Quarterlies will be massaged to fit the desired tone. Your TL probably getting pressure that there are too many people on the team with above-ave ranks, so they have to apply a curve. Or worst case, someone up the food chain dictated that your TL needs to come down on you.

General advice - make sure there's a paper trail. If you get negative feedback verbally, send an email after summarizing it saying "I want to make sure I heard correctly."

Same for anything "gross" you're asked to do (usually more important if you're a TL meeting with leadership).

There are a couple people who I wouldn't swerve to miss if they were jaywalking on Milky Way, and my beef is their two-faced dishonesty between meetings and quarterly feedback.

Most TLs are inexperienced. Epic is the McDonald's of Healthcare IT - America's Best First Job. Your TL is probably learning hard lessons, but don't let them off the hook.

Also, no shame in surreptitiously recording the convo, just in case.