Cignetti backs – Indiana coach Curt Cignetti, appearing on the Rich Eisen Show, said he believes Brendan Sorsby can become a great pro quarterback—if he lands with the right organization and support system as he heads toward the supplemental draft.
When Curt Cignetti spoke about Brendan Sorsby on Thursday, it wasn’t just praise—it was a condition attached to it.
Appearing on Thursday’s Rich Eisen Show, the Indiana coach said he knows Sorsby “a little bit,” explaining that the quarterback was “actually in the program for about a week and a half when I was hired.”
Cignetti called Sorsby “an outstanding quarterback and a great kid,” adding, “I think he’s going to be a great pro with the proper support system to overcome some of the issues he’s had.”
Those “issues” are central to what comes next. The timing is tied to Sorsby’s upcoming selection in the supplemental draft. where his next team will shape what his future looks like. One draft outcome could land him with a franchise that won’t provide the support system he needs. Another could place him with an elite organization willing to build an ideal plan to help him move forward.
From there, the question becomes less about raw talent and more about what happens off the field.
The draft. in this moment. is pictured as a kind of sorting test: the right team with the right plan can provide the structure needed to prevent relapse. while the wrong fit could leave him exposed. The support required isn’t limited to basic safeguards like keeping gambling apps off a phone—it’s about the harder work of managing urges that could linger and the temptation that can hit hardest when he’s not playing.
Sorsby will be dealing with the constant reality that gambling is everywhere—ads, sportsbook sponsorships, and betting promotion across media. The plan. as described here. has to account for the “quiet moments” when a player is left with his own devices. It also has to account for the fact that. even if a team tries to block direct access. the urge itself may still be there.
The NFL does allow players to gamble on other sports, as long as they don’t do so in the workplace. For Sorsby, the path laid out in these comments is clear: his team and his support system will need to help him avoid anything and everything related to gambling.
Cignetti’s endorsement carries a simple, human message beneath the football talk. Sorsby “deserves a full and fair chance” to beat his addiction. and the emphasis should be on a real commitment from the organization meant to keep his professional career from ending as prematurely as his college career did—after “the thing that ended his college football career prematurely.”.
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