Nah, it reeks of the lack of nuance. Coaching matters and the most successful quarterbacks we have in the league with the best offenses have THE BEST COACHES. It is not nitpicking, but it is laying out the reality of the situation and this is a key reason why evaluating QBs based on performance is the worse.
Think about the QBs you don't consider "mid." Now think of who is coaching them. It's really that simple...lol
This actually points to something that I've said for a while. A lot of folks really didn't pay attention to the progression of our offense that season, especially after the Giants game. He wasn't on a leash per se. It's called installing an offense and it got started later than usual because the entire training camp and up until the last game of the pre-season, he was competing with Taysom. Knowing the coach that Sean Payton is, he began building his offense around Winston and if folks really paid attention, they could see it open up more. If he was named starter before the summer, that "leash" narrative wouldn't exist. lol
But this is also the perfect bridge to show that Pete Carmichael doesn't build around a player's strength and because Carr is really not a good fit for the offense, his deficiencies are magnified.