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As a third of the professional football season completed, teams are starting to show their true colours

The Buccaneers and Indianapolis became the initial teams to reach five wins as they persisted with their notable starts to the campaign

Seattle and New England are emerging as contenders, while Pittsburgh are looking established in the AFC North

The season seems concluded already for a major pre-season Super Bowl favourites Baltimore, but things only be beginning for the Kansas City Chiefs

Baker Mayfield Receives top performer Shouts

Is Baker Mayfield an MVP candidate? That is exactly what Tampa Bay Buccaneers fans were yelling subsequent to another all-action display from their signal-caller in a 30-19 win versus the San Francisco 49ers

The quarterback is the primary reason the Buccaneers are with five wins and he led with authority once more, throwing two touchdowns and executing every crucial play - including an amazing third and long rush when he powered past several opponents to secure a essential new set of downs

He has a talent that cannot be taught or instructed

Mayfield's pressure plays had resulted in each of the four earlier victories coming in the dying moments - the more definitive approach during the weekend only enhanced his expanding MVP credentials

The Colts quarterback is a comparable redemption narrative in Indianapolis subsequent to the Indianapolis beat the Arizona to achieve five victories - their best beginning since 2009

Running back Taylor is the second star of the Indianapolis's remarkable start, but Daniel Jones produces big actions at the right time - achieving a pair of throwing touchdowns and one rushing on Sunday

Certainly Concerning That - the Pats Are Back

Serving as a New England field general includes a special pressure because of the former Patriot, but with Drake Maye they may eventually have their next face of the franchise

In just his sophomore year, the quarterback seems confident in the passing area and is unafraid to launch the pigskin long - delivering TDs of 25, 29 and 53 yards and witnessing a long completion disallowed by a penalty in Sunday's win at the New Orleans

He is only the fourth signal-caller below age 24 to achieve five in a row contests with more than 200 passing gains and a passer rating of triple digits

The previous duo featuring a prime-time success in versus Buffalo then, in the overwhelming noise of the New Orleans stadium, demonstrate why Patriots supporters are becoming excited that - under new leader Vrabel - they might be back in business

The Seahawks joined the New England on four wins as they achieved their ninth in a row away contest - an impressive twenty to twelve win at the Jacksonville

Darnold is demonstrating last year's improvement in Minnesota was not accidental and he has one of the best pass catchers in the sport in Jaxon Smith-Njigba, who secured eight different catches for 163 total yards and a TD in Florida

Pittsburgh's Play-off Route Becomes Clear

The Pittsburgh Steelers moved to four and one with a twenty-second successive at home victory over the Cleveland Browns in the regular season - and they look to have an favorable opportunity to the play-offs now in a softer AFC North

It's usually one of the toughest groups in football but Rodgers' four-win Pittsburgh look in complete command, with their opponents all flagging

The Cleveland Browns have merely one success and a persistently complicated quarterback circumstance, while the Baltimore Ravens look completed after a seventeen to three at home defeat by The Rams dropped them to one win

Just four clubs in NFL history have qualified for the play-offs subsequent to a one and five opening and, while Jackson heading an all-star injured reserve, Baltimore won't be including to that statistic

Cincinnati lost 18-27 in against the Packers to fall to two and four, with veteran the quarterback not exactly a equivalent substitute for {Joe Burrow|Burrow|