True, but then the NG didn't have MCAS and new stab deflection.
Yes, I did mention that specifically. Essentially I am making the argument that the in-service data suggests the NG is resilient, despite the overwhelming nature and complexity of AoA failures. That is not to say that things cannot be improved, they almost certainly can, but the system has coped.
This may be the key to the design decisions that Boeing made with the quick and dirty MCAS implementation. They were lulled into a belief that the crews would again, cope. This turned out to be a catastrophic assumption in hindsight.