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Now that 33% of the NFL season gone, teams are starting to show their actual capabilities

Tampa Bay and Indianapolis Colts emerged as the first franchises to reach five wins as they maintained their impressive openings to the campaign

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

This campaign appears finished already for a major preseason title game top picks Baltimore, but things just be getting going for the Kansas City Chiefs

Baker Mayfield Receives MVP Shouts

Is Baker Mayfield an MVP candidate? That is exactly what Bucs supporters were yelling after another dynamic display from their field general in a 30-19 victory versus the San Francisco 49ers

The quarterback is the key cause the Buccaneers are with five wins and he directed as a leader again, passing a pair of TDs and making every crucial play - incorporating an incredible third and long run when he bulled by tackler after tackler to secure a essential first down

He has a ability that cannot be taught or coach

The quarterback's crucial plays had resulted in all four previous successes occurring in the final minute - the clearer approach this past Sunday just strengthened his expanding Most Valuable Player arguments

Indianapolis's signal-caller is a parallel resurgence story in Indianapolis subsequent to the Indianapolis beat the Arizona Cardinals to go to 5-1 - their finest start from 2009

Ball carrier Taylor is the other star of the Colts' remarkable start, but the quarterback creates significant actions at the appropriate moment - registering dual throwing TDs and a single rushing during the weekend

No Maye-be About It - the Pats Are Back

Being a New England Patriots signal-caller includes a particular pressure due to the legendary quarterback, but through Drake Maye they could at last have their next team leader

In just his second campaign, the quarterback looks confident in the passing area and is not scared to launch the football downfield - passing scores of 25, 29 and 53 yards and having a 61-yarder ruled out by a penalty in the weekend's win at the New Orleans

He becomes the next QB under 24 to record five consecutive contests with 200-plus throwing gains and a QB rating of triple digits

The previous duo featuring a prime-time win in Buffalo followed by, in the intense atmosphere of the Superdome, demonstrate the reason Pats faithful are growing excited that - under fresh coach Vrabel - they might be competitive again

The Seattle Seahawks matched the New England on four and two as they achieved their ninth in a row road match - an remarkable twenty to twelve success at the The Jaguars

Sam Darnold is showing the prior campaign's comeback in Minnesota was genuine and he possesses one of the best wideouts in the league in Smith-Njigba, who secured eight different grabs for substantial yardage and a touchdown in Jacksonville

Pittsburgh's Play-off Path Opens Up

The Pittsburgh Steelers advanced to four wins with a 22nd straight at home success against the Cleveland in the regular season - and they appear to have an favorable opportunity to the postseason at present in a weakened American Football Conference North

Typically among the most difficult divisions in the league but the quarterback's four-win Pittsburgh seem in total control, with their rivals all flagging

The Cleveland Browns have merely one success and a constantly complicated QB situation, while the Baltimore Ravens look done for after a 17-3 in Baltimore setback by Los Angeles lowered them to one win

Just four clubs in NFL the annals have reached the postseason following a single victory beginning and, as Lamar Jackson heading an all-star casualty report, the team is unlikely to be contributing to that statistic

The Cincinnati Bengals fell 18-27 in against the Packers to fall to 2-4, with forty-year-old Flacco not exactly a like-for-like stand-in for {Joe Burrow|Burrow|