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[Cardinals Central @CoveringCards]

@joshweinfuss @CamCox12 How about the fact that those inflated stats came with a different coach and a different offense? Or that last time he was named a team’s starter he was benched after week 5? Or his 20-45 career record as a starter? He’s a backup in a QB room so bad he might be able to start

[Cardinals Central @CoveringCards]

@Kyle_Odegard *deciding*

Bad typo to make it “seconding” whoops

[Cardinals Central @CoveringCards]

@Kyle_Odegard Yeah but if he duplicates it, his price tag will go up even more. He’s a FA next offseason so it’s a bidding war against multiple teams instead of just AZ seconding on an extension this year. Dangerous game to potentially lose one of your best players and team guys

[Cardinals Central @CoveringCards]

Starter Gardner Minshew OTA highlights is a place no team should ever want to be. Hitting new lows

[Arizona Cardinals @AZCardinals]

In rhythm 🔁

@DignityHealthAZ | #RiseUpRedSea

[Cardinals Central @CoveringCards]

Of course there have been calls, question is if they are listening or not. His production combined with his contract should make him a popular target for many teams, we’ll see if AZ wants to move him. Hope we don’t

[Jordan Schultz @Schultz_Report]

Sources: The #Cardinals have received trade calls on Pro Bowl DE Josh Sweat.

Sweat had 12 sacks last season in his first year with Arizona and had a close relationship with Jonathan Gannon, whom the Cardinals moved on from.

[Josh Weinfuss @joshweinfuss]

NEWS: The Cardinals and QB Jacoby Brissett are "significantly" far apart in negotiations to rework the last year of his contract for 2026, a source told ESPN.

The gap in the negotiations puts into question whether Brissett, who has yet to report to Arizona's voluntary offseason program, will attend next week's voluntary OTAs, the source said.

My story:
https://t.co/0R1VYBWO3u

[Warren Sharp @SharpFootball]

completion % on end zone throws:

58% - Mac Jones
57% - Tua Tagovailoa
55% - Daniel Jones
50% - Joe Burrow, Kirk Cousins
48% - Jordan Love, Matthew Stafford, Josh Allen
46% - Brock Purdy
45% - Jalen Hurts
44% - Kyler Murray
43% - Drake Maye
41% - Jared Goff
40% - Lamar Jackson, Joe Flacco, Trevor Lawrence
39% - Bryce Young, Justin Herbert, C.J. Stroud, Bo Nix, Michael Penix Jr.
38% - Cam Ward, Justin Fields
37% - Aaron Rodgers, Baker Mayfield
36% - Jayden Daniels
35% - Caleb Williams
34% - Sam Darnold, Patrick Mahomes
33% - Davis Mills, Dillon Gabriel, Tyler Shough, Dak Prescott
32% - Geno Smith
31% - Carson Wentz
29% - Jacoby Brissett, Spencer Rattler
28% - J.J. McCarthy
25% - Marcus Mariota, Brady Cook
22% - Shedeur Sanders
18% - Jaxson Dart

*2025 regular season, all passes thrown into end zone

[Cardinals Central @CoveringCards]

@fashion_nfl Thoughts on adding that rivalries copper to the black uniforms instead of the silver?

[Sigmund Bloom @SigmundBloom]

Re: Jacoby Brissett

His 2025 stats if you take out plays when Arizona was down by 17+ points:

221-335 2428 yds 14 TD 6 INT

Brissett's stats in Cleveland in 2022:

236-369 2608 yds 12 TD 6 INT

[Cardinals Central @CoveringCards]

People wanting the tank are gonna be upset during that week 15-17 stretch I can see it already https://t.co/2SJu4On6od

[Cardinals Central @CoveringCards]

@noneyabidness80 On just our team, Brissett was very late 3rd and Minshew was 6th. Kirk Cousins was 4th. Dak Prescott was 4th, Purdy was 7th, Stidham was 4th, Tanner McKee was 5th, Tyrod Taylor was 6th, Sam Howell was 5th, Jake Browning undrafted, so was Cooper Rush and Tyler Huntley.

[Cardinals Central @CoveringCards]

Still wondering how people are justifying the Carson Beck pick at 65. First pick in the 3rd round just to start Brissett anyways and give him a pay raise, maybe play Beck in the back half of the season and then replace him next year with a better rookie QB. Waste of a that pick

[JPA @jasrifootball]

𝗥𝗘𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧: The Cardinals have informed Jacoby Brissett that he will be the team’s starting QB in 2026, per @joshweinfuss

They are in discussions on a contract adjustment that will pay him an amount that will reflect his QB1 spot.

[Cardinals Central @CoveringCards]

@noneyabidness80 Previous misses on picks is a bad argument in favor of wasting one this year. And yes, you can find a capable backup almost anywhere in the draft.

This organization isn’t in a place where drafting a backup QB with pick 1 of round 3 should be acceptable. That’s a luxury pick

[Cardinals Central @CoveringCards]

@noneyabidness80 Could have got a backup QB much later in the draft. First pick of the third round is a valuable pick who should be a guy with starting potential. There were backup QBs available in the 5th and later. Not to mention that Beck himself should have been a day 3 guy

[Cardinals Central @CoveringCards]

@SweatyBifocals He’s a third round rookie in a historically bad QB draft with a historically good QB draft coming up next year, and on a team that will likely pick in the top half of the draft. And he’s not playing right now

Can agree to disagree but he’s a long shot for our franchise QB imo

[Arizona Cardinals @AZCardinals]

Rookie numbers just dropped

#BirdGang

[Cardinals Central @CoveringCards]

@AaronWilson_NFL 🫡

[Cardinals Central @CoveringCards]

@fashion_nfl Need to take the silver off the whites and blacks (especially the blacks) and replace it with the copper from the Rivalries. And then mix/match pants and tops

[Josh Weinfuss @joshweinfuss]

I asked a source today if all the noise about Aaron Rodgers going to the Cardinals was real?

“Not at all” was the response.

So, there’s that.