{"id":18681,"date":"2026-07-27T09:36:41","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T04:36:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=18681"},"modified":"2026-07-27T09:36:41","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T04:36:41","slug":"jacoby-brissett-relieved-to-get-cardinals-raise-after-waiting-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=18681","title":{"rendered":"Jacoby Brissett relieved to get Cardinals raise after waiting game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div xmlns:default=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n<p>Jacoby Brissett can sleep a little better now that he\u2019s solved his contract 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https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/arizona-cardinals-quarterback-jacoby-brissett-135620458.jpg?resize=120,80&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 120w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/arizona-cardinals-quarterback-jacoby-brissett-135620458.jpg?resize=1200,800&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 1200w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/arizona-cardinals-quarterback-jacoby-brissett-135620458.jpg?resize=1038,692&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 1038w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/arizona-cardinals-quarterback-jacoby-brissett-135620458.jpg?resize=87,58&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 87w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/arizona-cardinals-quarterback-jacoby-brissett-135620458.jpg?resize=50,33&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 885px) 100vw, 885px\"\/><figcaption>Jacoby Brissett addresses reporters during a July 26 press conference. <span class=\"credit\">USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Brissett will work with the starters beginning Tuesday, though he will still need to win the job \u2014 going up against Gardner Minshew and Carson Beck.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s likely his to lose, but Brissett was far from ready to assume he\u2019d be the starter once the season began.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think I\u2019ve got to go out there and prove it,\u201d Brissett said. \u201cI don\u2019t think it\u2019s a given just because a deal gets done.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jacoby Brissett can sleep a little better now that he\u2019s solved his contract situation, joking that he was \u201cpretty sure I\u2019ll probably sleep more 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