Cardinals end Jacoby Brissett contract dispute with deal worth up to $21M for 2026 season: reports

The wage rise backmost Jacoby Brissett was looking for was yet fixed to him by the Arizona Cardinals.

Unlike astir hold-ins/hold-outs, Brissett wasn’t looking for a caller hold from his club, but alternatively a rise heading into the 2026 NFL play wherever helium figures to beryllium the starting quarterback. He was acceptable to marque $4.88 cardinal arsenic his basal salary.

Now, Brissett is acceptable to marque $15.5 cardinal successful basal wage for 2026, according to aggregate reports. The caller 2026 declaration could besides get up to $21 cardinal with incentives.

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Jacoby Brissett No. 7 of the Arizona Cardinals warms up anterior to a crippled against the Cincinnati Bengals astatine Paycor Stadium successful Cincinnati, Ohio, connected Dec. 28, 2025. (Getty Images)

This stalemate betwixt the journeyman backmost and the Cardinals sparked immoderate statement implicit whether it was adjacent close that Brissett was asking for a raise.

But pursuing the merchandise of Kyler Murray , who yet signed with the Minnesota Vikings, Brissett was successful enactment to beryllium a starter, and helium wished to beryllium paid accordingly. His caller woody isn’t remotely adjacent to apical starter money, however, Brissett appears blessed to yet get to communal ground.

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Brissett chose not to enactment successful the Cardinals’ outpouring workouts, though helium did study to grooming campy connected time. Because of the second decision, it was expected helium and the Cardinals would scope a woody soon.

It’s yet different authorities alteration for the Cardinals, with Mike LaFleur assuming the caput manager relation near vacant aft the firing of Jonathan Gannon. Brissett sits atop the extent illustration aft the Murray cut, portion Arizona drafted Miami backmost Carson Beck and signed Gardner Minshew II for contention astatine grooming camp.

Jacoby Brissett of the Arizona Cardinals looks connected during mandatory minicamp astatine Dignity Health Arizona Cardinals Training Center successful Tempe, Ariz., connected June 9, 2026. (Getty Images)

Brissett took implicit starting duties during the 2025 play aft Murray suffered a ft injury. It wasn’t soon earlier Brissett was operating the Cardinals’ discourtesy much efficiently than his injured teammate, with players similar choky extremity Trey McBride and wide receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. seeing an uptick successful their ain stat lines.

Brissett is scheduled for escaped bureau aft this season, but possibly helium tin stay successful bully favour with the Cardinals with different bully year. The discourtesy astir him was besides bolstered, particularly with Notre Dame moving backmost Jeremiyah Love being drafted 3rd wide backmost successful April.

Brissett has been moving retired with his teammates to statesman grooming camp, including newcomers similar Love, but helium hasn’t been participating successful 11-on-11 sessions of practice. That should alteration present aft the rise agreement.

But the wage rise doesn’t needfully mean Brissett is guaranteed the starting relation travel Week 1 against the Los Angeles Chargers. He volition person to gain that spot implicit Minshew and Beck, though helium has the rapport indispensable with the team’s apical walk crippled options to deliberation helium volition bash conscionable that.

Jacoby Brissett No. 7 of the Arizona Cardinals passes the shot during a crippled against the Los Angeles Rams astatine SoFi Stadium successful Inglewood, Calif., connected Jan. 4, 2026. (Getty Images)

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The Cardinals and Carolina Panthers were the archetypal afloat teams to study to grooming camp, arsenic the caller play genuinely gets underway. The remainder of the league volition person their veterans arriving connected July 28, making this the week wherever presumption battles instrumentality formation crossed the NFL.

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