Speed, I think you just emphasized my point.
It's not that I think these players aren't good players, but that they have become sacrosanct. When they make mistakes, people (media and fans) fall over themselves to try and look the other way.
I'm not the only one who knows that this is the case, and it's no longer going unvocalized. Chris Canty was on air yesterday talking about the way Josh Allen is revered by so many of his colleagues while Phillip Rivers is looked at as someone who could never win in the playoffs.
There are different standards used for the way quarterbacks are analyzed and judged.
As you pointed out, quarterbacks who are popular with fans and attract viewers are valuable to the NFLs product. That's understandable from a marketing perspective, but it should not change standards, and it shouldn't change the way we see things.
An interception is an interception; a missed throw is a missed throw. Why should that change based on the number of followers an athlete has on his Instagram or how many jerseys he sells.
When those things start influencing the way commentators tell us what we are seeing, and the way games are officiated, then the entire system is invalid.
Not so?
