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As one-third of the NFL season completed, franchises are beginning to reveal their true colours

Tampa Bay and Indianapolis Colts became the pioneering franchises to reach a 5-1 record as they continued their remarkable openings to the season

The Seattle Seahawks and The Patriots are appearing as competitors, while the Pittsburgh Steelers are looking established in the Northern division

This campaign appears finished already for a major before the campaign title game favorites the Ravens, but might be starting to develop for The Chiefs

The Buccaneers quarterback Gets top performer Shouts

Is Baker Mayfield an MVP candidate? That is exactly what Bucs supporters were shouting subsequent to a further energetic display from their field general in a 30-19 victory over the San Francisco

Mayfield is the primary factor the Buccaneers are with five wins and he commanded with authority again, throwing a pair of TDs and producing all the big plays - featuring an incredible crucial situation run when he powered by tackler after tackler to get a vital continued possession

He possesses a ability that isn't coachable or instructed

Mayfield's pressure plays had led to every one of the four earlier victories coming in the final minute - the clearer way this past Sunday just strengthened his growing MVP claims

Daniel Jones is a parallel comeback story in with the Colts following the The Colts defeated the Arizona to go to 5-1 - their top beginning after the 2009 season

Running back Taylor is the additional star of the the team's surprise opening, but the quarterback makes big plays at the appropriate moment - achieving dual aerial TDs and a single running on Sunday

Certainly Regarding This - The Patriots Have Returned

Occupying the position of a Patriots quarterback comes with a special pressure thanks to the legendary quarterback, but with Drake Maye they may finally have their future face of the franchise

After only his second season, Maye seems confident in the passing area and is fearless to air the football downfield - throwing touchdowns of various distances and seeing a long completion ruled out by a penalty in Sunday's success at the New Orleans

He's just the fourth different signal-caller under 24 to record five straight contests with more than 200 passing gains and a QB rating of 100 or higher

The most recent pair being a primetime win in versus Buffalo followed by, in the overwhelming sound of the New Orleans stadium, demonstrate the reason Patriots fans are getting enthusiastic that - with recently appointed coach the new coach - they could be a force once more

The Seahawks matched the New England on four and two as they won their ninth in a row road game - an remarkable 20-12 victory at the Jacksonville

The quarterback is showing the prior campaign's improvement in Minnesota was not accidental and he possesses among the top wideouts in the league in Jaxon Smith-Njigba, who caught 8 catches for 163 yards and a touchdown in the Sunshine State

Pittsburgh Steelers' Play-off Opportunity Opens Up

Pittsburgh moved to 4-1 with a 22nd consecutive straight at home win against the Cleveland Browns in the NFL season - and they seem to have an open door to the postseason currently in a softer AFC North

It's usually among the most difficult groups in football but the quarterback's four and one Pittsburgh appear in absolute dominance, with their opponents each declining

The Cleveland Browns have just one win and a persistently unsettled quarterback circumstance, while The Ravens look finished subsequent to a 17-3 at home defeat by Los Angeles dropped them to one win

Merely four franchises in league all-time records have made the playoffs following a 1-5 opening and, as Jackson leading an all-star casualty report, Baltimore won't be including to that statistic

Cincinnati lost 18-27 in versus Green Bay to decline to 2-4, with veteran Joe Flacco not exactly a direct stand-in for {Joe Burrow|Burrow|