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Or the game is just evolving to the point where not being mobile puts you at a serious disadvantage.
I don't think it's mobility as such that you need. It is having the ability through quick reads, quick release, pocket awareness, and/or mobility, etc.. to deal with pressure. There aren't plenty of QB's who don't have anything close to RO level mobility that excel. I think almost all the guys who come in the league with a lot of mobility actually tone it down over time because they learn other ways to deal with the pressure.
Mayfield isn't all that mobile, but he's deadly at keeping his eyes downfield and throwing on the run, and has phenomenal pocket awareness. Tough to lay a glove on the guy not because he's so quick, but because he just moves like he's got eyes all around his head.