Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers look like shells of themselves, and NFL scoring is down.
This is not a coincidence.
NFL teams achieved a league-record 24.8 points per game average in the 2020 season. Quarterback play was at an all-time high.
Hall of Famers like Brady, Rodgers and Drew Brees were still pumping out points as young stars like Josh Allen, Patrick Mahomes, Lamar Jackson, Deshaun Watson and Justin Herbert were emerging or dominating in their own right.
Plus veterans like Russell Wilson, Matt Ryan, Ryan Tannehill, Philip Rivers and Ben Roethlisberger were still chucking it around the yard, even as many of them declined.