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Now that 33% of the National Football League campaign gone, teams are beginning to reveal their true colours

Tampa Bay and Indianapolis Colts became the initial franchises to achieve a 5-1 record as they persisted with their impressive beginnings to the schedule

Seattle and The Patriots are developing as challengers, while the Pittsburgh Steelers are looking settled in the Northern division

The schedule seems finished already for a major pre-season Super Bowl favorites the Ravens, but things be starting to develop for Kansas City

Baker Mayfield Gets Most Valuable Player Shouts

Is Baker Mayfield a Most Valuable Player contender? That's what Tampa Bay faithful were shouting following a further energetic display from their quarterback in a 30-19 win versus the San Francisco 49ers

Mayfield is the primary factor the Tampa Bay are five and one and he led as a leader another time, passing two scoring passes and producing every crucial play - including an amazing crucial situation run when he bulled through multiple defenders to get a vital new set of downs

He demonstrates a knack that isn't coachable or coach

Mayfield's pressure actions had resulted in all four earlier wins occurring in the final minute - the more decisive way this past Sunday further boosted his increasing Most Valuable Player arguments

Indianapolis's signal-caller is a comparable redemption story in with the Colts subsequent to the Indianapolis defeated the Arizona to achieve five and one - their top start after nine years ago

Ball carrier the Colts RB is the additional standout of the Indianapolis's remarkable beginning, but Jones creates big plays at the right time - achieving dual passing TDs and a single running on Sunday

No Maye-be Concerning That - New England Are Back

Serving as a Patriots signal-caller comes with a unique burden due to the former Patriot, but through Drake Maye they may eventually have their upcoming face of the franchise

Following merely his sophomore year, the quarterback appears composed in the protection and is fearless to throw the football long - passing touchdowns of multiple lengths and seeing a 61-yard pass disallowed by a infraction in the recent success at the The Saints

He is only the fourth different quarterback under 24 to produce five straight contests with 200-plus aerial distance and a passer rating of 100 and above

The most recent pair being a national television victory in versus Buffalo and subsequently, in the intense atmosphere of the Superdome, demonstrate the reason Pats fans are getting enthusiastic that - guided by fresh coach Mike Vrabel - they might be a force once more

The Seahawks joined the The Pats on four and two as they achieved their ninth consecutive visiting game - an impressive twenty to twelve victory at the The Jaguars

Darnold is proving the previous season's improvement in with the Vikings was no fluke and he has one of the best receivers in the game in Jaxon Smith-Njigba, who caught 8 receptions for 163 total yards and a TD in Jacksonville

Pittsburgh Steelers' Play-off Route Emerges

The Pittsburgh Steelers progressed to four wins with a twenty-second straight in Pittsburgh win against the Cleveland Browns in the regular season - and they seem to have an open door to the postseason now in a weakened division

Typically one of the toughest divisions in football but Rodgers' four-win The Steelers appear in absolute command, with their competitors all struggling

The Browns have only a single victory and a constantly unsettled signal-caller scenario, while Baltimore look done for following a 17-3 at home loss by the Los Angeles Rams lowered them to 1-5

Merely four franchises in professional football all-time records have qualified for the postseason after a 1-5 start and, while Jackson leading an premier injury list, the team is unlikely to be contributing to that statistic

The Bengals were defeated 18-27 in Green Bay to fall to two and four, with veteran Joe Flacco hardly a direct substitute for {Joe Burrow|Burrow|