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Now that one-third of the NFL season completed, clubs are beginning to reveal their actual capabilities

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Indianapolis Colts achieved status as the first franchises to reach a 5-1 record as they maintained their impressive starts to the schedule

The Seahawks and The Patriots are appearing as challengers, while the Pittsburgh Steelers are looking established in the American Football Conference North

The schedule seems finished already for one of the big pre-season championship top picks Baltimore, but could be starting to develop for The Chiefs

Baker Mayfield Earns top performer Chants

Is Baker Mayfield in the running for top honors? Precisely what Bucs supporters were yelling after one more all-action performance from their signal-caller in a successful outcome versus the The 49ers

Mayfield is the primary factor the Buccaneers are 5-1 and he directed with authority once more, delivering two touchdowns and executing every crucial play - including an incredible third down rush when he bulled through multiple defenders to secure a essential first down

He demonstrates a talent that cannot be taught or coach

Mayfield's crucial actions had resulted in all four previous wins coming in the final minute - the more definitive approach on Sunday only enhanced his growing Most Valuable Player arguments

The Colts quarterback is a parallel resurgence story in with the Colts following the Colts defeated the The Cardinals to go to five and one - their top opening after 2009

Ball carrier the Colts RB is the additional key player of the Colts' remarkable beginning, but the quarterback creates big plays at the appropriate juncture - achieving a pair of throwing TDs and one ground this past Sunday

No Maye-be Concerning That - New England Are Competitive Again

Being a Patriots signal-caller includes a special burden due to Tom Brady, but with Drake Maye they could eventually have their future face of the franchise

Following merely his sophomore year, Maye looks composed in the passing area and is not scared to throw the ball out - delivering scores of multiple lengths and witnessing a long completion disallowed by a infraction in the recent victory at the New Orleans Saints

He becomes the fourth quarterback younger than 24 to achieve five straight games with more than 200 passing yards and a QB rating of 100 and above

The previous duo being a prime-time victory in against the Bills then, in the overwhelming sound of the Superdome, illustrate the reason Patriots supporters are getting excited that - with recently appointed coach Mike Vrabel - they may be competitive again

The Seattle Seahawks joined the The Pats on four and two as they won their ninth straight visiting game - an impressive 20-12 success at the Jacksonville

The quarterback is demonstrating last year's improvement in Minnesota was genuine and he has a premier wideouts in the league in the receiver, who caught eight different grabs for 163 total yards and a TD in Florida

Pittsburgh Steelers' Play-off Path Emerges

The Steelers moved to four and one with a 22nd consecutive successive home win against the The Browns in the regular season - and they seem to have an clear path to the postseason now in a softer American Football Conference North

Normally one of the toughest groups in the league but Aaron Rodgers' 4-1 Steelers look in complete command, with their competitors each struggling

The Browns have only one win and a persistently messy QB circumstance, while the Baltimore Ravens seem done for subsequent to a 17-3 at home loss by The Rams dropped them to 1-5

Just four franchises in NFL all-time records have reached the playoffs following a single victory beginning and, while the quarterback topping an premier casualty report, the team is unlikely to be contributing to that stat

The Bengals lost eighteen to twenty-seven in against the Packers to fall to two and four, with 40-year-old the quarterback not quite a like-for-like substitute for {Joe Burrow|Burrow|