Sep 28, 2025; Dublin, Eire; Minnesota Vikings coach Kevin O’Connell reacts after an NFL Worldwide Sequence recreation in opposition to the Pittsburgh Steelers at Croke Park. Necessary Credit score: Kirby Lee-Imagn Photos
Properly, that’s it for the Brendan Sorsby idea within the Twin Cities. He received’t be a Vikings QB anytime quickly.
ESPN’s Adam Schefter clarified that the NFL received’t be conducting its supplemental draft, successfully ending the pathway for Sorsby to show professional: “Just in: NFL is declining to hold a supplemental draft this summer, currently leaving the 2027 Draft as the only way for QB Brendan Sorsby to enter the NFL. A letter is being sent to Sorsby, and to all 32 NFL teams, to inform them of the league’s decision. The league continues to try to show it has little tolerance for gambling issues.”
Vikings QB Concept is Kaput
Albert Breer of Sports activities Illustrated provided a take: “I can’t remember the NFL ever denying a player entry to the supplemental draft. They’ve let guys in who were ruled ineligible because of drugs (Josh Gordon), NCAA rule-breaking (Terrelle Pryor) and grades (Ahmad Brooks), over and over. Clearly, the NFL is drawing a line here.”
Texas Tech’s Brendan Sorsby seems to be on in the course of the spring soccer recreation, Friday, April 17, 2026, at Jones AT&T Stadium. © Nathan Giese/Avalanche-Journal / USA TODAY NETWORK through Imagn Photos.
Take a look at what Dane Brugler — draft nerd for The Athletic — needed to say: “NFL declining to hold a Supplemental Draft is a major curveball to the Brendan Sorsby saga. To sum it up: the NFL felt there wasn’t enough time for the league and teams to fully vet everything. The NFL also said that Sorsby did NOT ‘demonstrate accountability’ for his conduct.”
Some individuals suppose that the NFL is all about profitable. That (misguided) assumption then results in the assumption that quarterbacks are essentially the most valuable commodity within the league. Neither perception is true.
What the NFL values above every part else is cash. Generally, the saying is alleged so generally that it will get drained of which means, however the NFL really is a enterprise. Kirk Cousins was due to this fact onto one thing when he yearly pushed for fully-guaranteed offers as a method of guaranteeing his crew was dedicated to him. A crew that can put its cash the place its mouth is is severe a couple of passer.
Sorsby is gifted sufficient to be within the NFL. The place he falls brief is in his playing. Threatening the league’s gold is a surefire strategy to undermine a profession since nothing is extra sacred in soccer.
Contemplate what Jeff Diamond needed to say in his current piece for Vikings Territory: “Sorsby signed with Texas Tech this year only to be implicated in a scandal that involved placing at least 40 bets on his own team while at Indiana and was ruled ineligible by the NCAA for placing more than 9,000 bets for at least $90,000 while a college player. He was granted reinstatement by a Texas judge before the Big 12 raised a ruckus and Sorsby ultimately applied for the NFL supplemental draft.”
Extra from Mr. Diamond: “He’s a big QB with a strong arm and running ability who most scouts rate as a first, second, or third-round talent. The big questions are if he’s kicked his gambling habit, whether the NFL will suspend him upon entering the league, how long that suspension would be, and if there are teams willing to risk a premium draft pick (that would be then deducted from their 2027 draft choices) if they select him.”
Nov 30, 2024; Cincinnati, Ohio, USA; Cincinnati Bearcats quarterback Brendan Sorsby (2) rolls out to throw in opposition to the TCU Horned Frogs within the first quarter at Nippert Stadium. Necessary Credit score: Albert Cesare/USA TODAY Community through Imagn Photos
As many have commented, the NFL has certainly clarified what’s a no-fly zone. Primarily something might be forgiven however don’t get in the way in which of the cash.
The Vikings QB place is rallying round Kyler Murray, J.J. McCarthy, Carson Wentz, and Max Brosmer. Inserting Sorbsy into the combo was all the time unlikely but it surely’s laborious to low cost what a crew will do when a highly-gifted younger fella might be had for a reduced value. No crew, Vikings included, will probably be allowed to leap into the combo because the NFL has intervened.
Vikings coaching camp begins in roughly a month.
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