Best of NFL News Part 2: O.J. Simpson + Turf vs Grass + Brendan Sorsby's Draft HOPES

**Shannon Sharpe** (0:04)
The NFL has informed teams that it will not be holding a supplemental draft, meaning that Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby will not be eligible to enter the NFL in 2026 The CBA allows league to decide whether to hold a supplemental draft, and this year it won't. To sum up a letter sent to Brendan Sorsby, the league wasn't planning on having a supplemental draft this year, and Sorsby's application was the only one they received, with Sorsby submitting only a handful of days ahead of the deadline. The NFL felt that it wasn't enough time to properly evaluate the situation and didn't have time to complete the record of an NCA investigation. The petition did not have any supporting information or documentation as to why Sorsby should be granted entry after being declared ineligible to play by college football. The league did make it clear that it had real concerns regarding the pattern of improper gambling activity during Sorsby's collegiate career. The NFL used the word integrity several times within the letter in what appears to be an effort to drive home their stance on gambling. It closes the state by playing as a privilege and Sorsby should focus on preparing for a possible entry in 2027

**Chad Johnson** (1:23)
Damn. So what is it? Hey, listen, I know he made a mistake. Well, it's not a mistake. I mean, well, everything is a mistake. He just did it multiple times over and over because nobody knew, nobody found out obviously until it was too late. But what does he do now?

**Shannon Sharpe** (1:36)
Obviously he can't play in the NFL. He can go to Canada?

**Chad Johnson** (1:41)
Play one year in Canada?

**Shannon Sharpe** (1:42)
He can play one year in Canada, yeah.

**Chad Johnson** (1:44)
Who has, I wonder who has his rights? Because that would be a good thing to do. Instead of taking the whole year off, go play a year in Canada.

**Joe Thomas** (1:52)
Boy, I mean, look.

**Chad Johnson** (1:53)
You should do that and get a better understanding on how good them boys is down there. Ain't finna be no walk in the park, I can tell you that.

**Joe Thomas** (2:02)
All them boys down there home ready, man.

**Chad Johnson** (2:04)
Hey, Joe, why wouldn't the Canada boy think it was finna be sweet?

**Joe Thomas** (2:09)
Hey, what happened, Ojo?

**Shannon Sharpe** (2:11)
What were you, Ojo? Who were you playing for?

**Chad Johnson** (2:13)
I was in Montreal with the Alouettes.
Hey, Joe, it was the wake up call every week, Joe, no matter who he was playing. I'm talking about Joe, I'm on the sideline confused like, what the hell is y'all doing down here?

**Joe Thomas** (2:25)
Yeah.

**Chad Johnson** (2:26)
I'm talking about Joe like that.
You know, so think about it like this, the NFL. NFL has its premier elite players. Every team has their elite players.

**Joe Thomas** (2:35)
Yeah.

**Chad Johnson** (2:35)
When we talk about your backups and your role players, well, hell, that could be anybody over there.
You can exchange players in Canada and put them on the NFL team, and you wouldn't know who's who outside of the elite players. Now, that's different. You know, your Jamar Chase, your Justin Jefferson, your Burroughs, that's different. But the rest of them boys down in Canada, man, stop playing.

**Shannon Sharpe** (2:57)
They get down like that?

**Chad Johnson** (2:59)
Joe, I swear, I wouldn't lie to you, especially when it comes to goddamn football.
Them boys could play some ball, Joe. Either it was politics or number crunching or I got in trouble in college, I didn't get the opportunity.

**Shannon Sharpe** (3:13)
You remember Cameron Wake started off in Canada?

**Chad Johnson** (3:16)
Yeah.

**Shannon Sharpe** (3:17)
In Miami, he ended up with 100 sacks.

**Chad Johnson** (3:19)
Yeah. Hey, Joe, you talk about a humbling experience, Joe?

**Joe Thomas** (3:22)
Yeah.

**Chad Johnson** (3:24)
I mean, I'm already on the back end of my career anyway.

**Shannon Sharpe** (3:27)
I think that had more to do with it than anything, Ocho. I don't think your heart was in it anymore.

**Chad Johnson** (3:32)
You don't think so?

**Shannon Sharpe** (3:33)
No. Your heart wasn't in it anymore.

**Chad Johnson** (3:37)
It felt like it, huh?

**Shannon Sharpe** (3:38)
It was.
It was. You were like, I keep, I shoot you straight. It was. Your heart wasn't in it anymore.

**Joe Thomas** (3:49)
He bulljabbing himself off.

**Shannon Sharpe** (3:50)
His heart wasn't in it.

**Chad Johnson** (3:51)
Hey, Joe, I just wanted to finish on my terms. You know, that's all.

**Shannon Sharpe** (3:55)
You wanted to finish in your hometown, and when that got taken away, you weren't the same. Yeah.