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Now that a third of the National Football League campaign finished, franchises are demonstrating their real potential

Tampa Bay and Indianapolis Colts became the first clubs to achieve five wins as they continued their remarkable starts to the campaign

The Seattle Seahawks and New England are developing as challengers, while the Pittsburgh Steelers are appearing comfortable in the Northern division

The schedule appears finished now for one of the big pre-season championship favourites the Ravens, but might only be beginning for the Kansas City Chiefs

The Buccaneers quarterback Gets MVP Chants

Is Baker Mayfield an MVP candidate? That's what Tampa Bay faithful were chanting after one more dynamic display from their signal-caller in a 30-19 victory over the San Francisco 49ers

The quarterback is the primary reason the Tampa Bay are five and one and he led from the front once more, throwing a pair of TDs and producing each important moment - including an remarkable third and long carry when he powered through tackler after tackler to obtain a vital continued possession

He possesses a ability that isn't coachable or instructed

Mayfield's pressure plays had led to each of the four prior wins coming in the final minute - the more definitive approach on Sunday only enhanced his growing top performer claims

The Colts quarterback is a similar comeback story in for Indianapolis after the Colts overcame the The Cardinals to go to five and one - their best start from the 2009 season

Ball carrier Jonathan Taylor is the additional standout of the Indianapolis's remarkable start, but the quarterback produces big moments at the correct time - recording a pair of aerial TDs and one ground during the weekend

Definitely About It - The Patriots Are Back

Serving as a New England Patriots signal-caller includes a unique burden because of the former Patriot, but in Drake Maye they may at last have their future franchise quarterback

Following merely his sophomore year, the quarterback seems confident in the pocket and is not scared to throw the ball out - throwing scores of 25, 29 and 53 yards and having a 61-yarder disallowed by a violation in the weekend's success at the New Orleans

He is only the fourth quarterback under 24 to produce five straight contests with over 200 throwing yards and a efficiency rating of 100 and above

The last two including a prime-time victory in against the Bills followed by, in the overwhelming noise of the Superdome, show the reason New England fans are becoming optimistic that - under new head coach Mike Vrabel - they could be competitive again

Seattle matched the The Pats on 4-2 as they won their ninth consecutive visiting game - an notable 20-12 victory at the The Jaguars

The quarterback is showing last year's improvement in for Minnesota was not accidental and he utilizes one of the best wideouts in the game in Jaxon Smith-Njigba, who secured eight different catches for 163 yards and a touchdown in Florida

The Steelers' Play-off Opportunity Emerges

Pittsburgh advanced to 4-1 with a twenty-second straight home victory over the Cleveland Browns in the campaign - and they seem to have an favorable opportunity to the postseason currently in a weakened American Football Conference North

Typically a particularly challenging divisions in the league but Aaron Rodgers' 4-1 The Steelers look in absolute command, with their competitors everyone struggling

The Cleveland Browns have just one win and a continuously complicated QB circumstance, while Baltimore seem completed following a 17-3 at home setback by The Rams reduced them to one win

Merely four clubs in NFL history have reached the postseason after a 1-5 beginning and, as Jackson heading an all-star injury list, the Ravens is unlikely to be contributing to that statistic

Cincinnati were defeated eighteen to twenty-seven in against the Packers to drop to 2-4, with 40-year-old Joe Flacco not exactly a direct stand-in for {Joe Burrow|Burrow|