Jacoby

Brissett

Brissett opened the season as the backup to Kyler Murray. Entering his second year in OC Drew Petzing’s offense, Murray was supposed to take the next step. Instead, he regressed even further before a foot injury opened the door for Brissett in Week 6. Brissett threw for at least 250 yards — a mark Murray failed to hit once this year — in seven straight games. He also tossed multiple touchdowns in five straight contests. Murray did so twice in five appearances. Though the team blamed Murray’s foot injury for him missing the second half of the year, Jonathan Gannon said Brissett earned the starting role regardless of Murray’s health. Brissett propelled Trey McBride to the receptions record for a tight end and fostered a breakout season from Michael Wilson. For all of his counting stats, the wins never came. Brissett went 1-11 as a starter, proving that he was doing more for fantasy managers than he was for the team itself. Murray will likely be gone in 2026, meaning the Cardinals are back to the drawing board at quarterback. With one more year on his contract, Brissett will, at worst, enter next year competing for the starting job. How many starts he gets in 2026 will depend on how much Arizona spends at quarterback.

The “Brissett Experience” has finally been sputtering out a bit in recent weeks, but the fantasy folk hero still understood the assignment until the very end this afternoon, tossing an 18-yard touchdown to Trey McBride with the Cardinals down 37-7 with 1:50 remaining. Not all heroes wear capes. Having one of the most convincing “Flacco campaigns” in some time, Brissett has maybe worked his way into bridge status for someone in 2026. It could even be Arizona if they select a new signal caller to replace Kyler Murray. Brissett gets one final chance to put something on film against the Rams’ burnable secondary in Week 18, though the sides’ first matchup was a lopsided L.A. victory four weeks ago.

A few missed connections in the end zone proved costly for Brissett’s box score as he failed to find a second score for the fourth week in a row. He daringly targeted WR Marvin Harrison Jr. 39 yards downfield, in the Falcons’ end zone, on the first drive. The ball was thrown just out of Harrison’s reach. In the third quarter, Brissett targeted Harrison Jr. again from 26 yards out, but Harrison failed to catch it. Brissett perfectly threaded the needle between two defenders on a 16-yard end zone target thrown to TE Trey McBride, but McBride let the pass hit him in the chest and tumble to the ground. They two had nearly linked up in a similarly scenario early on, but the ball hit the turf before McBride could dive for it. The fantasy value went down in a hail storm of dropped passes that have become sadly normal for the Cardinals this year. Brissett is a low-end QB1 against the Bengals next week.

The Texans came up huge on a few key downs, including an end zone interception, to stop the overwhelming mass of positive energy that is Jacoby Brissett. The Cardinals went 1-for-3 on fourth-down gos and also left a two-point conversion on the turf, but anyone who had to start Brissett into one of the best defenses in the NFL was rewarded for their decision as he became the first quarterback all year to throw three passing touchdowns against the Texans. Brissett will draw another tough matchup against a Falcons secondary that’s held down quarterbacks all season in Week 16, but it’s hard to say he’s not a QB1 the way he’s currently playing.

Johnson left Week 14’s loss to the Rams with an MCL injury and would seem likely to miss Arizona’s Week 15 game against the Cardinals. Losing Johnson ahead of a matchup with the ferocious Texans pass rush is bad news for Jacoby Brissett and the entire Cardinals offense. Brissett remains a solid streaming option based on pass volume alone.

Brissett was bruised and battered by the end of this one. He took three sacks and absorbed endless big hits against a hyper-aggressive Rams front seven that seemingly pressured Brissett on every drop back. He somehow got through the game and delivered for fantasy managers, targeting Michael Wilson 16 times and fueling another enormous fantasy outing for the wideout. Brissett connected with Wilson for a first quarter score, then hit him again in the fourth quarter with the game out of hand. Brissett missed Trey McBride for a wide-open touchdown in the fourth quarter — his only truly errant throw on the day. Things will get tougher in Week 15 against Houston’s elite defense but Brissett should remain in lineups based on the pure pass volume that has come to define the post-Kyler Arizona offense.

The gunslinging journeyman added three rushes for 16 yards. Making his seventh start in place of Kyler Murray, Brissett reached 300 yards for the third straight game and fourth time overall. He spread the ball around, targeting a returning Marvin Harrison Jr. seven times. Michael Wilson also saw seven looks, with Trey McBride leading the team with nine. Brissett’s INT was a costly early mistake that in his defense came on a tipped pass. His scores were a 15-yard strike to Bam Knight in stride and late 15-yarder to McBride. Simply dropping back and letting it rip, Brissett’s Flacco-ian fantasy production is showing no signs of abating, though the Rams are a difficult Week 14 matchup.

The Jaguars’ pass rush soundly outplayed the Cardinals’ offensive line on Sunday. Brissett deftly managed pressure, though, keeping his eyes downfield and making plays while throwing on the run. He nearly added another passing touchdown to his tally, overthrowing WR Michael Wilson and WR Xavier Weaver in the end zone on consecutive plays, on the Cardinals’ fourth drive, while being pressured. Brissett missed a few plays after taking a hard hit from Jaguars LB Devin Lloyd in the third quarter, but was able to return and connected with WR Greg Dortch for a touchdown two drives later. Brissett is a borderline QB1/2 against the Buccaneers next week.

Brissett visited the blue medical tent after taking a hard hit to his left shoulder in the third quarter. Brissett was jogging out of bounds at the end of a short scramble when Jaguars LB Devin Lloyd hit him hard. Brissett remained down for a while, out of bounds. He has been cleared to return and is on the field with the Cardinals’ offense.

Brissett was hurt on a third-quarter scramble. The Cardinals’ quarterback was trotting out of bounds after picking up a short gain on the ground when Jaguars LB Devin Lloyd lowered his shoulder, hitting Brissett hard, up high, from the left side. Brissett remained down after the play, and eventually made his way to the blue medical tent. He was replaced by QB Kedon Slovis.