Cardinals coach Mike LaFleur said Jacoby Brissett is “just fine” despite being absent from OTAs.

28 May 2026

Brissett is absent from the voluntary offseason program in search of a revised contract. He is only guaranteed $1.5 milion this year and can make at most $5.4 million. While Brissett isn’t anyone’s idea of a long-term starter, he is criminally underpaid even as a bridge option. LaFleur wasn’t worried about his absence, saying, “The hardest thing to teach a player is the speed of the game, an NFL game, in general. He’s played a lot of ball, so he’ll be just fine.” If this holdout turns into a hold-in during training camp, it could become a bigger issue. We don’t expect things to get that far. In the meantime, Gardner Minshew and Carson Beck will get some extra reps at OTAs.