Jacoby Brissett just gave Rams fans yet another reason to laugh at Cardinals

The Los Angeles Rams turned the NFL world upside down this offseason with their slate of high-profile moves, which cemented them as the odds-on Super Bowl favorite. But fighting through the NFC West with obstacles like the Seattle Seahawks and San Francisco 49ers is still no easy task.

Oh, and I suppose the Arizona Cardinals are also in the division, although some may forget that. Or at least not worry about it too much.

But this offseason has been slightly embarrassing for the Rams' divisional counterpart, as the Cardinals parted ways with Kyler Murray only to replace him with a hodgepodge of, at best, middling quarterbacks in Jacoby Brissett, Gardner Minshew and rookie Carson Beck.

Perhaps the worst part for Arizona was that Brissett, who went 1-11 as the starter last year, held out for more money, and he actually got it. That money can't buy time back, however, and Brissett is admittedly paddling up the creek now that he's back at training camp.

Rams fans have to laugh at Jacoby Brissett's admission

On Sunday, Brissett spoke to the local media in Arizona and fielded a question about how he's doing with the Cardinals' new offense, led by former Rams friend Mike LaFleur and his offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett. Has Brissett grasped the scheme yet?

"Oh, hell no," Brissett replied. "I think we just ran all Day 1 plays out there for me today. So, I got a long way to go."

For Arizona fans, that answer is a disaster of epic proportions. The starting quarterback having "a long way to go" isn't exactly good for a Cardinals team that is light-years behind the rest of the NFC West and plays a preseason game on August 6. They need as many reps as they can get; they can't afford to start back at square one again.

And yet, in an offseason in which Arizona already let go of Murray, hired their divisional counterpart's non-play-calling offensive coordinator, let good players go in free agency and didn't add any veterans who move the needle, Brissett admitting his lack of grasp on the offense may take the cake.

At the end of the day, Brissett's one-year, $15.5 million deal is just that: a short-term pact. If Beck doesn't look like the future under center, then the Cardinals will undoubtedly add a quarterback early in the 2027 draft.

That doesn't mean that they have to be utterly uncompetitive in 2026. Brissett's comments, however, paint a picture of an Arizona squad at a ferocious disadvantage before even taking the field.

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