Baker Mayfield's Bucs Win Again as Most Valuable Player Chants Grow
Is it possible that Tampa Bay's signal-caller become the Most Valuable Player? The Buccaneers fans are convinced
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As a third of the NFL season gone, teams are demonstrating their real potential
The Buccaneers and Indianapolis achieved status as the first clubs to achieve a 5-1 record as they persisted with their remarkable beginnings to the season
The Seattle Seahawks and New England are developing as contenders, while the Pittsburgh Steelers are seeming settled in the Northern division
The schedule looks finished already for one of the big pre-season title game favorites the Ravens, but might just be getting going for the Kansas City Chiefs
The Buccaneers quarterback Receives Most Valuable Player Shouts
Would Baker Mayfield a Most Valuable Player contender? That's what Bucs supporters were shouting after a further all-action showing from their signal-caller in a successful outcome versus the San Francisco
Mayfield is the main cause the Buccaneers are five and one and he led from the front another time, delivering a pair of TDs and making each important moment - incorporating an remarkable crucial situation rush when he barged by several opponents to get a vital continued possession
He demonstrates a talent that isn't coachable or instructed
Baker's crucial plays had led to all four earlier wins coming in the dying moments - the more definitive manner during the weekend just strengthened his increasing Most Valuable Player claims
The Colts quarterback is a comparable redemption narrative in with the Colts following the Indianapolis overcame the Arizona Cardinals to reach 5-1 - their top beginning since the 2009 season
Ball carrier Taylor is the other standout of the Indianapolis's unexpected beginning, but Jones produces big moments at the appropriate moment - recording two throwing touchdowns and an additional running during the weekend
No Maye-be About It - The Patriots Are Competitive Again
The Pats currently duplicated their four wins from each of the past consecutive campaigns
Being a New England Patriots field general comes with a unique expectation due to the former Patriot, but with Drake Maye they could finally have their upcoming face of the franchise
Following merely his second campaign, Maye seems composed in the pocket and is fearless to air the football out - delivering touchdowns of 25, 29 and 53 yards and seeing a long completion nullified by a penalty in the weekend's success at the New Orleans
He's just the fourth signal-caller under 24 to produce five straight matches with 200-plus passing yards and a QB rating of triple digits
The most recent pair featuring a prime-time success in against the Bills then, in the deafening atmosphere of the Saints' home, show the reason Pats fans are getting optimistic that - under recently appointed leader Mike Vrabel - they could be back in business
The Seahawks equaled the Patriots on 4-2 as they secured their ninth straight visiting contest - an remarkable 20-12 victory at the Jacksonville Jaguars
Sam Darnold is proving last year's improvement in Minnesota was no fluke and he has one of the best pass catchers in the league in Jaxon Smith-Njigba, who made eight different receptions for 163 total yards and a score in the Sunshine State
Pittsburgh Steelers' Play-off Path Emerges
The Steelers advanced to 4-1 with a 22nd successive home victory versus the Cleveland in the NFL season - and they appear to have an clear path to the postseason at present in a less competitive AFC North
It's usually one of the toughest groups in the league but Rodgers' four-win The Steelers appear in absolute dominance, with their opponents all struggling
The Cleveland Browns have just one success and a continuously unsettled signal-caller circumstance, while The Ravens look done for after a 17-3 at home defeat by The Rams dropped them to one win
Merely four clubs in professional football the annals have qualified for the playoffs subsequent to a single victory beginning and, with Lamar Jackson topping an all-star injured reserve, the team will not be contributing to that statistic
The Cincinnati Bengals lost 18-27 in Green Bay to drop to two wins, with 40-year-old the quarterback not quite a direct stand-in for {Joe Burrow|Burrow|