Diego Pavia, Shedeur Sanders and an NFL QB problem that goes back to Tim Tebow

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To understand Diego Pavia going undrafted, and even to understand Shedeur Sanders' NFL Draft slide to the fifth round a year ago, you have to understand Tim Tebow.

No, that's not the link most people will make here. Pavia and Sanders don't necessarily remind many people of Tebow.

And yes, Tebow was a first-round pick, but this isn't about the drafted Tebow. This is about the mid-career Tebow.

After Tebow's ascension to rapid playoff hero for the Denver Broncos, his journey never really took off.

Instead, he became a guy that teams didn't really want to sign.

Why? Because if he was going to be the backup QB, that was a heck of a lot of attention to have on a guy who wouldn't even be on the field.

"Why isn't Tim starting? Will Tim get a chance? Hey starting quarterback, what do you think of Tim as a backup?"

And therein lies the problem.

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NFL teams don't want a backup QB who takes up all the attention. It doesn't matter the reasons that the focus is drawn to them, but simply that it is.

Sanders was going to be a major story no matter who drafted him or with what pick. Once his slide began, it took on even more notoriety.

The Browns finally gave him a chance, and he even started games, but still -- every Cleveland QB update this offseason is about him, even if it seems likely that beats him out this summer.