Patriots haven't played a top QB? Neither have the Steelers.
I don't understand this fascination with NE not playing a top QB for a while. Even if the point made much of a difference, the best QB the Steelers have played THIS YEAR is Dak Prescott at home...and they lost.
So how is NE not playing against a top QB supposed to invalidate them that much anyway, given that Pittsburgh has played nobody too?
(And yeah, I'd take Prescott long before Joe Flacco or Eli Manning.)
I mean really what defines a "Top QB" as well. There's only 4 or 5 of those in the league and we have 1 of them. Not our fault how poor other teams are.