Multiple stories have suggested that the New York Jets will not make a bid for controversial quarterback Brendan Sorsby during this year’s supplemental draft for the NFL.
On Tuesday, Jets insider Zack Rosenblatt of The Athletic shared more information about how the organization views Sorsby this summer.
Jets don’t want Brendan Sorsby “distraction” this season?
“I can’t imagine head coach Aaron Glenn would be excited at the prospect of adding Sorsby, who will be a distraction for any team that signs him,” Rosenblatt explained. “The Jets want to see what they have with Geno Smith and fourth-round rookie Cade Klubnik. They don’t feel pressure to add a prospect who almost certainly won’t play in 2026 when the 2027 draft is projected to have a QB class, and when the Jets possess three first-round picks.”
Sorsby has admitted to gambling on Indiana games, along with other sporting events, when he was with that school, and he entered a residential treatment program to deal with a gambling addiction earlier this spring. One report noted that multiple teams are concerned that NFL commissioner Roger Goodell will eventually “impose a significant suspension on Sorsby.”
“When a player is suspended,” Rosenblatt wrote, “he can’t spend time at the facility or communicate with the coaching staff, so there wouldn’t be much of an opportunity for ‘development’ if the NFL hands Sorsby a lengthy suspension.”
Do Jets simply not want to pay the price to land Brendan Sorsby?
Jason La Canfora of SportsBoom US is among the NFL insiders who have said that Sorsby “is expected to go” in the second round of the supplemental draft. Acquiring Sorsby’s rights via the supplemental draft would cost the Jets their corresponding pick in the 2027 NFL Draft.
“I’d be stunned if the Jets went that high,” Rosenblatt said about the second-round reports. “A third-round pick would be more understandable, considering all their draft capital, but it still seems unlikely to me. A fourth-round pick is where it gets interesting — a low-risk bid on a potential high-ceiling quarterback would mitigate much of the risk that comes with adding him. However, I don’t see general manager Darren Mougey as someone who would make a move like this unless he really believed in Sorsby’s talent and the infrastructure the Jets have in place to make it work. They don’t need to force it right now.”
That said, it was recently learned that police were called to Smith’s Florida home on Sunday about an alleged battery. Previous reports said that “the case is no longer open,” but Christian Arnold of the New York Post mentioned early Tuesday morning that a spokesperson for the Davie Police Department has since revealed that “this case is being further investigated by a detective.”
It’s unknown if the Smith-related matter could impact whether or not the Jets make a move for Sorsby during the supplemental draft. As Pro Football Talk’s Mike Florio pointed out, the NFL could investigate the situation and possibly punish Smith under its personal conduct policy.
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