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Now that a third of the professional football season completed, franchises are beginning to reveal their actual capabilities

The Buccaneers and The Colts emerged as the pioneering franchises to achieve five wins as they persisted with their impressive starts to the schedule

Seattle and New England Patriots are developing as contenders, while the Pittsburgh Steelers are looking settled in the American Football Conference North

The season looks finished already for one of the big before the campaign title game favourites the Ravens, but might be starting to develop for Kansas City

Baker Mayfield Gets top performer Calls

Could Baker Mayfield an MVP candidate? That is exactly what Tampa Bay Buccaneers fans were chanting subsequent to one more dynamic showing from their signal-caller in a successful outcome versus the San Francisco 49ers

Mayfield is the key cause the Buccaneers are five and one and he commanded with authority once more, delivering two scoring passes and executing every crucial play - incorporating an amazing third and long carry when he barged through tackler after tackler to get a vital first down

He demonstrates a talent that isn't coachable or trained

Mayfield's crucial actions had resulted in every one of the four previous successes occurring in the dying moments - the more definitive manner on Sunday only enhanced his expanding Most Valuable Player claims

The Colts quarterback is a parallel redemption narrative in Indianapolis subsequent to the Indianapolis beat the The Cardinals to go to five victories - their best opening from nine years ago

Running back Taylor is the second star of the Colts' unexpected start, but the quarterback makes big moments at the correct juncture - achieving dual throwing scores and an additional ground during the weekend

Certainly Concerning That - New England Are Competitive Again

Being a Patriots quarterback includes a unique pressure due to the former Patriot, but with Drake Maye they may at last have their upcoming franchise quarterback

In just his second season, Drake Maye seems composed in the protection and is fearless to air the football out - passing touchdowns of multiple lengths and witnessing a 61-yard pass disallowed by a infraction in the recent success at the New Orleans

He's just the fourth quarterback younger than 24 to record five straight matches with 200-plus passing distance and a efficiency rating of 100 or higher

The last two including a national television win in Buffalo then, in the overwhelming noise of the Superdome, illustrate why Patriots fans are growing optimistic that - with recently appointed leader Mike Vrabel - they might be back in business

The Seahawks matched the New England on four and two as they secured their ninth straight visiting game - an impressive 20-12 win at the Jacksonville Jaguars

Sam Darnold is showing the previous season's improvement in Minnesota was genuine and he has a premier receivers in the league in Smith-Njigba, who secured 8 receptions for 163 total yards and a touchdown in Florida

The Steelers' Play-off Path Opens Up

Pittsburgh progressed to four and one with a twenty-second straight in Pittsburgh victory versus the The Browns in the campaign - and they look to have an clear path to the postseason currently in a less competitive American Football Conference North

It's usually one of the toughest divisions in the league but Rodgers' 4-1 Steelers look in complete command, with their competitors each flagging

Cleveland have just one success and a constantly messy QB circumstance, while The Ravens look completed following a seventeen to three in Baltimore loss by The Rams reduced them to one and five

Only four franchises in league all-time records have qualified for the playoffs following a single victory start and, with Jackson leading an all-star injury list, Baltimore will not be adding to that statistic

The Bengals fell 18-27 in against the Packers to decline to two wins, with forty-year-old Flacco hardly a direct replacement for {Joe Burrow|Burrow|