By your own definition, Lynch was the back-up QB for 14 of 16 games and as a starter, he failed as often as he succeeded (1-1). By any standard he was the back-up and not as successful as the starter, Siemian (8-6). Whether Pax continues in that role remains to be determined but to say he "is not a back-up QB" and Siemian is "the very essence of a clipboard holding, backwards cap wearing, mediocre QB" is purely your conjecture... which is not any more valid than the ranking provided in the article.

Further, pigeon holing either QB based on 14 and 2 career starts between them is about as premature as it gets (the article ranking included). If both QBs make no further progress in 2017 than they had in 2016, then your assessment will certainly be more valid - but still not written in stone.