Jets Emerging as Strongest Landing Spot for Brendan Sorsby in Supplemental Draft

There is going to be a run on quarterbacks in the NFL next season, with the draft class shaping up as the best in years, and a handful of teams have positioned their roster rebuilds in hopes of cashing in.

With Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby applying for entry to the supplemental draft next month, one team is going to get a jump on that process next month (assuming the NFL allows Sorsby, who was banned by the NCAA for betting on his own games, to participate). 

It could well end up that a team that selects Sorsby does not have an immediate need at quarterback, given what a legit starting QB prospect he is.

Why New York?

However, the selection process is tilted in a manner that rebuilding teams have a higher spot in the picking order, so if multiple teams claim Sorsby in the same round, the team with the worst record gets his rights. 

And, multiple NFL execs told me, they believe that group of teams is the one to watch in the Jets.

“I could see the Jets doing it,” one high-ranking NFL exec who is investigating Sorsby himself told me. 

“We know that Woody (Jets owner Woody Johnson) loves this stuff. He loves the attention.”

At a time when business in the NFL has ground to a halt, intrigue about Sorsby is extreme. It’s been years since anyone was selected in the supplemental draft, and for many years, it hasn’t even taken place. 

Johnson loves to compete with his crosstown Giants for tabloid coverage, proven over time, and he has arguably the worst QB room in the NFL, lacking a current true backup and with starter Geno Smith probably at the end of his career.

“If Sorsby goes there, he plays this year,” the exec said.

The Cardinals, Browns and other teams are widely linked to the top of the 2027 quarterback draft class, but they are seen as perhaps being less inclined to take a chance on Sorsby, with his history of gambling addiction and his decision-making in question.

The Browns' owners just extended a record contract to Deshaun Watson despite him facing serious discipline from the league for widespread and credible claims of sexual impropriety, and they took a chance on Johnny Manziel in the first round before that, who ended up essentially quitting on the team in-season to party in Las Vegas.

The Cardinals, meanwhile, have an overcrowded QB room already, and even if they were to move Jacoby Brissett, they just used a third-round pick on rookie Carson Beck, who would be worthy of a looksee this season. 

Sorsby is expected to go in the second round.