The ugly circumstances of Sunday’s Texans-Patriots game, in which C.J. Stroud tossed four interceptions in a 28–16 loss, was a moment made for our time, capping a series of playoff games featuring abhorrent performances from elite quarterbacks. And when we criticize one elite quarterback, we must measure that, pitch perfectly, against the way we’ve criticized another. And God forbid we forget to mention what we’ve said about a third elite quarterback in the past, knowing that he, too, turned the ball over multiple times in a playoff game while another QB we also poked fun at only did so twice. This is a borderline religious whataboutism. It is our new Sunday purpose.
And, without question, it’s obscuring the real story.
