As nice as it may be to believe, that's simply not the case, and watching games through RedZone belies the reality of any given NFL Sunday. Last week, for every RedZone-worthy play in your average matchup, there were dozens of snaps you didn't see: plays in which quarterbacks Bo Nix and Baker Mayfield coughed, sputtered, and generally made a mess of themselves in the pocket.
The league's passing data through three weeks is indeed jarring—and not in a good way. This is the first time since 2008 that there have been fewer than 20,000 passing yards across the league through the first three weeks. Air yards per attempt are the lowest they've been since tracking began in 2006...
Only two quarterbacks are averaging at least 275 passing yards a game in the first three games (Brock Purdy and Dak Prescott), and there are only eight quarterbacks with five or more passing touchdowns. Teams scored a total of just 215 touchdowns in the first three weeks—you'd have to go back to 2006 to find lower-scoring production through that point in the season.
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