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With a third of the NFL schedule gone, teams are starting to show their true colours

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Indianapolis emerged as the first franchises to reach five victories as they continued their notable beginnings to the campaign

The Seattle Seahawks and New England are emerging as contenders, while Pittsburgh are seeming established in the American Football Conference North

The season looks concluded already for a major pre-season championship top picks Baltimore, but could be starting to develop for Kansas City

Tampa Bay's leader Earns MVP Chants

Would Baker Mayfield an MVP candidate? That's what Tampa Bay Buccaneers fans were shouting after another all-action display from their field general in a successful outcome over the San Francisco

The 30-year-old is the main cause the Bucs are 5-1 and he commanded from the front again, passing two touchdowns and producing each important moment - including an remarkable third and long carry when he bulled past multiple defenders to get a essential new set of downs

He has a knack that cannot be taught or trained

The quarterback's pressure actions had led to each of the four previous wins happening in the final minute - the clearer approach on Sunday just strengthened his growing Most Valuable Player credentials

Daniel Jones is a parallel redemption narrative in Indianapolis after the The Colts overcame the The Cardinals to reach 5-1 - their best start from nine years ago

Rusher the Colts RB is the other star of the the team's unexpected beginning, but the quarterback produces big plays at the right moment - achieving two passing TDs and a single ground on Sunday

Definitely Regarding This - New England Have Returned

Being a Patriots field general comes with a special burden because of the former Patriot, but with Drake Maye they might finally have their future franchise quarterback

Following merely his second campaign, Maye seems poised in the pocket and is not scared to throw the ball downfield - passing touchdowns of 25, 29 and 53 yards and having a 61-yard pass ruled out by a violation in the weekend's success at the New Orleans Saints

He is only the fourth quarterback younger than 24 to achieve five straight games with over 200 passing yards and a QB rating of 100 and above

The last two including a national television victory in against the Bills followed by, in the intense sound of the New Orleans stadium, show the reason Pats faithful are growing enthusiastic that - guided by fresh head coach Vrabel - they could be back in business

Seattle joined the New England on 4-2 as they won their ninth straight road match - an notable 20-12 success at the Jacksonville

The quarterback is showing the prior campaign's improvement in with the Vikings was no fluke and he possesses among the top wideouts in the league in Jaxon Smith-Njigba, who caught eight grabs for 163 total yards and a score in the Sunshine State

The Steelers' Play-off Path Opens Up

The Pittsburgh Steelers advanced to 4-1 with a 22nd consecutive consecutive at home victory against the Cleveland in the campaign - and they look to have an favorable opportunity to the postseason now in a softer American Football Conference North

Normally one of the toughest groups around but the quarterback's 4-1 Pittsburgh appear in total command, with their opponents all declining

Cleveland have just one win and a persistently unsettled QB circumstance, while the Baltimore Ravens look done for following a 17-3 home loss by the Los Angeles Rams reduced them to one and five

Just four clubs in league the annals have qualified for the playoffs subsequent to a single victory start and, with the quarterback leading an premier injury list, the team is unlikely to be adding to that record

Cincinnati were defeated eighteen to twenty-seven in Green Bay to decline to two wins, with forty-year-old Flacco not exactly a like-for-like stand-in for {Joe Burrow|Burrow|