whether the Jets will try<\/a> to make a play for Sorsby.<\/p>\nCimini\u2019s article includes this comment: \u201cOne person close to the situation doubted the Jets\u2019 interest, suggesting \u2018they don\u2019t want to deal with it.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
The Jets shouldn\u2019t dismiss Sorsby as some sort of burden. They should do a full evaluation of Sorsby, given the possibility that he\u2019ll become the guy. <\/p>\n
That means evaluating the player, understanding the situation that led to the forfeiture of his NCAA eligibility, and making an assessment as to the likelihood of a relapse.<\/p>\n
The potential reward is too great not to put in the work. And it would be fitting, given the many swings and misses the Jets have made while looking for a franchise quarterback (Geno Smith, Christian Hackenberg, Sam Darnold, Zach Wilson), for them to tap out of an opportunity to finally get the quarterback they\u2019ve been coveting \u2014 literally for decades.<\/p>\n
Cimini\u2019s article also includes this question from an unnamed evaluator: \u201cIf he\u2019s a clear-cut first-rounder, why didn\u2019t he come out [in the April draft]?\u201d<\/p>\n
The answer should be obvious. The difference between being a generic first-round pick and one of the top selections in the draft is massive. In 2025, the first player taken in the first round (Titans quarterback Cam Ward) signed a $48 million contract. The last player taken in round one (Chiefs tackle Josh Simmons) signed a $14 million contract.<\/p>\n
For Sorsby, another year of football would have meant getting paid something in the range of $4 million to $6 million for 2026 and having an opportunity to emerge from the college football season as next year\u2019s Fernando Mendoza.<\/p>\n
At this point, why Sorsby didn\u2019t enter the April draft doesn\u2019t matter. He\u2019ll be in the supplemental draft (assuming his application is formally accepted), and the possibility that he\u2019ll become a franchise quarterback makes it worth the time and effort for anyone without a franchise quarterback to fully explore his talents and troubles, and to make the best possible projection as to his pro potential.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Any team that doesn\u2019t have a year-to-year franchise quarterback should be taking a close look at Brendan Sorsby.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":717694,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-717693","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\/717693","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=717693"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/717693\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/717694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=717693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=717693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=717693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}