That said PM2 hasn’t benefited from bogus roughing calls or phantom PI calls. He’s simply slicing up defenses. He’d put up the same stat line that he has now 10 years ago. The kids killing it new rules or not.

Rule changes may have some to do with it, sure, but I think the QB’s have brought it up a notch from last year... I mean, look at some of the guys who started Week 1 last year who aren’t starting this year:

Scott Tolzien
Tom Savage (replaced after a half, but still)
Deshone Kizer
Brian Hoyer
Josh McCown
Mike Glennon
Trevor Siemian
Jay Cutler

This year the worst wtf starters throughout the first two weeks are who? Peterman and Gabbert?

This year’s crop is better in general.