Veteran quarterback Jacoby Brissett is planning to sign with the Cardinals, according to ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler. The 32-year-old will serve as Kyler Murray‘s backup in Arizona in 2025.
Brissett has 53 career starts under his belt, per Fowler, including 11 in Cleveland in 2022 when Drew Petzing was the Browns’ quarterbacks coach. Petzing took over as the Cardinals’ offensive coordinator in 2022 and will now reunite with Brissett as his QB2.
Brissett’s contract in Arizona will be two years in length, per Ben Volin of the Boston Globe. The Cardinals are his sixth team since 2020, with his most recent stint coming in New England as Drake Maye‘s backup in 2024. Brissett appeared in eight games with five starts last year, completing 95 of his 161 passing attempts for 826 yards, two touchdowns, and one interception.
He was originally a Patriots third-round pick in 2016, but was traded to the Colts after his rookie year in exchange for Phillip Dorsett. Brissett then started in place of an injured Andrew Luck in 2017 but returned to a backup role upon Luck’s return in 2018. The former No. 1 pick’s surprise retirement during the 2019 preseason put Brissett back as the starter with one year remaining on his rookie contract. The Colts signed him to a one-year, $28MM extension in September 2019, but moved onto Philip Rivers in 2020 after a disappointing year from Brissett.
Brissett then signed with the Dolphins in 2021, kicking off the second half of his career as one of the league’s top backup/bridge quarterback. He played the same role for the Browns in 2022 and the Commanders in 2023 before reuniting with the Patriots in 2024. Brissett sought more security on his latest contract, opting for a two-year deal rather than the single-season contracts he played on over the last four years.