Two days after the NFL told quarterback Brendan Sorsby it would not hold a supplemental draft next month, his lawyer Jeffrey Kessler has signaled litigation—but no filing has appeared. With time running on any request for urgent court relief, the window to for
Two days after the NFL told quarterback Brendan Sorsby it will not be conducting a supplemental draft next month, the promised legal push still hasn’t arrived.
Brendan Sorsby’s lawyer, Jeffrey Kessler, issued a bellicose statement implying a challenge was coming. But the clock keeps moving, and nothing has happened since the league’s decision. With each passing hour. it looks less and less likely that a lawsuit will be filed in a way that can actually change what happens next month.
If Sorsby sues, Kessler would be looking for prompt relief—measures designed to force the NFL to conduct a supplemental draft next month. The timing matters because any court-ordered timeline would need to be fast enough to put a date in place and give interested teams a chance to evaluate him.
That urgency doesn’t just fall on the NFL. It lands on Kessler, too. If a lawyer is asking a judge to move quickly, a judge could press a basic question: what took so long to initiate the process?
Beyond the simple reality of preparing and filing paperwork. getting hearings scheduled for a temporary restraining order and/or a preliminary injunction has its own timetable. Missing that timetable would mean the request can’t land where it’s supposed to—fast enough to affect the supplemental draft the NFL already declined to hold.
The paperwork, at least on the most workable schedule described here, could have been filed by Wednesday. If it isn’t filed by the close of business on Friday, the expectation is that it won’t be.
For Sorsby, though, “best outcome” may not look like a courtroom win. The league office does not want him in the NFL this year. If he sues and succeeds, the NFL could hold a grudge—an outcome that wouldn’t be unprecedented. For many people watching. the appetite is for something sharper: if Sorsby doesn’t play in 2026. they will have gotten what they came for.
Either way, if Sorsby intends to sue, it’s getting late. As soon as tomorrow, it could be too late. In the view shaping this moment, it may already be.
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