🔗 Share this article

Now that 33% of the National Football League season gone, clubs are demonstrating their actual capabilities

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers and The Colts emerged as the first franchises to achieve five victories as they persisted with their remarkable openings to the schedule

Seattle and New England Patriots are appearing as competitors, while the Pittsburgh Steelers are seeming settled in the AFC North

The season appears concluded now for an important pre-season championship top picks the Ravens, but could only be beginning for The Chiefs

Baker Mayfield Receives MVP Calls

Could Baker Mayfield in the running for top honors? Precisely what Tampa Bay faithful were chanting following one more energetic showing from their signal-caller in a 30-19 victory versus the San Francisco 49ers

Mayfield is the main reason the Tampa Bay are 5-1 and he commanded as a leader another time, passing two scoring passes and producing all the big plays - incorporating an amazing third and long rush when he bulled by tackler after tackler to get a essential first down

He possesses a talent that cannot be taught or trained

Baker's clutch plays had resulted in every one of the four earlier wins occurring in the dying moments - the clearer approach on Sunday just strengthened his increasing Most Valuable Player arguments

The Colts quarterback is a similar redemption narrative in for Indianapolis subsequent to the Indianapolis defeated the The Cardinals to achieve five victories - their top start after the 2009 season

Ball carrier Taylor is the additional star of the the team's surprise start, but Daniel Jones produces important moments at the appropriate time - registering two aerial scores and one running during the weekend

No Maye-be Concerning That - New England Are Competitive Again

Being a Patriots field general involves a particular burden thanks to the legendary quarterback, but through Drake Maye they might finally have their upcoming team leader

In just his second season, Maye appears confident in the passing area and is fearless to launch the football downfield - delivering touchdowns of 25, 29 and 53 yards and witnessing a 61-yard pass disallowed by a infraction in the recent victory at the New Orleans Saints

He's just the fourth quarterback younger than 24 to produce five straight matches with 200-plus aerial distance and a QB rating of 100 or higher

The previous duo including a primetime success in Buffalo and subsequently, in the overwhelming sound of the Superdome, demonstrate the reason Patriots supporters are becoming optimistic that - with new coach the new coach - they could be competitive again

The Seattle Seahawks matched the Patriots on four wins as they achieved their ninth straight away match - an notable twenty to twelve success at the Jacksonville

Sam Darnold is proving the prior campaign's comeback in Minnesota was not accidental and he has among the top receivers in the sport in Smith-Njigba, who caught 8 receptions for 163 yards and a touchdown in the Sunshine State

Pittsburgh's Postseason Path Becomes Clear

The Steelers moved to four wins with a 22nd consecutive home success versus the Cleveland Browns in the campaign - and they appear to have an clear path to the playoffs at present in a less competitive division

Normally among the most difficult divisions around but the quarterback's four-win Steelers appear in total dominance, with their opponents each flagging

The Cleveland Browns have merely a single victory and a continuously unsettled QB circumstance, while Baltimore seem finished following a 17-3 home loss by The Rams dropped them to one win

Only four clubs in NFL history have made the play-offs after a 1-5 beginning and, with the quarterback heading an all-star injured reserve, the Ravens is unlikely to be adding to that record

The Bengals lost 18-27 in against the Packers to fall to 2-4, with forty-year-old the quarterback not quite a direct stand-in for {Joe Burrow|Burrow|