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As 33% of the professional football schedule completed, clubs are starting to show their true colours

Tampa Bay and The Colts emerged as the pioneering franchises to reach a 5-1 record as they continued their impressive openings to the season

Seattle and New England are appearing as competitors, while The Steelers are looking comfortable in the Northern division

The schedule appears over now for one of the big pre-season title game top picks Baltimore, but might just be getting going for Kansas City

Baker Mayfield Gets top performer Chants

Could Baker Mayfield in the running for top honors? That is exactly what Bucs supporters were yelling following another energetic performance from their field general in a 30-19 win against the San Francisco

The 30-year-old is the main reason the Bucs are with five wins and he led as a leader another time, passing two scoring passes and executing each important moment - incorporating an incredible third and long rush when he barged through multiple defenders to obtain a essential continued possession

He possesses a talent that isn't coachable or instructed

Mayfield's crucial plays had led to every one of the four previous victories occurring in the dying moments - the clearer manner on Sunday only enhanced his growing Most Valuable Player claims

Indianapolis's signal-caller is a comparable redemption story in with the Colts subsequent to the The Colts defeated the Arizona to achieve 5-1 - their best opening since 2009

Running back Taylor is the second star of the Colts' surprise beginning, but Jones produces significant moments at the appropriate time - achieving dual throwing TDs and a single running on Sunday

No Maye-be Concerning That - the Pats Are Back

Being a New England Patriots signal-caller involves a unique burden because of the former Patriot, but through Drake Maye they could at last have their upcoming franchise quarterback

After only his sophomore year, Maye appears poised in the passing area and is not scared to throw the football out - passing touchdowns of various distances and having a long completion nullified by a infraction in the recent success at the The Saints

He is only the next QB below age 24 to produce five straight matches with 200-plus passing gains and a passer rating of 100 or higher

The most recent pair featuring a primetime success in versus Buffalo followed by, in the deafening noise of the Superdome, illustrate why New England faithful are becoming enthusiastic that - under recently appointed leader Mike Vrabel - they could be competitive again

Seattle joined the New England on 4-2 as they won their ninth straight visiting contest - an notable 20-12 success at the Jacksonville Jaguars

Sam Darnold is showing last year's resurgence in with the Vikings was not accidental and he has among the top pass catchers in the game in the receiver, who secured eight grabs for 163 yards and a TD in the Sunshine State

Pittsburgh's Play-off Route Becomes Clear

Pittsburgh advanced to 4-1 with a twenty-second straight in Pittsburgh victory against the Cleveland Browns in the regular season - and they seem to have an clear path to the play-offs at present in a softer AFC North

Typically one of the toughest divisions around but Aaron Rodgers' 4-1 Pittsburgh look in absolute command, with their opponents each declining

Cleveland have just one success and a constantly complicated signal-caller scenario, while Baltimore seem finished after a 17-3 at home defeat by Los Angeles lowered them to one win

Just four teams in NFL the annals have made the playoffs after a 1-5 opening and, as Jackson leading an all-star injured reserve, Baltimore won't be including to that statistic

Cincinnati were defeated eighteen to twenty-seven in versus Green Bay to decline to 2-4, with 40-year-old Flacco not exactly a direct substitute for {Joe Burrow|Burrow|