The Cardinals signed Jeff Driskel to their practice squad, per a team announcement, adding a third quarterback to their team after playing Kyler Murray on injured reserve.
Driskel, 32, spent most of the 2023 season on Arizona’s practice squad. He was elevated for one game during the regular season but did not play. Last year, he played exactly one snap for the Commanders.
Originally a sixth-round pick by the 49ers in 2016, Driskel did not appear in a regular-season game until 2018 for the Bengals. He started five games that year, but spent the next four years with three different teams as a backup and third-stringer. He also started one game for the Browns at the end of the 2023 season.
2024 UDFA Kedon Slovis has been backing up Jacoby Brissett for a few weeks, but Driskel could take over relatively quickly due to his “experience and knowledge of the offense,” per CardsWire’s Howard Balzer. The seven-year veteran can be elevated from the practice squad for three games and would have to be promoted to the 53-man roster to be active on game days after that.
Driskel has appeared in a total of 25 games in his career with a 58.6% completion rate and a 79.4 passer rating. He does not offer much under center, and the Cardinals will be hoping that Brissett can stay healthy to avoid either Driskel or Slovis taking the field.