This is exactly the kind of soft thinking that has ruined the game. You think a clean pocket is some new invention? Back in the day, our Falcons line in '94 paved the way for a 2,000-yard rusher with three future insurance salesmen blocking for him. They didn't need five-star recruits, they needed grit. You're talking about systems and talent like it's a video game. I watched for forty years as qquarterbacks made plays with mud on their jerseys and linebackers in their lap. The great ones, the guys who won conference titles, they elevated everyone around them. They didn't wait for perfect protection. This idea that you just plug in a system and any quarterback will thrive is what gives you 7-5 seasons. It reminds me of when the NE-10 started getting fancy in the early 2000s and forgot that heart matters more than scheme. A real quarterback makes his receivers better, he doesn't hide behind them. You build around a leader, not the other way around. Chasing a portal savior is foolish, I'll give you that, but so is pretending the quarterback is just another cog. That's how you lose to your rivals in a driving November rain when you need one guy to make one play. He either has it or he doesn't. All the clean pockets in the world won't teach a quarterback how to win.