Anthony Richardson

[ChaosTheory]

Originally Posted by Oldcolt

Times have changed in the NFL to where having the threat of a running QB is essential if you want a modern attack. If you have a QB like AR you are going to see a ton of single high safety looks. He will definitely lose that freakish running ability but give me 5 years of it and I’d be happy. Pocket passers don’t win in the NFL anymore. Stroud can also put pressure on defenses with his feet

Eh, I don't know about that. I guess depending on your definition of "pocket passer." But even still, look at the QB's of the SB winning team going back.
Stafford just won in '21. Joe Burrow and Justin Herbert are traditional pocket QB's even though they're athletic enough to hurt you if running lanes open up. Andrew Luck was like that.

Then there's guys like Patrick Mahomes or Aaron Rodgers and others who can scramble around and create off-script, but I'd still consider them more pocket passers.

Both of ^^ those categories of QB are different from the Lamar Jackson, Jalen Hurts, Cam Newton, Colin Kaepernick style where their limitations in the passing game necessitate their contributions to the run game. And these types of guys seem to gain notoriety from a breakout season, but then fail to ever approach that success again. Hurts is the latest, so we'll see in the coming years if he comes back to Earth like those other guys.

Richardson is in that third category... and that's only if he taps his potential.