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Gardner Minshew selected as Cardinals' starting QB; Jacoby Brissett demoted to 3rd string

Marcus Chen
Managing Editor · Monday, November 2, 2026 at 10:32 PM · 1 min read
Gardner Minshew selected as Cardinals' starting QB; Jacoby Brissett demoted to 3rd string — Winter Garden Arts news

It's Minshew Mania in the desert for the foreseeable future.Arizona Cardinals coach Mike LaFleur said Monday that veteran quarterback Gardner Minshew will move into the starter's role after he took over for the struggling Jacoby Brissett and led a 14-point comeback to lift the Cardinals to a 33-30 overtime win over the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday.LaFleur said Minshew provided a “spark” that the team's beat-up offense needed. Minshew led four straight touchdown drives after entering the game late in the third quarter and finished with 188 yards passing and three touchdowns.“Just playing the position, getting the ball out of his hands, going through his reads,” LaFleur said. “I thought his pocket movement was really good. He was finding the little spots in there, delivering the ball and delivering accurate balls.”Rookie Carson Beck will move into the backup role while Brissett will be the team's third-string emergency quarterback on Sunday against the Seattle Seahawks with the trade deadlin

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