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As 33% of the NFL season completed, teams are starting to show their real potential

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Indianapolis became the first teams to achieve five wins as they maintained their remarkable openings to the season

The Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots are appearing as challengers, while The Steelers are appearing settled in the AFC North

The season seems over already for an important pre-season title game favourites the Ravens, but might only be beginning for Kansas City

Tampa Bay's leader Earns top performer Chants

Is Baker Mayfield a Most Valuable Player contender? That's what Tampa Bay faithful were shouting subsequent to a further all-action showing from their quarterback in a successful outcome versus the San Francisco

The 30-year-old is the main cause the Tampa Bay are five and one and he commanded from the front once more, delivering two touchdowns and executing every crucial play - incorporating an incredible crucial situation rush when he bulled through tackler after tackler to secure a essential continued possession

He demonstrates a talent that cannot be taught or instructed

The quarterback's crucial plays had led to all four earlier wins happening in the last minute - the more decisive manner this past Sunday just strengthened his increasing top performer arguments

Daniel Jones is a comparable comeback narrative in Indianapolis subsequent to the Colts beat the The Cardinals to go to five and one - their top opening from the 2009 season

Running back Taylor is the second standout of the Indianapolis's surprise beginning, but Jones makes big actions at the correct juncture - recording a pair of passing scores and one rushing during the weekend

No Maye-be Concerning That - New England Have Returned

Being a Patriots quarterback comes with a particular burden due to the legendary quarterback, but with Drake Maye they may eventually have their future franchise quarterback

After only his second season, Drake Maye looks poised in the passing area and is unafraid to launch the pigskin downfield - passing scores of multiple lengths and witnessing a 61-yard pass disallowed by a infraction in the recent victory at the New Orleans Saints

He becomes the next signal-caller below age 24 to achieve five in a row matches with more than 200 aerial distance and a QB rating of 100 and above

The previous duo featuring a prime-time victory in Buffalo then, in the intense atmosphere of the Saints' home, illustrate why New England faithful are growing optimistic that - with fresh head coach the new coach - they could be back in business

Seattle joined the New England on 4-2 as they secured their ninth straight visiting contest - an remarkable 20-12 victory at the Jacksonville

Sam Darnold is proving the previous season's comeback in for Minnesota was no fluke and he possesses one of the best wideouts in the sport in Smith-Njigba, who secured 8 catches for 163 total yards and a touchdown in Florida

Pittsburgh Steelers' Playoff Route Emerges

The Pittsburgh Steelers advanced to four wins with a twenty-second successive in Pittsburgh success over the Cleveland in the campaign - and they look to have an favorable opportunity to the postseason at present in a less competitive division

It's usually a particularly challenging divisions in the league but the quarterback's 4-1 Pittsburgh seem in absolute command, with their competitors everyone struggling

The Browns have only one success and a persistently unsettled QB circumstance, while Baltimore appear done for following a 17-3 in Baltimore defeat by Los Angeles dropped them to 1-5

Merely four clubs in professional football all-time records have reached the postseason after a single victory opening and, while Lamar Jackson leading an premier injured reserve, the team won't be adding to that stat

Cincinnati were defeated 18-27 in versus Green Bay to decline to 2-4, with veteran Flacco hardly a equivalent substitute for {Joe Burrow|Burrow|