Perhaps people don't know you can craft Dragon items without ever starting the main quest?
Dragon Scale = Shrine of Akatosh outside Rorikstead Dragon Bone = Valerica's Study in Volkihar Keep
Both places respawn every 10 days, so you can be rolling in full-tilt Dragon gear even before you go see Jarl Balgruuf to let them know there is even a Dragon problem.
If people really wanted to cheat to get it that bad, they would probably just use the console rather than risk downloading a mod and screwing up their game. Just saying.
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Dragon Scale = Shrine of Akatosh outside Rorikstead
Dragon Bone = Valerica's Study in Volkihar Keep
Both places respawn every 10 days, so you can be rolling in full-tilt Dragon gear even before you go see Jarl Balgruuf to let them know there is even a Dragon problem.