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Now that a third of the professional football schedule completed, teams are demonstrating their real potential

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Indianapolis Colts achieved status as the first clubs to reach a 5-1 record as they persisted with their remarkable starts to the schedule

The Seahawks and The Patriots are emerging as challengers, while the Pittsburgh Steelers are seeming settled in the Northern division

The season seems over now for an important preseason title game favorites Baltimore, but things only be beginning for the Kansas City Chiefs

Baker Mayfield Earns top performer Calls

Is Baker Mayfield an MVP candidate? That's what Tampa Bay Buccaneers fans were chanting subsequent to another all-action display from their quarterback in a 30-19 win over the San Francisco 49ers

Mayfield is the key cause the Bucs are 5-1 and he directed as a leader once more, delivering two scoring passes and producing each important moment - including an remarkable crucial situation run when he barged past tackler after tackler to obtain a crucial first down

He has a knack that you can't teach or trained

Mayfield's pressure actions had led to every one of the four earlier successes happening in the last minute - the more decisive approach during the weekend further boosted his increasing Most Valuable Player credentials

The Colts quarterback is a comparable resurgence narrative in for Indianapolis following the Indianapolis beat the Arizona Cardinals to go to 5-1 - their best start from the 2009 season

Running back Jonathan Taylor is the other key player of the Indianapolis's surprise opening, but the quarterback produces significant moments at the right moment - registering dual throwing touchdowns and an additional ground this past Sunday

Definitely About It - New England Are Back

Being a Patriots signal-caller comes with a special pressure because of the legendary quarterback, but through Drake Maye they could at last have their upcoming franchise quarterback

In just his second campaign, the quarterback seems poised in the passing area and is not scared to throw the football out - throwing touchdowns of multiple lengths and having a 61-yard pass nullified by a infraction in the weekend's success at the The Saints

He's just the next quarterback younger than 24 to produce five in a row contests with 200-plus passing distance and a QB rating of 100 and above

The last two featuring a primetime win in versus Buffalo followed by, in the deafening atmosphere of the New Orleans stadium, illustrate the reason New England fans are growing enthusiastic that - under new leader Mike Vrabel - they could be back in business

The Seahawks matched the Patriots on four and two as they secured their ninth consecutive visiting match - an impressive twenty to twelve success at the Jacksonville Jaguars

Darnold is demonstrating last year's comeback in for Minnesota was genuine and he has a premier pass catchers in the game in Jaxon Smith-Njigba, who caught eight different receptions for substantial yardage and a touchdown in Florida

Pittsburgh Steelers' Play-off Opportunity Emerges

The Pittsburgh Steelers progressed to four wins with a twenty-second successive home success over the Cleveland in the campaign - and they appear to have an open door to the playoffs currently in a less competitive division

Normally one of the toughest sections around but Aaron Rodgers' four and one The Steelers look in complete command, with their competitors all struggling

The Browns have just one success and a continuously messy signal-caller situation, while The Ravens seem done for subsequent to a 17-3 at home setback 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 opening and, with the quarterback topping an elite casualty report, the Ravens won't be contributing to that stat

The Cincinnati Bengals fell 18-27 in against the Packers to drop to two wins, with veteran Flacco not quite a like-for-like stand-in for {Joe Burrow|Burrow|