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Which NFL figures need to prove their hot starts aren't flukes?
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The first month of the NFL season has a way of lending itself to hyperbole.
While early returns can prove compelling — and at times alarming — they are but a small piece of a larger landscape that only becomes clear after time. Remember that at this time last year, the eventual Super Bowl-champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers still looked off-kilter while the Baltimore Ravens sparked conversations about whether they should be considered the AFC front-runners.
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