Baker Mayfield's Bucs Win Again as Most Valuable Player Calls Grow

With one-third of the professional football campaign finished, clubs are demonstrating their real potential

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Indianapolis emerged as the first teams to achieve five victories as they persisted with their impressive openings to the season

The Seahawks and New England are appearing as challengers, while The Steelers are appearing settled in the AFC North

The season looks concluded at this point for an important preseason championship favorites Baltimore, but might be starting to develop for The Chiefs

The Buccaneers quarterback Gets Most Valuable Player Chants

Is Baker Mayfield an MVP candidate? That is exactly what Tampa Bay Buccaneers fans were shouting after a further energetic showing from their signal-caller in a 30-19 victory against the The 49ers

The quarterback is the key factor the Tampa Bay are with five wins and he commanded from the front again, throwing two touchdowns and executing every crucial play - incorporating an incredible third down carry when he bulled through multiple defenders to secure a vital first down

He demonstrates a ability that isn't coachable or trained

Baker's clutch performances had caused every one of the four previous victories occurring in the dying moments - the clearer manner on Sunday only enhanced his increasing Most Valuable Player credentials

Daniel Jones is a comparable resurgence tale in with the Colts subsequent to the Colts beat the The Cardinals to achieve 5-1 - their top beginning since the 2009 season

Running back Jonathan Taylor is the second standout of the the team's remarkable beginning, but Jones produces significant plays at the appropriate time - achieving dual throwing scores and one rushing this past Sunday

Certainly Concerning That - The Patriots Are Competitive Again

Occupying the position of a Patriots signal-caller comes with a unique expectation because of Tom Brady, but with Drake Maye they could at last have their upcoming team leader

Following merely his second campaign, Maye seems poised in the protection and is not scared to throw the football long - passing touchdowns of 25, 29 and 53 yards and having a long completion ruled out by a violation in Sunday's success at the The Saints

He's just the next signal-caller below age 24 to achieve five straight matches with over 200 passing distance and a QB rating of 100 and above

The last two featuring a primetime victory in Buffalo then, in the intense atmosphere of the Saints' home, show the reason Pats faithful are getting optimistic that - under fresh head coach Vrabel - they might be back in business

The Seattle Seahawks matched the Patriots on four and two as they won their ninth consecutive road contest - an impressive twenty to twelve win at the Jacksonville

Sam Darnold is showing last year's improvement in for Minnesota was no fluke and he possesses among the top wideouts in the game in Smith-Njigba, who secured eight different grabs for 163 yards and a touchdown in Jacksonville

Pittsburgh's Postseason Route Opens Up

The Pittsburgh Steelers advanced to four wins with a 22nd consecutive successive in Pittsburgh win versus the The Browns in the regular season - and they appear to have an open door to the playoffs at present in a softer division

Normally among the most difficult divisions in football but Aaron Rodgers' four-win The Steelers appear in complete control, with their opponents everyone flagging

Cleveland have only one success and a continuously messy QB circumstance, while The Ravens appear finished after a 17-3 in Baltimore loss by The Rams lowered them to one win

Merely four teams in professional football history have qualified for the postseason following a single victory start and, while Jackson leading an all-star injury list, the team will not be adding to that record

The Bengals were defeated eighteen to twenty-seven in against the Packers to drop to two and four, with forty-year-old Flacco not quite a direct replacement for {Joe Burrow|Burrow|