The Buccaneers' Bucs Triumph Once More as Most Valuable Player Shouts Increase
Might Baker Mayfield emerge as the league's top performer? Bucs faithful think so
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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
The Pats have now equaled their 4-2 record from the last consecutive campaigns
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|