Interesting, the worst answer to make peace with all this is it's all just random. I'd still like to see long term trends - but it sounds like a ton of work.
I bet if we run penalty numbers over the course of 20 years, the TV market size would correspond almost perfectly with the penalty frequency. In an inverse fashion. Just a handicap that a team like Buffalo has to deal with/overcome.
Your cherry picked list is mostly QBs from a different era. Surprised Ferguson is not on this list. Redo your homework with only QB stats from 2009 and on (current QB protection era).