 throwing gains and a QB rating of 100 or higher

The last two featuring a primetime success in Buffalo and subsequently, in the intense atmosphere of the Saints' home, demonstrate why Patriots fans are getting excited that - with recently appointed leader the new coach - they could be a force once more

Seattle equaled the The Pats on 4-2 as they secured their ninth consecutive away game - an notable twenty to twelve win at the The Jaguars

Sam Darnold is proving last year's comeback in with the Vikings was no fluke and he has among the top pass catchers in the game in Jaxon Smith-Njigba, who caught 8 catches for 163 yards and a TD in Jacksonville

The Steelers' Play-off Opportunity Opens Up

The Steelers moved to four and one with a 22nd successive home victory against the Cleveland in the NFL season - and they seem to have an clear path to the postseason now in a weakened AFC North

Normally one of the toughest divisions in football but Aaron Rodgers' four and one Steelers seem in complete command, with their competitors all flagging

Cleveland have only one win and a persistently complicated quarterback scenario, while The Ravens look finished after a seventeen to three home setback by Los Angeles dropped them to one win

Merely four teams in league the annals have reached the postseason after a single victory start and, as the quarterback topping an elite casualty report, the Ravens will not be adding to that stat

The Cincinnati Bengals were defeated 18-27 in against the Packers to decline to two and four, with forty-year-old the quarterback not quite a direct stand-in for {Joe Burrow|Burrow|