Scoring and Passing At Record Levels As NFL Heads Into Week 4

Three weeks into the NFL season, offensives are putting on impressive displays.

Scoring is at an all-time high in 2011 as the league has set marks for the most points scored (2,157) and the most passing touchdowns scored (153) through the first three weeks of a season.

“The NFL is as hot as it’s ever been,” says NBC analyst AL MICHAELS.

Scoring has been helped by the increased passing numbers throughout the league as quarterback play has been at an elite level.  “The league that we’re in,” says NFL Network analyst and Pro Football Hall of Fame running back MARSHALL FAULK, “it’s not only quarterback driven, it’s quarterback thirsty.”  Net passing yards (23,560) are the highest ever through the first three weeks and the 34 individual 300-yard passing games are by far the most all-time in a season’s first three weeks.

Entering Week 4, there are eight quarterbacks with a passer rating of at least 100 and nine QBs are averaging at least 300 passing yards per game.  “We’re seeing a new age of quarterbacks,” says NFL Network analyst and former NFL quarterback KURT WARNER. “We’re seeing more quarterbacks with good numbers than at any time in the history of the league.”