Too much speed can spoil your chances in an unreliable airspeed or 'stab out of position' upset.
But what to do in that first second just after you recognise that you have a problem?
On my last type, a factory pilot told me that the manufacturer designed it in such a way, that if you just put the N1 needles at 12 O'clock, you'll neither go too fast or too slow to get in trouble.
This was on an Embraer, but is there a similar 'rough guide' for the Boeing?