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With 33% of the professional football campaign gone, clubs are demonstrating their true colours

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Indianapolis emerged as the first clubs to reach a 5-1 record as they continued their notable openings to the season

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

This campaign appears concluded at this point for one of the big pre-season title game favourites the Ravens, but might just be getting going for the Kansas City Chiefs

Baker Mayfield Gets Most Valuable Player Shouts

Is Baker Mayfield an MVP candidate? That is exactly what Tampa Bay faithful were shouting subsequent to one more energetic showing from their field general in a 30-19 victory versus the San Francisco 49ers

Mayfield is the key cause the Buccaneers are five and one and he led with authority another time, passing a pair of TDs and executing every crucial play - incorporating an incredible crucial situation carry when he barged through several opponents to obtain a essential new set of downs

He possesses a knack that isn't coachable or trained

The quarterback's crucial performances had led to all four prior wins occurring in the final minute - the clearer way during the weekend just strengthened his expanding Most Valuable Player claims

Daniel Jones is a similar comeback story in for Indianapolis after the Colts defeated the The Cardinals to go to 5-1 - their top opening since the 2009 season

Ball carrier Jonathan Taylor is the additional key player of the Indianapolis's surprise start, but Jones creates significant plays at the correct moment - recording two throwing TDs and an additional ground on Sunday

Definitely Concerning That - The Patriots Are Competitive Again

Being a New England Patriots field general comes with a particular burden because of the legendary quarterback, but with Drake Maye they could at last have their upcoming franchise quarterback

Following merely his second season, the quarterback appears confident in the passing area and is fearless to launch the ball downfield - delivering TDs of various distances and seeing a 61-yarder nullified by a infraction in the recent success at the New Orleans

He's just the next signal-caller younger than 24 to record five in a row matches with more than 200 passing distance and a passer rating of triple digits

The last two including a national television success in against the Bills then, in the overwhelming noise of the New Orleans stadium, demonstrate the explanation for Pats supporters are becoming excited that - guided by fresh coach Mike Vrabel - they may be back in business

The Seattle Seahawks equaled the New England on four and two as they secured their ninth consecutive road contest - an notable 20-12 win at the The Jaguars

Sam Darnold is showing the prior campaign's resurgence in with the Vikings was no fluke and he has a premier pass catchers in the game in the receiver, who caught 8 catches for substantial yardage and a TD in Florida

The Steelers' Postseason Path Emerges

The Steelers progressed to 4-1 with a 22nd straight in Pittsburgh success over the Cleveland Browns in the regular season - and they look to have an favorable opportunity to the playoffs now in a weakened American Football Conference North

Typically one of the toughest groups in the league but the quarterback's 4-1 The Steelers seem in absolute control, with their opponents everyone flagging

The Browns have only a single victory and a continuously complicated QB circumstance, while the Baltimore Ravens seem finished following a seventeen to three in Baltimore defeat by The Rams lowered them to 1-5

Merely four franchises in professional football history have made the play-offs following a one and five beginning and, as Lamar Jackson topping an elite casualty report, the team will not be adding to that statistic

Cincinnati were defeated 18-27 in Green Bay to drop to 2-4, with forty-year-old Flacco not quite a equivalent stand-in for {Joe Burrow|Burrow|