Professional sports is chuck full of humans who break all the unbreakable laws and still play. Also his sins were before he entered the NFL. I know I am splitting atoms here but well…
Someone will 100% bring this guy in. Especially since he is a QB. The question will be if he is able to earn the trust of his fellow players. Which will be the tricky part.
The amount of wife beaters and criminals in the NFL/NBA/MLB/NFL…playing in the World Cup right now is crazy.
I made a decision a long time ago to just enjoy the sport and not run it through my morality compass. For that matter, if you really want to be honest with yourself. IF you really held yourself and everyone around you to some super high moral code you might as well move into the woods and stay in a van down by the river.
I think TT knew this was likely the outcome but they figured they would run it up the flag pole and see what happens.
There is a huge disparity of opinions on this guy. Someone will take a swing at him but it isn’t like he’s an elite talent. I think most teams won’t think the juice is worth the squeeze. At best he’s a developmental quarterback who represents a locker toom and PR risk
I guess if Kayshon Boutte found forgiveness by the NFL then Sorsby will too
And no, despite what someone upthread asserted, I am neither a pearl clutcher nor am I naive. Gambling on ones own team has historically been a mortal sin in the eyes of the sport. Yes, there are worse humans who are given multiple chances due to their talent, but rarely are recalcitrant gamblers given that same latitude
I don’t believe Sorsby will have much of a market. Someone will invest a 5th rounder or something and bring him in on a zero tolerance leash
My daughter attends UofCincinnati, so I saw Sorsby play a couple times last year. He seems to lean more on his legs than his arm if his first read is unavailable (kinda like Hooker in his brief stint as our QB3). Not exactly a recipe for success in the NFL
Funny you mention this.
I was watching some show and they were running a bunch of his highlights and over half were him taking off to get a first down or a TD. I was like ??? this dude is not crazy fast or crazy big so why would anyone want to focus on him scrambling around in college.
I would suspect 16-20 would not even bother to investigate him. So that leaves 12ish teams that are in bad shape at the QB spot or have flexible morality clauses. Like I could see Philly giving him a shot…or KC for that matter
I wouldn’t be upset if we claimed a second rounder for him as a long term and backup/eventual starter. If we ever need him as a future starter, he would be cheap as a late 2nd round pick.
Agreed on those. Yes he is paid less than our other QB option who wasn’t in football last year. But I would rebut that if he did pan out as a high level player (say in a game or two if Goff was out or even if we clinch or are eliminated), he would fetch more equity than a late second round pick in a loaded 2027 draft.
I would also suggest that if something long term happened to Goff, we would have a starting QB at a fraction of the cost.
In the end it just depends on if they think he is actually first round pick worthy and if his gambling addiction can be controlled or hidden (MLB style). And for gods sake, someone better get this guy a translator.
Not for a 2nd though. Nuh uh. 3rd? I could be talked into but I’m sure someone else will risk it for the biscuit before then in the supplemental. Maybe not.
the League retains sole discretion to determine whether it is appropriate to conduct a Supplemental Draft in any given year. The League has not conducted such a draft for several years and, prior to your submission, the League had no plans to do so this year, as no other player has sought entry. Your Petition — filed three business days before the deadline, without any supporting information or documentation, and only after abandoning your recent litigation efforts to avoid NCAA sanctions — does not provide a basis for the League to alter those plans. The issues presented by your Petition are too significant, and too closely tied to the League’s core integrity interests, to permit meaningful review within the timeline presented.”
