If you don't feel free to be honest with your skip level that's on all 3 of you to fix.
If I put my own spin on something my boss has already explained is a problem he's working on, this gives my skip level confidence we all understand the problem approximately the same. If I say, "this thing came to me that I don't really agree but I'm doing my best to get it done" this only reflects well on both me (taking one for the team) and my boss (he carried forward an unpopular thing and trusted me to give it a shot).
And if I say, "this other team's behavior is causing me this problem" that's just facts. Data that we can all use to fix it. Maybe my skip level can explain the competing priorities and I'll decide to solve my problem another way.
If I put my own spin on something my boss has already explained is a problem he's working on, this gives my skip level confidence we all understand the problem approximately the same. If I say, "this thing came to me that I don't really agree but I'm doing my best to get it done" this only reflects well on both me (taking one for the team) and my boss (he carried forward an unpopular thing and trusted me to give it a shot).
And if I say, "this other team's behavior is causing me this problem" that's just facts. Data that we can all use to fix it. Maybe my skip level can explain the competing priorities and I'll decide to solve my problem another way.