Was his beard really the source of Rick's power? An analysis.

I think Rick's beard was commensurate to his power level. Consider this when he was at a full beard:

* His most badass lines in the entire series came from this period * He defeated the cannibals almost single handedly * When he first began to feel his beard powers, he used them to kill a dude with his teeth. * As soon as he shaved his beard the following happened: * Got his ass almost beat by a lightbeer named Pete * Got knocked out by a sound effect punch (Michonne). Had to sleep off injuries. * He caused a herd to surround Alexandria, almost got killed by some homeless people, and soon after his son almost died because an emo kid got the jump on his son right in front of him. * Negan made him his bitch and killed his friends in front of him and almost made him cut Carl's arm off. * He cried all the time. * Rick never really recovered his peak season 5 beard powers again. See following graph:


Thoughts?