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With 33% of the professional football campaign completed, teams are demonstrating their real potential

The Buccaneers and The Colts became the pioneering franchises to reach five victories as they continued their impressive starts to the campaign

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

This campaign appears finished already for an important pre-season championship favourites the Ravens, but could be starting to develop for The Chiefs

Tampa Bay's leader Earns MVP Calls

Would Baker Mayfield a Most Valuable Player contender? That is exactly what Tampa Bay faithful were yelling following another all-action display from their signal-caller in a 30-19 victory versus the San Francisco

Mayfield is the key reason the Bucs are five and one and he directed as a leader another time, throwing a pair of TDs and making every crucial play - incorporating an remarkable third and long carry when he barged by multiple defenders to get a essential new set of downs

He has a knack that cannot be taught or trained

Baker's pressure actions had led to every one of the four previous successes happening in the final minute - the clearer approach during the weekend just strengthened his growing Most Valuable Player claims

The Colts quarterback is a parallel comeback story in Indianapolis following the The Colts overcame the Arizona to achieve five and one - their best opening since 2009

Running back the Colts RB is the other star of the Colts' remarkable beginning, but Jones makes significant moments at the correct moment - registering two aerial touchdowns and one rushing during the weekend

Definitely About It - the Pats Have Returned

Occupying the position of a New England signal-caller involves a special expectation because of the former Patriot, but in Drake Maye they may eventually have their next face of the franchise

In just his second campaign, Maye seems poised in the protection and is unafraid to throw the football long - delivering touchdowns of 25, 29 and 53 yards and having a 61-yard pass nullified by a violation in the recent victory at the New Orleans

He is only the fourth different QB under 24 to achieve five in a row matches with more than 200 aerial yards and a QB rating of 100 and above

The most recent pair including a prime-time success in against the Bills then, in the overwhelming atmosphere of the Superdome, show the reason Patriots fans are getting optimistic that - under new coach Vrabel - they might be competitive again

Seattle joined the The Pats on 4-2 as they secured their ninth straight away match - an remarkable 20-12 victory at the Jacksonville

The quarterback is showing last year's improvement in Minnesota was no fluke and he has a premier receivers in the league in the receiver, who secured 8 grabs for substantial yardage and a score in the Sunshine State

Pittsburgh's Playoff Opportunity Emerges

The Steelers moved to four and one with a twenty-second straight at home victory against the The Browns in the NFL season - and they look to have an clear path to the play-offs now in a weakened division

Normally among the most difficult divisions around but Rodgers' 4-1 Pittsburgh seem in total command, with their opponents everyone flagging

The Browns have merely a single victory and a constantly complicated QB circumstance, while the Baltimore Ravens appear done for following a 17-3 in Baltimore loss by the Los Angeles Rams lowered them to one and five

Just four clubs in NFL the annals have reached the play-offs following a 1-5 beginning and, while Lamar Jackson leading an premier casualty report, the team won't be including to that stat

The Cincinnati Bengals lost 18-27 in Green Bay to fall to two wins, with forty-year-old Flacco not exactly a like-for-like replacement for {Joe Burrow|Burrow|