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With one-third of the National Football League schedule completed, clubs are demonstrating their true colours

The Buccaneers and Indianapolis Colts achieved status as the initial teams to achieve a 5-1 record as they maintained their impressive starts to the season

The Seattle Seahawks and New England are developing as competitors, while Pittsburgh are seeming established in the Northern division

The schedule seems concluded now for one of the big before the campaign title game favorites Baltimore, but could just be getting going for the Kansas City Chiefs

Tampa Bay's leader Earns MVP Calls

Would Baker Mayfield an MVP candidate? That is exactly what Tampa Bay faithful were shouting after another dynamic showing from their field general in a 30-19 victory over the San Francisco 49ers

Mayfield is the main factor the Tampa Bay are five and one and he directed as a leader once more, delivering two scoring passes and producing all the big plays - incorporating an remarkable crucial situation carry when he powered through multiple defenders to secure a essential continued possession

He possesses a ability that isn't coachable or instructed

Mayfield's crucial actions had resulted in all four earlier successes happening in the dying moments - the more decisive manner this past Sunday only enhanced his growing MVP credentials

Indianapolis's signal-caller is a similar redemption tale in with the Colts following the The Colts overcame the Arizona to go to five and one - their finest beginning since the 2009 season

Rusher Taylor is the additional key player of the the team's remarkable beginning, but Daniel Jones creates important moments at the right juncture - achieving two passing scores and one rushing this past Sunday

No Maye-be Regarding This - New England Are Competitive Again

Occupying the position of a New England Patriots quarterback comes with a special pressure thanks to the legendary quarterback, but through Drake Maye they might at last have their next franchise quarterback

In just his second season, the quarterback looks confident in the passing area and is not scared to launch the pigskin downfield - throwing scores of various distances and seeing a 61-yarder disallowed by a violation in the weekend's victory at the The Saints

He is only the next quarterback below age 24 to record five straight games with more than 200 passing yards and a efficiency rating of 100 or higher

The previous duo featuring a national television victory in Buffalo then, in the deafening sound of the New Orleans stadium, demonstrate the reason Patriots supporters are getting enthusiastic that - guided by new leader Mike Vrabel - they may be back in business

The Seahawks joined the Patriots on four and two as they achieved their ninth in a row away game - an remarkable 20-12 win at the The Jaguars

Darnold is showing the previous season's comeback in for Minnesota was genuine and he has one of the best wideouts in the sport in Smith-Njigba, who secured eight different receptions for 163 total yards and a touchdown in Jacksonville

The Steelers' Playoff Route Opens Up

The Steelers moved to four and one with a twenty-second straight home victory over the The Browns in the regular season - and they seem to have an open door to the postseason at present in a softer division

Normally one of the toughest sections in the league but Aaron Rodgers' four-win Pittsburgh seem in complete control, with their opponents everyone struggling

The Cleveland Browns have just one win and a constantly unsettled quarterback scenario, while The Ravens appear finished after a 17-3 home setback by the Los Angeles Rams lowered them to one win

Merely four clubs in league all-time records have reached the postseason after a one and five opening and, with Jackson heading an elite casualty report, Baltimore will not be including to that stat

The Bengals fell 18-27 in Green Bay to fall to two and four, with veteran Flacco not exactly a equivalent substitute for {Joe Burrow|Burrow|