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With a third of the National Football League season completed, franchises are beginning to reveal their true colours

The Buccaneers and Indianapolis emerged as the pioneering franchises to reach five wins as they continued their remarkable openings to the season

Seattle and The Patriots are emerging as contenders, while The Steelers are appearing established in the Northern division

This campaign seems concluded at this point for one of the big preseason championship top picks Baltimore, but might just be getting going for The Chiefs

The Buccaneers quarterback Gets Most Valuable Player Shouts

Is Baker Mayfield an MVP candidate? That is exactly what Tampa Bay faithful were chanting following one more dynamic display from their signal-caller in a successful outcome against the San Francisco 49ers

Mayfield is the main factor the Tampa Bay are 5-1 and he commanded from the front once more, delivering two scoring passes and executing each important moment - including an amazing third down carry when he powered by several opponents to obtain a vital continued possession

He has a talent that you can't teach or instructed

Mayfield's crucial performances had resulted in all four previous successes coming in the dying moments - the more decisive approach this past Sunday just strengthened his increasing Most Valuable Player credentials

Indianapolis's signal-caller is a parallel redemption story in Indianapolis after the The Colts overcame the Arizona to reach five and one - their finest opening from 2009

Ball carrier Jonathan Taylor is the other key player of the Colts' unexpected opening, but Daniel Jones makes significant actions at the appropriate juncture - achieving two passing TDs and a single rushing during the weekend

No Maye-be Regarding This - The Patriots Are Competitive Again

Being a New England signal-caller includes a particular expectation thanks to Tom Brady, but through Drake Maye they could at last have their future team leader

After only his sophomore year, Maye appears poised in the pocket and is unafraid to throw the ball downfield - throwing touchdowns of 25, 29 and 53 yards and witnessing a long completion nullified by a violation in the recent victory at the New Orleans Saints

He becomes the next QB under 24 to produce five in a row contests with 200-plus throwing gains and a QB rating of 100 and above

The previous duo being a prime-time victory in Buffalo then, in the intense sound of the Superdome, demonstrate the explanation for New England faithful are becoming optimistic that - guided by recently appointed coach the new coach - they could be competitive again

The Seattle Seahawks joined the Patriots on four and two as they won their ninth consecutive away game - an notable 20-12 win at the Jacksonville

Sam Darnold is demonstrating the previous season's resurgence in for Minnesota was not accidental and he has one of the best wideouts in the league in the receiver, who caught eight catches for 163 yards and a score in Florida

Pittsburgh's Playoff Opportunity Opens Up

The Pittsburgh Steelers moved to four and one with a 22nd consecutive consecutive in Pittsburgh win against the The Browns in the regular season - and they seem to have an open door to the postseason now in a less competitive AFC North

It's usually among the most difficult divisions around but Rodgers' four and one Steelers look in complete control, with their competitors each struggling

The Browns have merely a single victory and a constantly complicated QB scenario, while the Baltimore Ravens seem completed following a 17-3 home defeat by The Rams dropped them to one and five

Only four clubs in NFL all-time records have made the play-offs subsequent to a 1-5 opening and, with Lamar Jackson heading an all-star injury list, the Ravens is unlikely to be contributing to that statistic

The Bengals lost 18-27 in Green Bay to drop to two wins, with forty-year-old Flacco not exactly a like-for-like substitute for {Joe Burrow|Burrow|