I don’t think podcasters necessarily know more in every situation or every scenario.
Agree with that.
Ultimately, the only people whose opinions matter to me, when it comes to this sort of thing, are professional coaches. And in this case, even the QB's recent coaches only have a bit more than half of the necessary facts and observations to form an informed opinion.
In order by least amount of information, we have (*):
1. Fans = missing ~99% of the information
2. Media with no pro coaching experience = missing ~97%
3. Media with pro coaching experience = missing ~90%
4. Pro coaches with no recent practice-time exposure to either QB = missing ~85%
5. Pro coaches with some recent practice-time exposure to one of the QBs = missing ~80%
6. Pro coaches with some recent practice-time exposure to both QBs = missing ~75%
7. Pro coaches who coached one of the QBs on their most recent team = missing ~45%
Only the pro coaches who are coaching both players on the same team at the same time have a near-complete set of facts and observations with which to form a reasonably accurate viewpoint on which of the two players can best help the team win its games in 2024. And even then, it's not 100%.
* These percentages have been double-secret-certified by the National Institute of Standards and Technology's Office of Weights and Measures.