{"id":707818,"date":"2026-06-16T17:10:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T17:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/707818\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T17:10:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T17:10:07","slug":"andrew-berry-on-brendan-sorsby-the-most-important-thing-is-what-he-does-from-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/707818\/","title":{"rendered":"Andrew Berry on Brendan Sorsby: The most important thing is what he does from here"},"content":{"rendered":"

When asked recently about the possibility of adding quarterback Brendan Sorsby in the supplemental draft, Browns head coach Todd Monken was clear on his stance.<\/p>\n

He told reporters earlier this month that he didn\u2019t think the Browns should be interested in Sorsby, saying players have been \u201cbanned for life\u201d for gambling.<\/p>\n

But General Manager Andrew Berry was more measured in an interview last week, which now has more relevance given that Sorsby is set to apply for the supplemental draft after dropping his lawsuit against the NCAA over his collegiate eligibility.<\/p>\n

In an interview with Anthony Lima and Daryl Ruiter of 92.3 The Fan, Berry was asked how gambling would factor into a player\u2019s evaluation.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think there are two things<\/a>,\u201d Berry said. \u201cThere are two questions I ask, because we\u2019re all human and I\u2019d imagine everybody that\u2019s on this call and listening to this show, I\u2019m sure everyone has made mistakes. I really ask two questions: I ask, No. 1, is this a bad person, or did they make a bad decision? And then the second piece is, what are they doing after the fact \u2026 to correct the behavior. Is this a pattern of decision-making? And if so, have they done something to stop the pattern? Or is this an isolated incident? Because the reality of it is, we\u2019re all going to screw up. And some, certainly, mistakes are greater in magnitude than others.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut I think the most important thing in Brendan\u2019s case is what he does from here. Obviously, it\u2019s a great first step to get the help that he needs. But then it\u2019s like, OK, what is around him? What is he doing to make sure that he can maintain healthy habits moving forward? So, it seems like it\u2019s a very good start there. Obviously, I don\u2019t know all the details at this point. But I think, probably, within society, so to speak, we could all use a little bit more grace.\u201d<\/p>\n

As a follow-up, Berry was asked how he feels about such character concerns, specifically when thinking about how a quarterback leads and is the proverbial face of the franchise.<\/p>\n

\u201cI also think that probably the more important things are the internal leadership \u2014 so how does this player prepare? How do they relate to their teammates? Are they coachable to the coaching staff? Are they an anchor when there\u2019s tough moments in the game? Because that\u2019s the stuff that actually makes the biggest impact,\u201d Berry said. \u201cAnd those are the people, that\u2019s the biggest constituency that the individual has to lead and serve. So, that\u2019s really more the priority than what I would say as maybe the more marketability, [piece of it].<\/p>\n

\u201cBut you like to have everything. You\u2019d like to have everything, ideally. But very few players fit that, though.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mary Kay Cabot of cleveland.com reported on Monday night that the Browns are \u201cunlikely\u201d to bid on Sorsby in the supplemental draft, should he be deemed eligible for it. But with the way the Browns have operated at the QB in recent years, it\u2019s hard to put anything past them at that position.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When asked recently about the possibility of adding quarterback Brendan Sorsby in the supplemental draft, Browns head coach…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":707819,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-707818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/707818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=707818"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/707818\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/707819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=707818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=707818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=707818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}