Arizona Cardinals quarterback Jacoby Brissett is still angling for a new contract, but he won’t be a holdout. Cardinals head coach Mike LaFleur confirmed in a press conference on Thursday that Brissett will be practicing with the rest of the team.
“Still ongoing. It’s been productive between us and his team,” LaFleur said of negotiations on a potential extension.
Brissett is set to be the team’s starting quarterback this fall, but is reportedly aiming for an extension that will pay him like one. As a result, the veteran QB skipped the Cardinals’ offseason workouts and optional practices while conversations were ongoing.
At the time, LaFleur downplayed Brissett’s decision to miss OTAs. Brissett later made it to mandatory minicamp in June; skipping that camp or full-team training camp, which started on Thursday, would have made him a holdout.
Under Brissett’s current deal, the veteran QB is set to make $4.88 million in base salary, with $1.5 million guaranteed and $2 million in potential incentives, per Spotrac. That makes him one of the lowest-paid starting quarterbacks in the league by far — below even rookie Los Angeles Rams backup Ty Simpson in annual salary, per Over the Cap.
Players who hold out during training camp can be fined up to $50,000 per day, under the current collective bargaining agreement.
After taking over for an injured Kyler Murray last season, Brissett is set to get the start once again over the rest of the Cardinals’ depth chart, which includes career backup Gardner Minshew, Kedon Slovis and recently-drafted rookie QB Carson Beck.
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