Quote:I agree with your general point. 

 

A good QB doesn't need a pristine pocket 100% of the time (like Gabbert does) just to be average/ good. 

 

QB like Dan Marino & Peyton Manning made their OL's look better than they were. 

 

The proof was in the pudding. Whenever thy would come out of the game, or whenever the backup would start, he'd be sacked plenty - same OL/ same offensive weapons to throw to.

 

Good QB have the ability to extend plays & buy the time necessary to at least give a play a chance. 

 

Look at Bridgewater on that clip that is floating around the message board....he steps up into the pocket not once but twice. If that was Blaine Gabbert on the same exact play, he'd have likely either been sacked, or the deep pass never would have been completed or probably even attempted. The play never would have developed to that point.