Diego Pavia's NFL plight is misunderstood — just like him

Consider every actual thing Diego Pavia has done and said to hurt himself — not the fake things, one of which was shared Sunday by people who should know better — and apply them to a quarterback who is 6-foot-3 instead of 5-foot-10, with a powerful arm instead of an average one.None of those things matters at all. The “F the voters” post when the two-year Vanderbilt star finished second to Indiana’s Fernando Mendoza for the Heisman Trophy. The occasional cocky statements or pregame “victory formation” practice. The friendship with Johnny Manziel. The 24-year-old’s decision when he was 21 and at New Mexico State to urinate on the practice field of rival New Mexico.Advertisement