All totally different situations. First of all those guys were drafted between, what, ‘99-‘05? None of them was as high profile as Sanders as a college QB, though Rodgers clearly was a first round talent even in ‘05. All of those guys had something in them that’d work as a temporary backup until their skills or the right situation (Payton) manifested in their ability to be starter.
In this league now, you start right away, or you go away, and oftentimes both as has been the case with Lance, Pickett, jones, Jones, Wilson, Rosen, Lynch, Wentz, Mariota, Bortles, Bridgewater, Manziel, etc. I’m not saying it’s the proper way of doing things, but it’s the reality in today’s NFL. Stashing Rodgers, Love, Brees or Romo is neither conducive to today’s NFL because it just doesn’t happen (unless you’re Green Bay or Sean Payton is in your orbit), nor is it conducive to the ego/circus that is the Sanders family.
What stache is describing that Eskimo jumped on with my “terrible take” is really hard to happen in todays NFL, and absolutely will not fucking happen with Shedeur Sanders.