{"id":903839,"date":"2026-11-03T01:14:10","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T01:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/903839\/"},"modified":"2026-11-03T01:14:10","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T01:14:10","slug":"cardinals-name-gardner-minshew-starting-quarterback-carson-beck-his-backup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/903839\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardinals name Gardner Minshew starting quarterback, Carson Beck his backup"},"content":{"rendered":"

Minshew Mania is back in business.<\/p>\n

Cardinals head coach Mike LaFleur confirmed in his Monday press conference that Gardner Minshew will serve as the team\u2019s starting quarterback after he led a dramatic comeback victory over the Cowboys.<\/p>\n

Moreover, rookie Carson Beck will be the backup quarterback, with Jacoby Brissett relegated to emergency third QB.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust think that\u2019s the right thing to do \u2014 continue [Beck\u2019s] development in terms of getting a little bit more reps with the scout team and all that<\/a>,\u201d LaFleur said of making Beck the backup. \u201cHe\u2019s week-to-week in terms of, he\u2019s feeling really good right now. So, thought that was the best thing to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

While Brissett becomes an obvious trade candidate as the third QB, LaFleur did not directly answer when asked if he\u2019s expecting Brissett to be with the club beyond the Nov. 10 trade deadline.<\/p>\n

\u201cOnly focused on this week,\u201d LaFleur said. \u201cHe\u2019s fully a part of this team and excited to have him still be the teammate I know he is.\u201d<\/p>\n

Brissett was benched on Sunday after completing 10-of-23 passes for 119 yards with an interception. In eight games this season, he\u2019s completed 63.3 percent of his passes for 1,719 yards with 10 touchdowns and seven interceptions.<\/p>\n

Sunday was Minshew\u2019s first appearance of the season. He completed 17-of-23 passes for 188 yards with three touchdowns.<\/p>\n

Minshew\u2019s next assignment will be to face the Seahawks in Seattle on Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Minshew Mania is back in business. Cardinals head coach Mike LaFleur confirmed in his Monday press conference that…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":903840,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[99],"class_list":["post-903839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/903839","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=903839"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/903839\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/903840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=903839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=903839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=903839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}