What's next for Sorsby in supplemental draft?
Dan Patrick and the Danettes discuss the latest surrounding Brendan Sorsby, who plans to enter the NFL's supplemental draft following a gambling scandal.
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Brendan Sorsby heading to the supplemental draft.
We spent some time with Mike Florio from Pro Football Talk on everything surrounding this.
Does the NFL punish him?
Do they wait until he goes to a team?
Will that team know that there's a chance?
See that, I The NFL has gotta let these teams know, and obviously Brendan Sorsby, if they're doing a deep dive on him coming into the league, given all the pearl-clutching that we have now with gambling, I, I think you gotta let those teams know.
You can't be drafting somebody and all of a s- and give up a second-round draft pick, and all of a sudden the NFL goes, "You know, we're not gonna let him play that first year."
I mean, they did this to Terrelle Pryor, and, you know, Head Coach Jim Tressel.
when, you know, Tressel, got fired by Ohio State and then trying to come into the NFL, he had to, serve a suspension as well, and this was under his watch that his football players were trading in some of their gear for tattoos.
Brendan Sorsby is coming in, and his charge is allegations a whole lot more serious than that.
Yes, Pauling.
Marvin brought this up in the break, and I hadn't thought about it before.
Is it worse that he's a quarterback?
Yes.
Yes.
Because we just found out that the Patriots have a wide receiver who admitted to gambling when he was at LSU.
Keyshawn Booty, he admitted now.
He was already in the NFL.
Yeah, I think he was a year in and then admitted that he was gambling on LSU.
But the quarterback is the face of the franchise.
Quarterbacks are the faces of the league.
That's why it's different.
Yes, Dylan.
Yeah, I think you might start seeing that more and more, and it's kinda like when the NBA changed their drug testing policies and became more lenient with, like, weed and stuff.
A lot of former players were like, "Yeah, I was smoking weed the whole time."
I think you might see that a little bit with retroactively players saying, like, "Yeah, I was betting, not necessarily on this sport or this team, but back in college," whenever.
I don't know.
I don't know.
It's still if Well, to me, you're betting on your team.
Are you sharing the information?
That's why, you know, when people said You know, Pete Rose had never admitted to betting on the Reds until he was on the radio show with me, and he shocked me.
He said, "Look, I didn't bet against the Reds.
I bet on the Reds to win," as if that would mitigate the, "Hey, that guy, man, he really believed in his team."
He thought that this was a, "Yeah, big deal.
I bet on, my team to win," you know?
Well, you can't.
And are you manipulating the lineup?
you know, was Brendan Sorsby sharing information?
"Hey, I bet on Indiana football."
Okay, what did you know?
Did you ask for information?
He wasn't playing, but once again, I, I just can't go down that ro- the, that road right now.
I can't.
I'd have to have a deep dive.
I'd have to have all the information.
You can be a great talent.
and you know, it's a sliding scale, you know?
What's your baggage, and how talented are you?
And we've seen sports will bend over backwards when somebody's really talented and they got baggage.
In this case, at that position, can't take a chance on it.
And this might be one of those where, man, you coulda had him for a second-round draft pick.
You're right about that.
You're right.
But I gotta sleep at night.
I can't have somebody who's betting on the sport that they're playing.
Can't.
Deal breaker.
Yeah, Pauling.
And Sorsby is so hot and toxic right now that these teams would have to make this decision in weeks.
Yep.
If he played this season, Texas Tech won a lot of games, he played great football, the story would cool, and other stories would take over, and he'd go into the NFL draft with baggage, but not, like, white hot baggage.
Well, also, with all this pressure on him, all eyes on him, what if he doesn't play well?
So now he's taken himself out of being a first-round draft pick.
This might be the best of both worlds for everybody involved.
You know, Texas Tech can move on, save face.
The Big 12 flexed its muscles.
Sorsby can get his money.
He can go to the supplemental draft.
Maybe he gets drafted.
Maybe he goes to rehab or continues his, you know, rehab process here for the first year.
Maybe.
But, boy, what a whirlwind tour this has been in the last couple of weeks.
Yeah, Dylan.
And that's sort of like the same thing I said about Deshaun Watson.
When all that stuff happened and he signed with Cleveland, I was like, "He's done."
I mean, for all intents and purposes.
I just think some things mentally, the stuff you're gonna hear game in, game out, Sorsby would've had the same thing playing at Texas Tech.
I find you're, at best, fighting an uphill battle every game that you wouldn't be otherwise.
But if Deshaun Watson played well No one would, it would- I, I mean, people would have a problem with it.
Michael Vick came back, came out of prison, and Andy Reid took him, you know, in, and he played pretty well.
And I, I think fans moved past that or compartmentalized that, that, "Hey, I don't like that he did that, killing dogs, but he's still a pretty good football player."
And he served his time.
Yes, he did.
Which And it was a substantial amount, actually, compared to what a lot of other things get.
So it's like, I th- I mean, isn't that the whole point of rehabilitation and stuff, where it's like, yeah, you, you served your time, you paid your price.
Like, I mean, it can't be held against you forever.
Some guys just don't end up paying any price.
Yeah, Deshaun Watson paid a price, like literally paid a price, but it's not like he went to prison.
But, you know, he had a huge contract, a contract that he couldn't turn down.
And there were other teams.
I th- Atlanta was interested in Deshaun Watson.
There were other teams that would've taken him in.
It's just, it's a sliding scale.
If Brendan Sor- Sorsby can play- I'm not gonna say people will look past that, but I think that this whole temperature that's really hot now will cool down a little bit.
W- Once We don't stay focused very long on things.
We move quickly.
You know?
We're, we're on this, "Oh, it's so important," and then all of a sudden, boom, next topic.
And then there'll be another topic that comes up.
Yes, Dylan?
Yeah, and I would argue that, like, this might actually be best case scenario football-wise for Soersby, 'cause like you said, the Texas The season at Texas Tech would be I mean, they're loaded with question marks right now.
Right now he enters the supplemental draft for the NFL.
He's all just potential in term- Just, I'm talking about on the field stuff.
So it's like, it's not like he even has the chance to have a down season at Texas Tech, and then compare that with the gambling stuff.
Right now it's just like he has this one gambling thing.
But as far as skill, it's like, you know, limitless potential.
Well, he's out of options.
I don't think he was gonna be able to play at Texas Tech.
No, but I think this actually w- could work out nicely for him if a team does decide to take a flyer.
Oh, yeah, he gets the NIL money.
And if you go into the NFL, maybe they can hide you for a year or two, and maybe you begin the process of r- rehabilitation or you continue it.
You're on a practice squad.
You're not in front of people.
Then it'll be the guy who, "Oh, yeah, that's the guy.
Oh, yeah, he was gambling."
And then we'll move on.
Yes, Dylan?
And it's could just end up being a possible redemption story.
Not gonna be immediately- It could be but, you know.
Yeah.
If he can help others with warning signs And I've mentioned that 18 to 24, you know, you got boys who are gambling, and that's the sweet spot here, unfortunately, where you get a little money.
Maybe you get a credit card.
Maybe you're at school.
Maybe you're betting through somebody el- That's, that, that's where we got a real problem.
That'll surface.
Got a real problem here, guaranteed.
The number of times I've been tempted to gamble, and I haven't placed a bet in over 40 years, but I can tell you there are so many times when I go, "God, I'd bet that.
Oh man, I'd take the points."
And the wor- you know, the worst thing that could happen is that I'd win.
The last bet I ever placed I lost $3,300.
That's it.
I don't wanna bet.
I don't, I don't have money when I play golf.
I don't want it.
I don't, I don't wanna be around it.
I don't like hearing when somebody bets.
We do the gambling podcast a- and it's kind of making fun of just how bad Dylan and, Shay are as gamblers.
But, you know, it's a real big problem in America.
And all of these leagues, every single one of them, yes, I'm getting on my soapbox 'cause I wanna keep reminding you parents out there, or kids, keep it light.
You can have fun with this, but you'll never win.
You'll never beat them.
Never.
If you, if you get 53% of your bets correct, you are doing great.
But I, I, I know what that feeling is like, and it's there.
And I'm t- I'm tempted all the time because there H- I mean, how many times have I said to you, Dylan, "God, I would..." I, I'm saying to you, "Man, I w- I would have taken..." Like the Spurs in game three.
I go, "I, I just think they're gonna win."
And, you know, I don't wanna bet 'cause I know what happens.
And then you bet again.
And then you bet again.
Even yesterday you were like, "Cape Verde is probably gonna tie Spain."
I thought that they could stay in the match.
And it's Cape Verde.
Sorry, Cabo Verde.
Yeah.
Yeah, Paulie?
I think the toughest part for Soersby is gonna be to convince people that he's real and altruistic with his rehab.
Yeah.
'Cause a lot of media and a lot of fans think he concocted things to get back to playing college football.
He's got to prove that wrong.
I don't know how you do that.
Yeah.
Yeah.
There'd be a lot of questions, and I don't know.
You can't have somebody be evasive.
Like, I have to have you, you tell me, 'cause I'll have your back, but you gotta tell me everything I need to know here.
And we have invited him on, just to let you know.
Fritzy's reached out a couple of times.
and wisely, h- he hasn't decided to come on the show.
Now, he might eventually, but maybe now when you're going into the supplemental draft, let, let people hear from you.
Let, let them hear in your voice.
How do you sound?
Are you contrite?
You feel bad?
Feel bad you got caught?
you know, did Cincinnati rat you out?
Did you bet on Cincinnati when you were playing for Cincinnati?
Like, there's a lot of questions, and probably some questions that he doesn't wanna give answers to.
