Arizona Cardinals have made a decision on QB Jacoby Brissett

[Brian in Mesa]

Yes but I also remember all those threads where you said that Michael agreed to that contract so now he has to stick to it. Obviously you wouldn’t hold management to a different standard than labor.

You must have me confused with someone else. I have never said a positive thing about the Kyler Murray contract. I thought it was stupid to sign him to a big deal, especially the deal he signed which handcuffed the organization to him and made it more difficult to part with him than it ever should have been.

 

[Goldfield]

To paraphrase the late Junior Seau, "If you agreed to a contract, then honor it. Once that contract is up, negotiate a new one."

I’d agree with this to a point. I’d say JB does deserve a bump but it seems he wants more than is reasonable. We know what we are and we need a top draft pick to try and get a top QB. So I’m not sure if it’s in our best interest to haggle over much pay raise.

 

[BooksOrangePlanet]

crazy thought of the day - trade brissett and whatever it takes (within reason) for mac jones - they get a quality backup qb and we get a starter to get off the ground running this year

mac's contract is done in 2027 just like brissett's - will the whiners give him starter money (before that) to keep him as a backup?

mac jones would thrive with who we have and in 12 personnel - and im also guessing he doesn't want to sit behind some purdy boy for the next few years

aside from a qb the cards are ready to go right now - why suffer all season and hope to win the quarterback sweepstakes again - i get excited when i see white vans drive up the street but it's never them man - the prize patrol is a no show

if we're predicted to lose every game this year that means we have the most valuable draft picks (in the entire nfl) next year - how's that for some hippie butter

let's leverage this extremely dismal evaluation before we end up winning 6 meaningless games with brissett that will only screw our chance at the sweepstakes again - oh look - there goes another white van

let's get crazy - let's call frisco - let mac's agent know on the down low - let's sell some freakin tickets and fill the place up

 

[kerouac9]

it seems he wants more than is reasonable

Based on what?

 

[mel typer]

Yep

 

[schutd]

It's just a laughable situation where a player signs a contract and is so happy with it yet in a couple of seasons, they are on the mic saying the team is disrespecting them with how little they are paying them. Then sign shorter deals and re-up more often. You thought the contract was fantastic yet now you want it ripped up so you can get more money. They do not live in the real world.

I dont think many of the people of note from an industry that reports 20+ BILLION in revenue lives in the real world. But context still matters.

 

[Crimson Warrior]

JBs 2025 stats warrant more money. If you project his 12 games into 17, he is a top 10 QB statwise. However his 1-11 record doesn’t warrant a new contract but whose fault is that? He was working behind a porous Oline and a string of 2nd and 3rd string RBs, along with a defense that couldn’t manage a pass rush. So what to do? I think he’s our best bet for this season and could very well surprise everyone. Not our future but if we wanna win now there’s no better choice.
IMO

I think Monti failed miserably again in this situation.

In the offseason He never ever should have done anything to indicate Jacobi was our QB1. There was no upside to that move for the Cardinals, but it immediately gave Brissett some leverage which he has now unfortunately overplayed (bless his heart)

Instead Monti should have tacked another three or four million on to JB’s contract (he earned it and this would have brought the FO a little goodwill in the locker room) and told Jacobi he would compete for the starter’s job against whoever else was in the QB room.

Pretty simple and it would have been a step towards building a positive culture and rehabilitating our team’s image and league-wide perception.

Yet somehow MO managed to turn the one tiny silver lining from 2025 into a disaster, and we’re a laughing stock, again.

 

[Cheesebeef]

What are you even talking about. Several of us here thought it was a huge mistake to give Kyler that huge deal after he showed nothing in the way of earning it in the first place. We should have moved off Kyler then and saved a lot of wasted time with him.

but you just said if you sign a contract, you should honor it? That only applies to players, not Owners?

 

[Brian in Mesa]

I’d agree with this to a point. I’d say JB does deserve a bump but it seems he wants more than is reasonable. We know what we are and we need a top draft pick to try and get a top QB. So I’m not sure if it’s in our best interest to haggle over much pay raise.

Maybe those in charge knew this was coming and that's why we signed Gardner Minshew?

 

[Brian in Mesa]

but you just said if you sign a contract, you should honor it? That only applies to players, not Owners?

It's still being honored. Kyler is getting paid not to be here. Because of the terms in his contract. Period.

 

[some dumb guy]

Maybe those in charge knew this was coming and that's why we signed Gardner Minshew?

Hmm, I think we need a new thread....The Cardinals version of the game Clue.

What happened to Jacoby Brissett?
Mr. Bidwill, in the locker room, with a........
Beck, in the bathroom, with a.........
And my favorite. Minshew, with his stasch, in the........
LOL

 

[PDXChris]

Bump him up to $20 million for next season. That would put him 16th for QBs, so a tad overpaid, but what ever, we have the space and honestly it would be a bad look to low ball him at this point. He is currently the 26th highest paid QB next year, which actually feels right.

 

[Devilmaycare]

Bump him up to $20 million for next season. That would put him 16th for QBs, so a tad overpaid, but what ever, we have the space and honestly it would be a bad look to low ball him at this point. He is currently the 26th highest paid QB next year, which actually feels right.

$20m for the season would be ridiculous. Half of that would be ridiculous. He's a backup QB. You guys act like he's actually a starting QB. Right now he's a starter in name only and will be for only the first handful of games. The only way he starts for even half the season is if something crazy happens like if they're undefeated or if Beck is out with an injury and they can't kick the tires on him. You don't waste the money on a guy like that. Roll it over into next year's cap or start resigning the guys that you'd like to keep.

 

[Crimson Warrior]

Bump him up to $20 million for next season. That would put him 16th for QBs, so a tad overpaid, but what ever, we have the space and honestly it would be a bad look to low ball him at this point. He is currently the 26th highest paid QB next year, which actually feels right.

It’s the only honorable way out for the Cardinals now Chris, and it wouldn’t be the end of the world.

Not very palatable but Monti has only himself to blame.

Who knows. If MHJ will play with some fire in his belly, and if the rookie RB can be top ten at his position, we might not be half bad on offense. Watchable for sure.

 

[dreamcastrocks]

Yet somehow MO managed to turn the one tiny silver lining from 2025 into a disaster, and we’re a laughing stock, again.

We are thinking that Brisset is the one tiny silver lining, and not our All Pro TE?

Man, we have battered spouse syndrome.

 

[PDXChris]

$20m for the season would be ridiculous. Half of that would be ridiculous. He's a backup QB. You guys act like he's actually a starting QB. Right now he's a starter in name only and will be for only the first handful of games. The only way he starts for even half the season is if something crazy happens like if they're undefeated or if Beck is out with an injury and they can't kick the tires on him. You don't waste the money on a guy like that. Roll it over into next year's cap or start resigning the guys that you'd like to keep.

We have rolled over cap space the last 3 season and with Kyler's dead money, I am not sure we can even roll all of what we have over. It has to be spent somewhere.

• From 2021–2023, 2024–2026, and 2027–2030, each team must spend at least 89% of its salary cap in cash during those years.
• These minimums apply to cash spent in the year, not to cap space allocated in prior years. For example, if a team spent 89% of its cap in 2025, it can roll over the remaining 11% into 2026, but it must still meet the 89% cash requirement in 2026.

 

[Cheesebeef]

Bump him up to $20 million for next season. That would put him 16th for QBs, so a tad overpaid, but what ever, we have the space and honestly it would be a bad look to low ball him at this point. He is currently the 26th highest paid QB next year, which actually feels right.

What in the AF?! Hell no. You don’t just blow cap space like a drunken sailor. If you’re going to spend it, do so on someone like Wilson to front load his deal this year so it’s not as large moving forward.

 

[GeorgiaCard88]

Paying Jacobi 20 mil to bench him 5 games in would be ridiculous

Sends a message that this franchise can get worked even by a backup qb. The optics would be unrecoverable from monti

 

[Crimson Warrior]

We are thinking that Brisset is the one tiny silver lining, and not our All Pro TE?

Man, we have battered spouse syndrome.

True DCR.

@Zalixar typed something the other day that kind of summed it up.

Something along the lines of we’ve been sentenced to life as cardinals fans.

This is really awful and terrible.

Not favored in one game this dear, dead last in everyone’s power rankings, and going into year four of a rebuild with a back up QB holding a gun to our head and demanding more money. Lol. We’re a joke.

 

[Crimson Warrior]

Paying Jacobi 20 mil to bench him 5 games in would be ridiculous

Sends a message that this franchise can get worked even by a backup qb. The optics would be unrecoverable from monti

Monti is a dead man walking.

There is no universe where he survives this year. He’s done.

 

[kerouac9]

Bump him up to $20 million for next season. That would put him 16th for QBs, so a tad overpaid, but what ever, we have the space and honestly it would be a bad look to low ball him at this point. He is currently the 26th highest paid QB next year, which actually feels right.

That’s a little rich for my blood, although i could be convinced to give him incentives to reach that number.

I think $10-11 million guaranteed is more than fair. I don’t think Michael wants to pay $50 million to his QB room for a team that will struggle to win seven or eight games.

 

[Brian in Mesa]

If MHJ will play with some fire in his belly...

 

[BooksOrangePlanet]

i don't know if jacoby was that good - i think kyler was just that bad - imagine what we could do with a real quarterback

 

[Goodyear Card]

Jacoby Brissett, Arizona Cardinals both right, wrong in contract drama

This contract drama between the Cardinals and Jacoby Brissett both makes sense and is completely ridiculous.

cardswire.usatoday.com

 

[Devilmaycare]

What in the AF?! Hell no. You don’t just blow cap space like a drunken sailor. If you’re going to spend it, do so on someone like Wilson to front load his deal this year so it’s not as large moving forward.

exactly, start resigning the guys that we want to keep. Brissett is an expiring asset no matter what happens. You don't waste money on one when there are much better uses for it.