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With one-third of the professional football season completed, clubs are demonstrating their real potential

Tampa Bay and The Colts emerged as the first franchises to attain a 5-1 record as they persisted with their notable openings to the season

The Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots are emerging as competitors, while The Steelers are seeming comfortable in the AFC North

This campaign seems finished at this point for one of the big pre-season title game top picks Baltimore, but things be starting to develop for Kansas City

The Buccaneers quarterback Gets MVP Shouts

Could Baker Mayfield an MVP candidate? Precisely what Tampa Bay faithful were chanting after a further dynamic showing from their signal-caller in a successful outcome versus the San Francisco 49ers

The 30-year-old is the primary reason the Tampa Bay are 5-1 and he directed with authority again, passing a pair of TDs and executing all the big plays - incorporating an amazing third down run when he bulled by tackler after tackler to secure a vital continued possession

He demonstrates a ability that isn't coachable or trained

Baker's clutch actions had resulted in each of the four earlier wins coming in the final minute - the more decisive way during the weekend just strengthened his growing MVP credentials

The Colts quarterback is a similar resurgence tale in for Indianapolis subsequent to the Colts defeated the Arizona to go to 5-1 - their top start since nine years ago

Running back Jonathan Taylor is the second key player of the the team's surprise beginning, but Jones makes significant plays at the right moment - registering a pair of passing touchdowns and an additional rushing during the weekend

Definitely Regarding This - New England Are Back

Occupying the position of a Patriots signal-caller involves a special burden due to Tom Brady, but with Drake Maye they might eventually have their future franchise quarterback

After only his second season, Maye looks composed in the passing area and is not scared to air the ball out - throwing TDs of 25, 29 and 53 yards and having a 61-yard pass disallowed by a violation in the recent success at the The Saints

He becomes the next quarterback younger than 24 to achieve five in a row games with 200-plus throwing gains and a efficiency rating of 100 or higher

The previous duo featuring a national television win in versus Buffalo followed by, in the intense atmosphere of the Saints' home, demonstrate the explanation for Patriots fans are getting excited that - guided by fresh head coach Mike Vrabel - they could be competitive again

The Seahawks joined the The Pats on four wins as they achieved their ninth straight visiting contest - an remarkable twenty to twelve success at the Jacksonville Jaguars

Darnold is showing last year's resurgence in with the Vikings was no fluke and he utilizes one of the best receivers in the sport in the receiver, who secured 8 receptions for 163 yards and a touchdown in Florida

Pittsburgh Steelers' Playoff Path Emerges

Pittsburgh advanced to 4-1 with a 22nd consecutive consecutive at home win over the Cleveland in the regular season - and they appear to have an open door to the play-offs now in a less competitive American Football Conference North

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

The Browns have just one success and a persistently unsettled signal-caller situation, while The Ravens seem completed subsequent to a 17-3 at home loss by the Los Angeles Rams dropped them to one and five

Merely four clubs in professional football history have made the playoffs subsequent to a single victory start and, while Lamar Jackson heading an elite injury list, the Ravens will not be adding to that statistic

Cincinnati were defeated eighteen to twenty-seven in Green Bay to fall to two and four, with forty-year-old Flacco not quite a like-for-like stand-in for {Joe Burrow|Burrow|