{"id":590811,"date":"2026-04-18T01:19:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T01:19:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/590811\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T01:19:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T01:19:12","slug":"jacoby-brissett-wants-extension-not-attending-phase-1-of-cardinals-offseason-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/590811\/","title":{"rendered":"Jacoby Brissett wants extension, not attending Phase 1 of Cardinals&#8217; offseason program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brissett started 12 games for the Cardinals in 2025, taking over for an injured <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break:break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/players\/kyler-murray\/\" title=\"Kyler Murray\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kyler Murray<\/a>. He completed 64.9 percent of his passes for 3,366 yards with 23 touchdowns and eight interceptions. The 33-year-old quarterback buoyed an offense that was hindered by injuries and performed despite struggling with blocking and a nonexistent rushing attack.<\/p>\n<p>Brissett is set to make $4.88 million in base salary in 2026, with a $9.19 million cap hit. He has just $1.5 million in guaranteed money this season and would like more security. The $6.25 million in average salary on Brissett&#8217;s two-year deal signed last offseason falls well behind the level starting quarterbacks are paid. The veteran is seeking a pay increase more in line with his current value to the club.<\/p>\n<p>News of Brissett&#8217;s contract request coming less than a week before the start of the 2026 NFL Draft adds an interesting wrinkle. The Cards have been linked to Alabama signal-caller <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/prospects\/ty-simpson\/32005349-4d63-9376-c6de-c1666dcadc47\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ty Simpson<\/a> throughout the draft process, a connection that could be ramped up given Brissett&#8217;s situation.<\/p>\n<p>Phase 1 of the offseason workout program is voluntary. Brissett cannot be fined for skipping sessions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brissett started 12 games for the Cardinals in 2025, taking over for an injured Kyler Murray. He completed&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":590812,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[1829,6255,399,118573,398,396,397,3,6257,215714,99],"class_list":["post-590811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ncaa-football","tag-arizona-cardinals","tag-around-the-nfl","tag-football","tag-jacoby-brissett","tag-ncaa","tag-ncaa-football","tag-ncaafootball","tag-news","tag-no-minute","tag-offseason-news","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590811","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=590811"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590811\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/590812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=590811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=590811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=590811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}