Playing like and being are 2 different things . Just because there is more passing doesn’t mean their roles weren’t important . Calling plays was on their plate and managing the game . The game was a lot rougher as well . We had 3 qbs win super bowls in the 80’ s and early 90’s a decade of sustained success without franchise caliber QBs . None were anywhere near HOF candidates or the top qbs of their eraEveryone understands that in today's game with so much more passing than the 30's and even the 2000's the QB is much more important today than it was in the past.
You must not watch a lot of Brock Purdy, he plays like a franchise QB at least in that system. And the year the Eagles went to the Super Bowl Hurts played like a franchise QB as well, just as Rypien and Flacco did, and that's why he got that huge contract. Again what happened when Hurts, Ryp and Flacco did not play like franchise QBs? This has been my entire point, again I said "LASTING success" and Dilfer. Rypien and possibly Huirts were one offs.