The national media has a funny habit of over-simplifying complicated topics.
Most of the time, they do so as to create overarching segment questions — Is Russell Wilson the MVP? Are the Seahawks Super Bowl contenders? Were the 49ers exposed? — but on Tuesday, it seemed that commentators at ESPN, Fox, and NBC decided to play the blame game.
They claimed Jimmy Garoppolo lost Monday night’s game for the 49ers.
The way they explained it, Wilson made the plays to win the game for Seattle. Pay no mind to the fact that he nearly threw it away on the first possession of overtime.