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I think it's slightly overrated but still important.
Philadelphia had its famous "Quarterback Incubator" when there was Carson Wentz / Nick Foles w/ Doug Pederson, Frank Reich, and DeFillippo; however, Wentz fizzled out and Foles seems to be more of a guy that catches lightning in a bottle than any real sustained success.
CJ Stroud is in arguably a worse situation from Fields and he is absolutely thriving. The Texans run a similar scheme to the Bears, are anchored by rookie receivers, and up until recently were operating with the definition of a patchwork line.
I think stability is more important than the overall environment (though I guess they can seem synonymous), but when I think of guys who have developed they've often been paired with coaches and general managers such that everyone's timeline is in sync.
The Bears haven't done this in forever. Emery and Trestman inherited Cutler, Nagy inherited Mitch, Eberflus inherited Fields. Everyone's timeline is askew so there are never similar expectations across the board.
The worst part is they kept Fox a year longer than he obviously should have been and saddled the next coach with a rookie QB they didn't want - so what do the Bears do? Keep their next head coach a year longer than they obviously should have so they can saddle their next coach with a rookie QB they didn't want. Its always self inflicted with the Bears.