Introducing Allen is a strawman. I see no one praising Allen .
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In what way? A strawman is when you argue against something you put forth rather than what the other person actually said or argued. So for example, let's say one person said they thought the NFL should do the 14 team playoff format all the time, because it enhances the potential for playoff-impacting games later in the season and gives teams like the Browns a chance to make a run, adding excitement and intrigue. A strawman would be someone arguing back that player safety is more important than ratings and folks shouldn't worship the almighty dollar to the point where they're willing to compromise player safety. There's a discussion to be had there, but the original person never argued that ratings were more important, the entire argument the second person is constructing is of their own doing.
Or as another example, let's say someone indicated a player performed terribly, and that everyone would be blasting that person were it not for who they were. A response directly to that argument might put forth someone else who had a comparable performance, who was not in fact being blasted. A strawman, conversely, would be a response to that arguing that others are not praising that person, since the idea of others praising that person was never argued by either party and was in no way the issue at hand. The idea being to construct such an argument and attack it as wrong if you can't actually respond to the argument made, as a distraction or misdirection.
See, introducing Allen is a strawman if I'm distorting or misrepresenting your position that "If ANY other QB had a 55% completion % for 199 yards, you’d roast them". Rather, I'm offering to you someone of comparable performance. Find the roasting, if that's true. If not, feel free to actually address the issue at hand rather than constructing strawman of your own whenever you're ready.
(As a note, just want to make clear, I have zero beefs, I hope you're not offended by the pushback, especially as I'm not fired up about this at all. I'm just debating where I see a debate to be had and besides I'm not going to let claims I'm erecting strawmen slide especially when I see irony in that assertion)
