Joey is a cold motherfukker..this board and debate shows really highlights how people look at the various professional sports products and don't have the ability to watch it and analyze unless someone "tells you or it's marketed"
He beat someone "head to head" .lol..I still laugh at people that do this in NFL discussions..there's literally nothing a QB can do on defense, special teams and 95% of penalties that happens during the game!
But it is a H2H in terms of how you play relative to the other quarterback. Obviously they aren't "defending" each other, but they are directly opposing each other and you can make that determination by watching guys on the same field...
When we talk about Mahomes being the best quarterback of his generation, first because he's been the most consistent playoff performer of his era with the physical tools + the championships...
We don't call him the best because he's the most physically lifted QB or because he hasn't been matched. As a matter of fact several current guys have matched or outplayed him in games:
Allen
Burrow
Goff
Hurts
We know those guys can't defend Mahomes, and Mahomes can't defend them, but you can watch these guys in the same game and say who is playing better. It doesn't really matter what the defense is because great quarterbacks can overcome great defenses unless it's the 2013 LOB or equivalent on the other side...
So yes, H2H matters if one QB was visibly worse than the other!