{"id":852509,"date":"2026-06-08T08:59:20","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T08:59:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/852509\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T08:59:20","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T08:59:20","slug":"browns-hc-todd-monken-not-interested-in-qb-brendan-sorsby-latest-on-teams-qb-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/852509\/","title":{"rendered":"Browns HC Todd Monken Not Interested in QB Brendan Sorsby; Latest On Team’s QB Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"

Browns head coach Todd Monken<\/b> is not tipping his hand when it comes to his team\u2019s starting quarterback competition. While the media currently views Deshaun Watson<\/a><\/b> as the favorite to open the season under center, second-year passer Shedeur Sanders<\/a><\/b> remains in the mix and has impressed Monken with his progress in the mental side of the game<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Following the Browns\u2019 eighth OTA session on Wednesday, Monken said (via Mary Kay Cabot of Cleveland.com<\/a>), \u201c[e]very day I kind of lean one way or the other with quarterbacks. But we\u2019ve still got to get to that point. Who\u2019s going to start for us? But I\u2019m fired up by the quarterbacks. I just tell you, we\u2019ve got two starting-level quarterbacks. We really do.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Monken\u2019s public remarks notwithstanding, ESPN\u2019s Jeremy Fowler continues to believe Watson has the inside track on the QB1 gig (video link<\/a>). In addition to the advantage Watson has in terms of experience, Watson himself believes Monken\u2019s offense \u2013 which includes some Air Raid concepts and offers the freedom to improvise out of the pocket \u2013 is a strong fit for his skill set. That said, Fowler says Sanders has flashed this spring and that Watson has not won the job just yet.<\/p>\n

Regardless of the outcome of the Watson v. Sanders contest, Cleveland may still be in search of a high-end quarterback next year (which is presumably one of the reasons why the team recently cashed in their top asset<\/a> in Myles Garrett<\/a><\/b> for a bounty of draft capital). On paper, therefore, the Browns profile as a team that could take a flier on Brendan Sorsby<\/a><\/strong>, whose gambling infractions have led the NCAA to revoke his collegiate eligibility and who could be forced into the NFL\u2019s supplemental draft<\/a> as a result.<\/p>\n

Monken, however, seems to want no part of Sorsby, although he made it clear his opinion in that regard is his own and not that of general manager Andrew Berry<\/b> or other members of team brass.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s not even come across my desk,\u201d Monken said (video link<\/a> via Daryl Ruiter of 92.3 The Fan). \u201cI like the quarterbacks that we have. I think that\u2019s a slippery slope, when you go down that [road]. Irrespective of talent, in terms of the situation [Sorsby\u2019s] put himself in, we all know what that is. He put himself in that situation. And we\u2019ve seen in other sports with players that have been banned for life from playing in professional sports.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAgain, that\u2019s a question for [Berry] and for management,\u201d Monken added. \u201cBut from my end of it, kind of a tough angle to go down that road and think that\u2019s going to be your franchise quarterback, if he\u2019s ever eligible to even play in the NFL.\u201d<\/p>\n

Berry himself was non-committal. When asked about the prospect of adding Sorsby, the GM simply said, \u201cwe\u2019ll do work on all the prospects and then make the appropriate decision\u201d (via Zac Jackson of The Athletic<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Sorsby impressed in his second year as Cincinnati\u2019s starter in 2025 and landed a $6MM NIL deal to join Texas Tech in 2026. A successful year in Lubbock could have earned him a first-round grade<\/a> in the 2027 draft, but at the moment, it appears the supplemental draft is his only viable path to the pros.<\/p>\n

Sorsby will have to apply for the supplemental draft by June 22. The NFL will review his situation \u2013 extensive sports betting during his college career and subsequent treatment for a gambling addiction \u2013 and decide if he can enter.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Browns head coach Todd Monken is not tipping his hand when it comes to his team\u2019s starting quarterback…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":852510,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[10],"tags":[103595,1544,19157,19156,62,145215,67,132,68],"class_list":["post-852509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-brendan-sorsby","tag-cleveland-browns","tag-deshaun-watson","tag-shedeur-sanders","tag-sports","tag-todd-monken","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116713671067187705","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/852509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=852509"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/852509\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/852510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=852509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=852509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=852509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}