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With one-third of the National Football League campaign finished, clubs are starting to show their true colours

Tampa Bay and Indianapolis became the first franchises to achieve five wins as they persisted with their notable beginnings to the season

Seattle and New England Patriots are appearing as challengers, while Pittsburgh are seeming comfortable in the American Football Conference North

The season appears finished already for one of the big before the campaign Super Bowl top picks Baltimore, but might only be beginning for Kansas City

Tampa Bay's leader Gets MVP Calls

Is Baker Mayfield an MVP candidate? That's what Tampa Bay Buccaneers fans were yelling after a further energetic display from their field general in a 30-19 win over the San Francisco 49ers

Mayfield is the primary reason the Tampa Bay are with five wins and he led as a leader another time, delivering two touchdowns and making each important moment - featuring an incredible third and long rush when he barged past several opponents to obtain a crucial new set of downs

He has a ability that you can't teach or coach

Mayfield's clutch plays had resulted in all four prior wins occurring in the final minute - the more definitive way this past Sunday just strengthened his expanding MVP credentials

Daniel Jones is a parallel comeback tale in for Indianapolis after the The Colts overcame the Arizona to reach five and one - their finest start after nine years ago

Running back the Colts RB is the additional standout of the Indianapolis's surprise opening, but Jones creates big moments at the correct time - achieving a pair of passing TDs and one ground this past Sunday

Certainly About It - The Patriots Have Returned

Serving as a New England signal-caller includes a particular pressure due to Tom Brady, but through Drake Maye they could at last have their future team leader

After only his second season, Maye seems confident in the pocket and is unafraid to air the pigskin downfield - throwing touchdowns of various distances and witnessing a long completion ruled out by a penalty in the recent victory at the New Orleans

He becomes the fourth quarterback under 24 to achieve five consecutive contests with over 200 throwing gains and a passer rating of 100 or higher

The last two being a primetime win in Buffalo and subsequently, in the deafening sound of the New Orleans stadium, demonstrate the reason New England faithful are growing optimistic that - guided by new head coach the new coach - they could be back in business

The Seahawks matched the Patriots on four and two as they won their ninth in a row visiting contest - an impressive 20-12 win at the Jacksonville Jaguars

Darnold is demonstrating last year's improvement in with the Vikings was genuine and he has among the top pass catchers in the sport in Smith-Njigba, who made eight catches for substantial yardage and a touchdown in Florida

Pittsburgh's Play-off Route Opens Up

The Steelers progressed to 4-1 with a 22nd consecutive straight at home victory versus the Cleveland Browns in the NFL season - and they look to have an open door to the playoffs now in a less competitive division

It's usually a particularly challenging divisions in the league but Aaron Rodgers' four-win Steelers look in complete dominance, with their rivals everyone flagging

The Cleveland Browns have just one success and a constantly messy signal-caller scenario, while the Baltimore Ravens seem finished after a 17-3 in Baltimore defeat by The Rams dropped them to one win

Only four clubs in professional football all-time records have made the play-offs after a one and five start and, while Lamar Jackson leading an all-star casualty report, the Ravens will not be contributing to that statistic

The Bengals fell eighteen to twenty-seven in Green Bay to decline to two wins, with veteran the quarterback hardly a like-for-like replacement for {Joe Burrow|Burrow|