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As a third of the National Football League campaign gone, franchises are demonstrating their true colours

Tampa Bay and Indianapolis became the first franchises to achieve five victories as they persisted with their remarkable starts to the season

The Seahawks and New England are appearing as challengers, while the Pittsburgh Steelers are looking settled in the American Football Conference North

The schedule seems finished now for an important pre-season championship favorites the Ravens, but might just be getting going for The Chiefs

Tampa Bay's leader Gets Most Valuable Player Chants

Could Baker Mayfield an MVP candidate? Precisely what Tampa Bay faithful were shouting following a further energetic display from their signal-caller in a successful outcome against the San Francisco

The quarterback is the key factor the Buccaneers are with five wins and he led as a leader another time, delivering a pair of TDs and making all the big plays - incorporating an incredible crucial situation carry when he barged by several opponents to get a essential continued possession

He has a ability that isn't coachable or trained

Mayfield's crucial plays had resulted in all four earlier victories occurring in the dying moments - the more definitive manner on Sunday just strengthened his growing Most Valuable Player credentials

Daniel Jones is a comparable comeback story in Indianapolis subsequent to the Colts overcame the Arizona to achieve five and one - their best start from nine years ago

Ball carrier Jonathan Taylor is the additional star of the Colts' unexpected beginning, but the quarterback produces important plays at the correct moment - registering two aerial TDs and an additional running this past Sunday

Definitely About It - the Pats Are Competitive Again

Serving as a Patriots field general includes a particular expectation due to the former Patriot, but through Drake Maye they may eventually have their future face of the franchise

Following merely his second campaign, the quarterback looks poised in the pocket and is unafraid to launch the football long - delivering TDs of 25, 29 and 53 yards and witnessing a 61-yard pass disallowed by a violation in Sunday's victory at the New Orleans Saints

He becomes the fourth different QB younger than 24 to record five in a row games with over 200 aerial gains and a QB rating of 100 or higher

The previous duo being a national television success in versus Buffalo followed by, in the overwhelming atmosphere of the New Orleans stadium, demonstrate why Pats supporters are getting excited that - guided by new leader Mike Vrabel - they might be competitive again

The Seahawks joined the New England on four and two as they achieved their ninth in a row away match - an notable 20-12 success at the The Jaguars

Sam Darnold is showing the prior campaign's comeback in with the Vikings was not accidental and he has one of the best wideouts in the league in the receiver, who caught eight receptions for substantial yardage and a touchdown in Jacksonville

Pittsburgh's Postseason Route Becomes Clear

Pittsburgh advanced to four wins with a 22nd consecutive straight at home success versus the The Browns in the regular season - and they seem to have an favorable opportunity to the playoffs at present in a weakened AFC North

Normally among the most difficult divisions in football but the quarterback's four and one Steelers seem in complete dominance, with their competitors everyone declining

The Cleveland Browns have only one success and a continuously unsettled signal-caller situation, while the Baltimore Ravens seem completed after a seventeen to three in Baltimore loss by Los Angeles dropped them to one win

Only four franchises in professional football history have reached the play-offs following a single victory opening and, while the quarterback heading an elite injured reserve, the Ravens is unlikely to be adding to that stat

The Cincinnati Bengals fell 18-27 in against the Packers to decline to two wins, with forty-year-old the quarterback not exactly a direct substitute for {Joe Burrow|Burrow|